Chilkey ND65 vs Firstblood B21
Get the Chilkey ND65 for hot-swappable and screw-in stabilizers.
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Which one should you get?
Get the
Chilkey ND65
Hot-swappable
Build quality in the top 30% of 65% boards under $100.
- North-facing LEDs. Cherry-profile keycaps can hit the switch housing.
Get the
Firstblood B21
Build quality in the bottom 30% of 65% boards under $100.
- Switches are soldered. Swapping them means soldering.
The differences that matter
Skip the 40-row spec sheet. These are the specs that change how each board feels, sounds, and fits your desk.
Chilkey ND65
Firstblood B21
Connection
Bluetooth, Wired, 2.4 GHz
Bluetooth, Wired
Wireless for several devices and wired for lower latency
Hot-swappable
Yes
No
Switch changes without soldering
Case material
Aluminum, Plastic
Aluminum
Switch options
Clicky, Linear
Clicky, Linear, Tactile
Screw-in stabilizers
Yes
No
Easier to tune than the plate-mount stabs you get prebuilt
- Chilkey ND65
- Firstblood B21
- Performance
- 5556
- Build quality
- 7653
- Productivity
- 7054
- Customizability
- 6846
- Portability
- 9483
- Layout size: 65%
- Keycaps: PBT
Chilkey ND65 vs Firstblood B21 specs
Every tracked spec, side by side. Rows marked with a dot differ between the boards.
7 of 22 specs differ
Chilkey ND65
Firstblood B21
Switch options
Hot-swappable
Mount style
Screw-in stabilizers
Layout size
Layout standard
Ergonomics
Display
Connection
Max polling rate
Battery
USB-C
Case material
Plate material
Keycaps
Weight
Dimensions
Typing angle
Backlight
N-key rollover
Mac & Windows
Released
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