Head to head · Prices checked Nov 7, 2026

Ducky Year of the Horse vs Keychron Q1 HE

Get the Ducky Year of the Horse for the 4,200 mAh battery. Get the Keychron Q1 HE for hall effect and rapid trigger.

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Battery

Ducky Year of the Horse

No reviews

from$199at MK

Compare 2 stores

Hall effect

Keychron Q1 HE

4.9 (21)4.9 · 21 reviews

from$160at Input Gear

Compare 5 stores

Quick verdict

Which one should you get?

Get the

Ducky Year of the Horse

Battery

Build quality in the top 20% of 100% boards under $200.

Rules this board out

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.

$199 at MK

Get the

Keychron Q1 HE

Hall effect

Build quality in the top 5% of 75% boards under $200.

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 numpad.

$160 at Input Gear

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 Horse

Keychron Q1 HE

Layout size
100%
75%
Hall effect (magnetic)
No
Yes
Adjustable actuation helps in games and not in normal typing
Rapid trigger
No
Yes
Faster resets help in games and not in normal typing
Battery
4,200 mAh
4,000 mAh
A larger battery means fewer cables during the day
Max polling rate
1,000 Hz
8,000 Hz
Higher polling helps competitive FPS and does nothing for typing

KeebFinder scores

How we score

Ducky Year of the Horse
Keychron Q1 HE

Performance: 78
100
Build quality: 68
92
Productivity: 59
97
Customizability: 68
100
Portability: 52
81

What they share

Connection: Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz, Wired
Hot-swappable
VIA

See every spec side by side

Full specs

Ducky Year of the Horse vs Keychron Q1 HE specs

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

19 of 29 specs differ

Spec

Ducky Year of the Horse

Keychron Q1 HE

Typing & switches

Switch options

Linear

Clicky, Linear, Magnetic, Tactile

Hall effect (magnetic)

Yes

Rapid trigger

Yes

Hot-swappable

Yes

Mount style

Plate Mount

Gasket Mount, PCB Mount

Sound dampening

Yes

Screw-in stabilizers

Yes

Layout

Layout size

100%

75%

Layout standard

ANSI

ANSI, ISO, ISO-DE, ISO-ES, ISO-FR, ISO-IT, ISO-Nordic, ISO-SW, ISO-UK, JIS

Ergonomics

Standard

Knob

Yes

Display

None

LED

Media keys

Yes

Connectivity & battery

Connection

Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz, Wired

Max polling rate

1,000 Hz

8,000 HzBetter

Battery

4,200 mAhBetter

4,000 mAh

USB-C

Yes

Build & materials

Case material

ABS, Aluminum

Aluminum

Plate material

Aluminum

Aluminum, Polycarbonate

Keycaps

PBT

ABS, PBT

Weight

—

4,000 g

Dimensions

—

23 x 145 x 328 mm

Typing angle

—

5°, 6°, 7°

Backlight

RGB, south-facing

Firmware & software

QMK

Yes

VIA

Yes

N-key rollover

Yes

Mac & Windows

Yes

Extras

Released

2026

2023

For EU buyers

ISO layouts by store

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

Ducky Year of the Horse

No ISO layout at the stores we track.

Keychron Q1 HE

Keychron
ISO-DE, ISO-UK, ISO-Nordic, ISO-SW
In stockShips to you
Input Gear
ISO-DE
Out of stockShips to you
Keychron (DE)
ISO-DE, ISO-UK, ISO-FR, ISO-ES, ISO-IT, ISO-SW
In stockDoes not ship to you
Keychron (DE)
ISO-DE, ISO-FR, ISO-ES
In stockDoes not ship to you

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