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Keychron Q3 HE vs Varmilo VA100 Goddess Luo

Get the Keychron Q3 HE for hall effect and rapid trigger. Get the Varmilo VA100 Goddess Luo for the 8,000 mAh battery.

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Quick verdict

Which one should you get?

Get the

Keychron Q3 HE

Hall effect

Build quality in the top 5% of 80% boards under $300.

Rules this board out

  • Magnetic switches only. Standard MX switches will not fit.
  • South-facing LEDs. Shine-through legends stay dark, and some sculpted keycaps can clip the LED.
  • No numpad.

Get the

Varmilo VA100 Goddess Luo

Battery

Build quality in the top 25% of 100% boards under $300.

Rules this board out

  • 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.

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 Q3 HE

Varmilo VA100 Goddess Luo

  • Layout size

    80%

    100%

  • Hall effect (magnetic)

    Yes

    No

    Adjustable actuation helps in games and not in normal typing

  • Rapid trigger

    Yes

    No

    Faster resets help in games and not in normal typing

  • Battery

    4,000 mAh

    8,000 mAh

    A larger battery means fewer cables during the day

  • Case material

    Aluminum, Metal

    Aluminum, Plastic

KeebFinder scores

How we score
  • Keychron Q3 HE
  • Varmilo VA100 Goddess Luo
Performance
100
59
Build quality
88
67
Productivity
97
73
Customizability
98
84
Portability
78
62

What they share

  • Connection: Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz, Wired
  • Hot-swappable
  • QMK
  • VIA
  • Keycaps: PBT
See every spec side by side

Full specs

Keychron Q3 HE vs Varmilo VA100 Goddess Luo specs

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

16 of 29 specs differ

Keychron Q3 HE

Varmilo VA100 Goddess Luo

Typing & switches

Switch options

Clicky, Linear, Magnetic, Tactile
Silent

Hall effect (magnetic)

Yes
No

Rapid trigger

Yes
No

Hot-swappable

Yes
Yes

Mount style

Gasket Mount, Plate Mount
Gasket Mount

Sound dampening

Yes
No

Screw-in stabilizers

Yes
No

Layout

Layout size

80%
100%

Layout standard

ANSI, ISO, ISO-DE, ISO-Nordic, ISO-SW, ISO-UK
ANSI

Ergonomics

Standard
Standard

Knob

Yes
No

Display

None
None

Media keys

Yes
No

Connectivity & battery

Connection

Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz, Wired
Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz, Wired

Max polling rate

8,000 Hz
—

Battery

4,000 mAh
8,000 mAhBetter

USB-C

Yes
No

Build & materials

Case material

Aluminum, Metal
Aluminum, Plastic

Plate material

Aluminum
—

Keycaps

PBT
PBT

Weight

1,775 g
1,960 g

Dimensions

23 x 137 x 365 mm
41 x 438 x 136 mm

Typing angle

5°
—

Backlight

RGB, south-facing
RGB, south-facing

Firmware & software

QMK

Yes
Yes

VIA

Yes
Yes

N-key rollover

Yes
No

Mac & Windows

Yes
Yes

Extras

Released

2024
2024

For EU buyers

ISO layouts by store

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

Keychron Q3 HE

  • Keychron

    ISO-DE, ISO-UK, ISO-Nordic, ISO-SW

    Out of stockShips to you

  • Keychron (DE)

    ISO-DE, ISO-UK, ISO-SW

    In stockDoes not ship to you

Varmilo VA100 Goddess Luo

No ISO layout at the stores we track.

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