HMX Click Inc Macaron65 vs Ducky Year of the Snake
Get the HMX Click Inc Macaron65 for hall effect. Get the Ducky Year of the Snake for screw-in stabilizers.
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Which one should you get?
Get the
HMX Click Inc Macaron65
Hall effect
Build quality in the top 15% of 65% boards under $200.
- Magnetic switches only. Standard MX switches will not fit.
- North-facing LEDs. Cherry-profile keycaps can hit the switch housing.
- 65% layout. No function row and no numpad.
Get the
Ducky Year of the Snake
Screw-in stabilizers
Build quality in the top 15% of 75% boards under $200.
- South-facing LEDs. Shine-through legends stay dark, and some sculpted keycaps can clip the LED.
- No numpad.
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.
HMX Click Inc Macaron65
Ducky Year of the Snake
Layout size
65%
75%
Hall effect (magnetic)
Yes
No
Adjustable actuation helps in games and not in normal typing
Case material
Aluminum
ABS
Screw-in stabilizers
No
Yes
Easier to tune than the plate-mount stabs you get prebuilt
Backlight
Yes, north-facing
RGB, south-facing
RGB for looks and low light rather than speed
- HMX Click Inc Macaron65
- Ducky Year of the Snake
- Performance
- 6480
- Build quality
- 8281
- Productivity
- 7095
- Customizability
- 8189
- Portability
- 7066
- Connection: Wired
- Hot-swappable
- Mount style: Gasket Mount
- QMK
- VIA
- Sound dampening
HMX Click Inc Macaron65 vs Ducky Year of the Snake specs
Every tracked spec, side by side. Rows marked with a dot differ between the boards.
8 of 23 specs differ
HMX Click Inc Macaron65
Ducky Year of the Snake
Switch options
Hall effect (magnetic)
Hot-swappable
Mount style
Sound dampening
Screw-in stabilizers
Layout size
Layout standard
Ergonomics
Display
Connection
Max polling rate
USB-C
Case material
Plate material
Keycaps
Typing angle
Backlight
QMK
VIA
N-key rollover
Mac & Windows
Released
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