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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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.
- 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.
- Switches are soldered. Swapping them means soldering.
- 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.
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
- Ducky Year of the Dragon Zodiac
- Realforce hololive GX1 Shishiro Botan
- Performance
- 8274
- Build quality
- 7750
- Productivity
- 6552
- Customizability
- 8248
- Portability
- 7352
- Connection: Wired
- Keycaps: PBT
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
Hall effect (magnetic)
Hot-swappable
Mount style
Layout size
Layout standard
Ergonomics
Display
Connection
USB-C
Case material
Plate material
Keycaps
Backlight
QMK
VIA
N-key rollover
Released
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
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