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Ducky Year of the Snake vs Durgod S230

Get the Ducky Year of the Snake for hot-swappable. Get the Durgod S230 for rapid trigger.

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Hot-swappable

Ducky Year of the Snake

from$169at MK

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Rapid trigger

Durgod S230

from$109at Mechkeys

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Quick verdict

Which one should you get?

Get the

Ducky Year of the Snake

Hot-swappable

Build quality in the top 15% of 75% boards under $200.

Rules this board out

South-facing LEDs. Shine-through legends stay dark, and some sculpted keycaps can clip the LED.
No numpad.

$169 at MK

Get the

Durgod S230

Rapid trigger

Build quality in the bottom 10% of 65% boards under $150.

Rules this board out

Switches are soldered. Swapping them means soldering.
Low-profile switches and keycaps only. Standard MX keycaps will not fit.
65% layout. No function row and no numpad.

$109 at Mechkeys

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 Snake

Durgod S230

Layout size
75%
65%
Rapid trigger
No
Yes
Faster resets help in games and not in normal typing
Connection
Wired
Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz
Wireless for several devices and wired for lower latency
Hot-swappable
Yes
No
Switch changes without soldering
Low profile
No
Yes

KeebFinder scores

How we score

Ducky Year of the Snake
Durgod S230

Performance: 80
40
Build quality: 81
41
Productivity: 95
41
Customizability: 89
40
Portability: 66
83

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Full specs

Ducky Year of the Snake vs Durgod S230 specs

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

15 of 26 specs differ

Spec

Ducky Year of the Snake

Durgod S230

Typing & switches

Switch options

Clicky, Linear, Tactile

—

Rapid trigger

Yes

Hot-swappable

Yes

Mount style

Gasket Mount

—

Low profile

Yes

Sound dampening

Yes

Screw-in stabilizers

Yes

Layout

Layout size

75%

65%

Layout standard

ANSI

Ergonomics

Standard

Display

None

Connectivity & battery

Connection

Wired

Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz

Max polling rate

1,000 Hz

—

Battery

Wired only

2,000 mAh

USB-C

Yes

Build & materials

Case material

ABS

Aluminum

Plate material

FR4

—

Keycaps

PBT

ABS

Weight

—

740 g

Dimensions

—

30 x 132 x 337 mm

Backlight

RGB, south-facing

None

Firmware & software

QMK

Yes

VIA

Yes

N-key rollover

Yes

Mac & Windows

Yes

Extras

Released

2025

2023

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