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Keychron K2 Ultra vs P1 HE DayZ

Get the Keychron K2 Ultra for hot-swappable and qmk. Get the Keychron P1 HE DayZ for hall effect and knob.

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Quick verdict

Which one should you get?

Get the

Keychron K2 Ultra

Hot-swappable

Build quality in the top 10% of 75% boards under $150.

Rules this board out

  • South-facing LEDs. Shine-through legends stay dark, and some sculpted keycaps can clip the LED.

Get the

Keychron P1 HE DayZ

Hall effect

Build quality in the bottom 10% of 75% boards under $300.

Rules this board out

  • Magnetic switches only. Standard MX switches will not fit.
  • No ISO layout. ISO-DE, UK, and other ISO variants are not offered.

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.

Keychron K2 Ultra

Keychron P1 HE DayZ

  • Hall effect (magnetic)

    No

    Yes

    Adjustable actuation helps in games and not in normal typing

  • Hot-swappable

    Yes

    No

    Switch changes without soldering

  • Switch options

    Clicky, Linear, Tactile

    Magnetic

  • Knob

    No

    Yes

  • QMK

    Yes

    No

    The deep option when you want to remap every key

KeebFinder scores

How we score
  • Keychron K2 Ultra
  • Keychron P1 HE DayZ
Performance
90
58
Build quality
86
46
Productivity
94
50
Customizability
92
44
Portability
82
59

What they share

  • Layout size: 75%
See every spec side by side

Full specs

Keychron K2 Ultra vs P1 HE DayZ specs

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

16 of 27 specs differ

Keychron K2 Ultra

Keychron P1 HE DayZ

Typing & switches

Switch options

Clicky, Linear, Tactile
Magnetic

Hall effect (magnetic)

No
Yes

Hot-swappable

Yes
No

Mount style

Gasket Mount
—

Sound dampening

Yes
No

Screw-in stabilizers

Yes
No

Layout

Layout size

75%
75%

Layout standard

ANSI, ISO, ISO-ES, ISO-FR, ISO-IT
ANSI

Ergonomics

Standard
Standard

Knob

No
Yes

Display

None
None

Media keys

Yes
No

Connectivity & battery

Connection

Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz, Wired
—

Max polling rate

8,000 Hz
—

Battery

4,000 mAh
—

USB-C

Yes
No

Build & materials

Case material

ABS, Aluminum
—

Plate material

Steel
Aluminum

Keycaps

PBT
—

Weight

1,084 g
—

Dimensions

31 x 312 x 122 mm
—

Backlight

RGB, south-facing
None

Firmware & software

QMK

Yes
No

VIA

Yes
No

N-key rollover

Yes
No

Mac & Windows

Yes
No

Extras

Released

2026
2025

For EU buyers

ISO layouts by store

Which stores sell ISO-DE, UK, and the other regional layouts.

Keychron K2 Ultra

  • Keychron (DE)

    ISO-FR, ISO-ES, ISO-IT

    In stockDoes not ship to you

Keychron P1 HE DayZ

No ISO layout at the stores we track.

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