Heavy shell Barix87 Pro vs Realforce hololive GX1 Shishiro Botan
Get the Heavy shell Barix87 Pro for hot-swappable and sound dampening.
KeebFinder may earn a commission when you buy through these links, at no extra cost to you.
Which one should you get?
Get the
Heavy shell Barix87 Pro
Hot-swappable
Build quality in the bottom 40% of 80% boards under $300.
- No ISO layout. ISO-DE, UK, and other ISO variants are not offered.
Get the
Realforce hololive GX1 Shishiro Botan
Build quality in the bottom 30% of 80% boards at any price.
- Switches are soldered. Swapping them means soldering.
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.
Heavy shell Barix87 Pro
Realforce hololive GX1 Shishiro Botan
Hot-swappable
Yes
No
Switch changes without soldering
Case material
Aluminum
Plastic, Steel
Mount style
Gasket Mount
Plate Mount
Sound dampening
Yes
No
Layout standard
ANSI
ANSI, ISO
ISO and JIS exist so regional layouts fit
- Heavy shell Barix87 Pro
- Realforce hololive GX1 Shishiro Botan
- Performance
- 5475
- Build quality
- 5450
- Productivity
- 6852
- Customizability
- 5848
- Portability
- 5852
- Layout size: 80%
- Connection: Wired
- Keycaps: PBT
Heavy shell Barix87 Pro vs Realforce hololive GX1 Shishiro Botan specs
Every tracked spec, side by side. Rows marked with a dot differ between the boards.
7 of 16 specs differ
Heavy shell Barix87 Pro
Realforce hololive GX1 Shishiro Botan
Switch options
Hot-swappable
Mount style
Sound dampening
Layout size
Layout standard
Ergonomics
Display
Connection
USB-C
Case material
Plate material
Keycaps
Backlight
N-key rollover
Released
ISO layouts by store
Which stores sell ISO-DE, UK, and the other regional layouts.
Heavy shell Barix87 Pro
No ISO layout at the stores we track.
Realforce hololive GX1 Shishiro Botan
MK
ISO
In stockShips to you
Compare prices
Live prices from the stores we track, cheapest in-stock offer first.
Prices in USD are converted to your currency and can change at any time. KeebFinder may earn a commission when you buy through these links, at no extra cost to you.
Lowest price across stores, Amazon excluded.
Not sold on either?
![[In Stock] Virtual 87 80% Mechanical Barebone Keyboard Kit](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0549/0262/0278/files/10_14bb0130-90bb-4fcc-be2e-c4203e171f93.jpg?v=1756892707&width=3840&quality=75)
Still torn?
Answer a few quick questions and the keyboard finder ranks 2,000+ boards by how you will actually use yours.