Ducky Year of the Horse vs Keychron J5
Get the Ducky Year of the Horse for the 4,200 mAh battery. Get the Keychron J5 for qmk and sound dampening.
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from$199at MK
5.0 (2)5.0 · 2 reviews
from$59at Keychron
Which one should you get?
Get the
Ducky Year of the Horse
Battery
Build quality in the top 20% of 100% boards under $200.
- South-facing LEDs. Shine-through legends stay dark, and some sculpted keycaps can clip the LED.
Get the
Keychron J5
QMK
Build quality in the top 20% of 100% boards under $100.
- North-facing LEDs. Cherry-profile keycaps can hit the switch housing.
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 Horse
Keychron J5
Battery
4,200 mAh
3,750 mAh
A larger battery means fewer cables during the day
Case material
ABS, Aluminum
ABS
Switch options
Linear
Clicky, Linear, Tactile
QMK
No
Yes
The deep option when you want to remap every key
Sound dampening
No
Yes
- Ducky Year of the Horse
- Keychron J5
- Performance
- 7882
- Build quality
- 6871
- Productivity
- 5989
- Customizability
- 6888
- Portability
- 5254
- Layout size: 100%
- Connection: Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz, Wired
- Hot-swappable
- Max polling rate: 1,000 Hz
- VIA
- Keycaps: PBT
Ducky Year of the Horse vs Keychron J5 specs
Every tracked spec, side by side. Rows marked with a dot differ between the boards.
10 of 25 specs differ
Ducky Year of the Horse
Keychron J5
Switch options
Hot-swappable
Mount style
Sound dampening
Layout size
Layout standard
Ergonomics
Display
Media keys
Connection
Max polling rate
Battery
USB-C
Case material
Plate material
Keycaps
Weight
Dimensions
Typing angle
Backlight
QMK
VIA
N-key rollover
Mac & Windows
Released
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