Ticktype Evo80 vs Keychron Q65
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5.0 (290)5.0 · 290 reviews
from$199at MonacoKeys
4.5 (4)4.5 · 4 reviews
from$79at Keychron
Which one should you get?
Get the
Ticktype Evo80
Build quality in the top 25% of 80% boards under $200.
- Switches are soldered. Swapping them means soldering.
- No numpad.
Get the
Keychron Q65
Hot-swappable
Build quality in the top 5% of 65% boards under $100.
- 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.
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.
Ticktype Evo80
Keychron Q65
Layout size
80%
65%
Connection
Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz, Wired
Wired
Wireless for several devices and wired for lower latency
Hot-swappable
No
Yes
Switch changes without soldering
Switch options
Linear
Clicky, Linear, Tactile
Knob
No
Yes
- Ticktype Evo80
- Keychron Q65
- Performance
- 7466
- Build quality
- 7289
- Productivity
- 7695
- Customizability
- 6196
- Portability
- 8470
- Max polling rate: 1,000 Hz
- Case material: Aluminum
- Mount style: Gasket Mount
- VIA
- Sound dampening
- Keycaps: PBT
What owners say
Ratings and quotes collected from verified store reviews, including the critical ones.
Ticktype Evo80
290 owner reviews
“This keyboard offers excellent quality, with a satisfying key sound and premium-feeling keycaps. Love that i could get it as an ISO-SE, swedish layout with åäö.”
“Right from the get-go the Evo80 comes packaged in a very premium way that is miles ahead of anything large companies like Steelseries, Razer and other big companies do setting itself apart from anything else. And once you start using the board after just…”
Keychron Q65
4 owner reviews
“awesome keyboard , and its best still i have. but, on VIA , cant remap rotary encoder. i need write add 4,8 4,9 and 0,0 on top of keymap. 4,8 vol- 4,9 vol+ and 0,0 mute add and 0\n,0 remove. to remap VIA .”
Ticktype Evo80 vs Keychron Q65 specs
Every tracked spec, side by side. Rows marked with a dot differ between the boards.
12 of 26 specs differ
Ticktype Evo80
Keychron Q65
Switch options
Hot-swappable
Mount style
Sound dampening
Screw-in stabilizers
Layout size
Layout standard
Ergonomics
Knob
Display
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
ISO layouts by store
Which stores sell ISO-DE, UK, and the other regional layouts.
Ticktype Evo80
MonacoKeys
ISO-DE
In stockDoes not ship to you
Keychron Q65
No ISO layout at the stores we track.
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