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Keychron Q3 vs Typone Mars Pro Shooting Star

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Quick verdict

Which one should you get?

Get the

Keychron Q3

Hot-swappable

Build quality in the top 5% of 80% boards under $100.

Rules this board out

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

Get the

Typone Mars Pro Shooting Star

Build quality in the bottom 30% of 80% boards under $100.

Rules this board out

  • Switches are soldered. Swapping them means soldering.
  • 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

Typone Mars Pro Shooting Star

  • Hot-swappable

    Yes

    No

    Switch changes without soldering

  • Case material

    Aluminum

    Plastic

  • Switch options

    Clicky, Linear, Silent, Tactile

    Linear, Silent, Tactile

  • Mount style

    Gasket Mount, PCB Mount, Plate Mount

    Plate Mount

  • Knob

    Yes

    No

KeebFinder scores

How we score
  • Keychron Q3
  • Typone Mars Pro Shooting Star
Performance
72
59
Build quality
91
52
Productivity
98
80
Customizability
98
58
Portability
57
56

What they share

  • Layout size: 80%
  • Connection: Wired
  • Sound dampening
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Full specs

Keychron Q3 vs Typone Mars Pro Shooting Star specs

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

12 of 26 specs differ

Keychron Q3

Typone Mars Pro Shooting Star

Typing & switches

Switch options

Clicky, Linear, Silent, Tactile
Linear, Silent, Tactile

Hot-swappable

Yes
No

Mount style

Gasket Mount, PCB Mount, Plate Mount
Plate Mount

Sound dampening

Yes
Yes

Screw-in stabilizers

Yes
Yes

Layout

Layout size

80%
80%

Layout standard

ANSI, ISO, ISO-DE, ISO-ES, ISO-FR, ISO-SW, ISO-UK, JIS
ANSI

Ergonomics

Standard
Standard

Knob

Yes
No

Display

None
None

Media keys

Yes
Yes

Connectivity & battery

Connection

Wired
Wired

Max polling rate

1,000 Hz
—

USB passthrough

No
Yes

USB-C

Yes
Yes

Build & materials

Case material

Aluminum
Plastic

Plate material

Steel
—

Keycaps

ABS, PBT
ABS

Weight

2,000 g
—

Dimensions

20 x 137 x 365 mm
—

Typing angle

5°
—

Backlight

RGB, south-facing
RGB

Firmware & software

QMK

Yes
No

VIA

Yes
No

Mac & Windows

Yes
Yes

Extras

Released

2022
2023

For EU buyers

ISO layouts by store

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

Keychron Q3

  • Keychron

    ISO-DE, ISO-UK, ISO-FR, ISO-ES, ISO-SW

    In stockShips to you

  • Keychron (DE)

    ISO-DE, ISO-UK, ISO-FR, ISO-ES, ISO-SW

    Out of stockDoes not ship to you

Typone Mars Pro Shooting Star

No ISO layout at the stores we track.

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