Keychron vs Royal Kludge S98 ES
Get the Royal Kludge S98 ES for sound dampening and screw-in stabilizers.
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Keychron
from$19at Input Gear
from$109at Royal Kludge
Which one should you get?
Get the
Royal Kludge S98 ES
Sound dampening
Build quality in the top 45% of 96% boards under $150.
- No ISO layout. ISO-DE, UK, and other ISO variants are not offered.
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.
Keychron
Royal Kludge S98 ES
Display
None
LCD
A case display rather than a typing feature
Sound dampening
No
Yes
Layout standard
ANSI, ISO, ISO-DE, ISO-FR, ISO-UK
ANSI
ISO and JIS exist so regional layouts fit
Screw-in stabilizers
No
Yes
Easier to tune than the plate-mount stabs you get prebuilt
USB passthrough
No
Yes
- Keychron
- Royal Kludge S98 ES
- Performance
- 4678
- Build quality
- 6670
- Productivity
- 4691
- Customizability
- 6779
- Portability
- 4256
- Hot-swappable
- Knob
Keychron vs Royal Kludge S98 ES specs
Every tracked spec, side by side. Rows marked with a dot differ between the boards.
10 of 21 specs differ
Keychron
Royal Kludge S98 ES
Hot-swappable
Mount style
Sound dampening
Screw-in stabilizers
Layout size
Layout standard
Ergonomics
Knob
Display
Connection
Battery
USB passthrough
USB-C
Case material
Keycaps
Weight
Dimensions
Backlight
N-key rollover
Mac & Windows
Released
ISO layouts by store
Which stores sell ISO-DE, UK, and the other regional layouts.
Keychron
Input Gear
ISO-DE, ISO-UK, ISO-FR
In stockShips to you
Royal Kludge S98 ES
No ISO layout at the stores we track.
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