Typone Mars Pro Shooting Star vs Varmilo VA Series V2 Sakura R2
Get the Typone Mars Pro Shooting Star for screw-in stabilizers and usb passthrough.
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Which one should you get?
Get the
Typone Mars Pro Shooting Star
Screw-in stabilizers
Build quality in the bottom 25% of 80% boards under $100.
- Switches are soldered. Swapping them means soldering.
Get the
Varmilo VA Series V2 Sakura R2
Build quality in the bottom 25% of 80% boards under $150.
- Switches are soldered. Swapping them means soldering.
- North-facing LEDs. Cherry-profile keycaps can hit the switch housing.
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.
Typone Mars Pro Shooting Star
Varmilo VA Series V2 Sakura R2
Connection
Wired
Bluetooth, Wired
Wireless for several devices and wired for lower latency
Switch options
Linear, Silent, Tactile
Clicky, Linear, Silent, Tactile
Keycaps
ABS
PBT
Screw-in stabilizers
Yes
No
Easier to tune than the plate-mount stabs you get prebuilt
USB passthrough
Yes
No
- Typone Mars Pro Shooting Star
- Varmilo VA Series V2 Sakura R2
- Performance
- 5866
- Build quality
- 5249
- Productivity
- 8071
- Customizability
- 5952
- Portability
- 5671
- Layout size: 80%
- Case material: Plastic
- Mount style: Plate Mount
- Sound dampening
Typone Mars Pro Shooting Star vs Varmilo VA Series V2 Sakura R2 specs
Every tracked spec, side by side. Rows marked with a dot differ between the boards.
7 of 18 specs differ
Typone Mars Pro Shooting Star
Varmilo VA Series V2 Sakura R2
Switch options
Mount style
Sound dampening
Screw-in stabilizers
Layout size
Layout standard
Ergonomics
Display
Media keys
Connection
USB passthrough
USB-C
Case material
Keycaps
Backlight
N-key rollover
Mac & Windows
Released
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