Leopold Alchemie vs Varmilo VA100 Sea Melody
Get the Leopold Alchemie for qmk and via. Get the Varmilo VA100 Sea Melody for the 8,000 mAh battery.
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Which one should you get?
Get the
Leopold Alchemie
QMK
Build quality in the top 10% of 100% boards under $200.
- North-facing LEDs. Cherry-profile keycaps can hit the switch housing.
Get the
Varmilo VA100 Sea Melody
Battery
Build quality in the top 35% of 100% boards under $150.
- South-facing LEDs. Shine-through legends stay dark, and some sculpted keycaps can clip the LED.
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.
Leopold Alchemie
Varmilo VA100 Sea Melody
Battery
4,000 mAh
8,000 mAh
A larger battery means fewer cables during the day
Switch options
Clicky, Silent
Silent
Mount style
Top Mount
Gasket Mount
QMK
Yes
No
The deep option when you want to remap every key
VIA
Yes
No
GUI remapping without compiling firmware
- Leopold Alchemie
- Varmilo VA100 Sea Melody
- Performance
- 8064
- Build quality
- 7961
- Productivity
- 7676
- Customizability
- 8661
- Portability
- 5266
- Layout size: 100%
- Connection: Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz, Wired
- Hot-swappable
- Sound dampening
- Keycaps: PBT
Leopold Alchemie vs Varmilo VA100 Sea Melody specs
Every tracked spec, side by side. Rows marked with a dot differ between the boards.
9 of 24 specs differ
Leopold Alchemie
Varmilo VA100 Sea Melody
Switch options
Hot-swappable
Mount style
Sound dampening
Layout size
Layout standard
Ergonomics
Display
Media keys
Connection
Max polling rate
Battery
USB-C
Case material
Plate material
Keycaps
Weight
Dimensions
Backlight
QMK
VIA
N-key rollover
Mac & Windows
Released
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