Ducky Year of the Snake vs Typone Mars Pro Shooting Star
Get the Ducky Year of the Snake for hot-swappable.
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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.
- South-facing LEDs. Shine-through legends stay dark, and some sculpted keycaps can clip the LED.
- No numpad.
Get the
Typone Mars Pro Shooting Star
Build quality in the bottom 30% of 80% boards under $100.
- 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 Snake
Typone Mars Pro Shooting Star
Layout size
75%
80%
Hot-swappable
Yes
No
Switch changes without soldering
Case material
ABS
Plastic
Switch options
Clicky, Linear, Tactile
Linear, Silent, Tactile
Mount style
Gasket Mount
Plate Mount
- Ducky Year of the Snake
- Typone Mars Pro Shooting Star
- Performance
- 8058
- Build quality
- 8252
- Productivity
- 9580
- Customizability
- 8959
- Portability
- 6656
- Connection: Wired
- Sound dampening
Ducky Year of the Snake vs Typone Mars Pro Shooting Star specs
Every tracked spec, side by side. Rows marked with a dot differ between the boards.
13 of 23 specs differ
Ducky Year of the Snake
Typone Mars Pro Shooting Star
Switch options
Hot-swappable
Mount style
Sound dampening
Screw-in stabilizers
Layout size
Layout standard
Ergonomics
Display
Media keys
Connection
Max polling rate
USB passthrough
USB-C
Case material
Plate material
Keycaps
Backlight
QMK
VIA
N-key rollover
Mac & Windows
Released
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