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Ducky Year of the Dragon Zodiac vs Realforce hololive GX1 Shishiro Botan

Get the Ducky Year of the Dragon Zodiac for hall effect and hot-swappable.

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Quick verdict

Which one should you get?

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Ducky Year of the Dragon Zodiac

Hall effect

Build quality in the top 25% of 65% boards under $300.

Rules this board out

  • Magnetic switches only. Standard MX switches will not fit.
  • South-facing LEDs. Shine-through legends stay dark, and some sculpted keycaps can clip the LED.
  • No ISO layout. ISO-DE, UK, and other ISO variants are not offered.
  • 65% layout. No function row and no numpad.

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Realforce hololive GX1 Shishiro Botan

Build quality in the bottom 30% of 80% boards at any price.

Rules this board out

  • Switches are soldered. Swapping them means soldering.
  • No numpad.

What actually differs

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.

Ducky Year of the Dragon Zodiac

Realforce hololive GX1 Shishiro Botan

  • Layout size

    65%

    80%

  • Hall effect (magnetic)

    Yes

    No

    Adjustable actuation helps in games and not in normal typing

  • Hot-swappable

    Yes

    No

    Switch changes without soldering

  • Case material

    Aluminum

    Plastic, Steel

  • Mount style

    Gasket Mount

    Plate Mount

KeebFinder scores

How we score
  • Ducky Year of the Dragon Zodiac
  • Realforce hololive GX1 Shishiro Botan
Performance
82
74
Build quality
77
50
Productivity
65
52
Customizability
82
48
Portability
73
52

What they share

  • Connection: Wired
  • Keycaps: PBT
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Full specs

Ducky Year of the Dragon Zodiac vs Realforce hololive GX1 Shishiro Botan specs

Every tracked spec, side by side. Rows marked with a dot differ between the boards.

11 of 17 specs differ

Ducky Year of the Dragon Zodiac

Realforce hololive GX1 Shishiro Botan

Typing & switches

Hall effect (magnetic)

Yes
No

Hot-swappable

Yes
No

Mount style

Gasket Mount
Plate Mount

Layout

Layout size

65%
80%

Layout standard

ANSI
ANSI, ISO

Ergonomics

Standard
Standard

Display

None
None

Connectivity & battery

Connection

Wired
Wired

USB-C

Yes
Yes

Build & materials

Case material

Aluminum
Plastic, Steel

Plate material

FR4
Aluminum

Keycaps

PBT
PBT

Backlight

RGB, south-facing
RGB

Firmware & software

QMK

Yes
No

VIA

Yes
No

N-key rollover

Yes
Yes

Extras

Released

2024
2025

For EU buyers

ISO layouts by store

Which stores sell ISO-DE, UK, and the other regional layouts.

Ducky Year of the Dragon Zodiac

No ISO layout at the stores we track.

Realforce hololive GX1 Shishiro Botan

  • MK

    ISO

    In stockShips to you

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