Dareu A98 Pro vs Royal Kludge S98 ES
Get the Dareu A98 Pro for the 4,000 mAh battery. Get the Royal Kludge S98 ES for knob.
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.
Dareu A98 Pro
Royal Kludge S98 ES
Layout size
98%
96%
Battery
4,000 mAh
3,750 mAh
Mount style
Gasket Mount
Top Mount
Knob
No
Yes
Display
TFT
LCD
- Dareu A98 Pro
- Royal Kludge S98 ES
- Performance
- 4978
- Build quality
- 7070
- Productivity
- 8691
- Customizability
- 7479
- Portability
- 5656
- Connection: Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz, Wired
- Hot-swappable
- Sound dampening
What owners say
Ratings and quotes collected from verified store reviews, including the critical ones.
Dareu A98 Pro
2 owner reviews
“EDIT: UPDATED TO 5 STARS BECAUSE I WAS MAKING A MISTAKE. For some reason, I cannot read properly and did not realize the switch on the far left of the KB is how you manually switch which input you're using to connect the KB. I switched it from wired to dongle…”
Royal Kludge S98 ES
No owner reviews collected yet.
Dareu A98 Pro vs Royal Kludge S98 ES specs
Every tracked spec, side by side. Rows marked with a dot differ between the boards.
11 of 22 specs differ
Dareu A98 Pro
Royal Kludge S98 ES
Switch options
Hot-swappable
Mount style
Sound dampening
Screw-in stabilizers
Layout size
Layout standard
Ergonomics
Knob
Display
Connection
Battery
USB passthrough
USB-C
Case material
Keycaps
Weight
Dimensions
Backlight
N-key rollover
Mac & Windows
Released
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