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8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard
8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard is a TKL (80%) Mechanical keyboard built around Gateron Brown switches for a tactile feel. It offers hot-swap sockets. Its spec sheet reads wired + 2.4 ghz + bt, integrated, ABS keycaps, Backlit, 1000 g case, released 2024. KeyBench scores it 50 out of 100 across speed, build, features and value.
$60
Estimated typical street price in US dollars, not launch MSRP. Prices on this site are checked against retailer listings and move; confirm before you buy.
Scores
Ranked 580 of 946 overall, and 397 of 681 among Mechanical boards in the database.
- Overall
- 50
- Speed
- 40
- Build
- 58
- Features
- 46
- Value
- 70
Specifications
- Switch type
- Mechanical · Gateron Brown
- Feel
- Tactile
- Layout
- TKL (80%)
- Connection
- Wired + 2.4 GHz + BT
- Polling rate
- 125 Hz
- Rapid trigger
- No
- Hot-swap
- Yes
- Mount
- Integrated
- Keycaps
- ABS
- Weight
- 1000 g
- Battery
- 2000 mAh
- Backlight
- Backlit
- Rotary knob
- No
- Released
- 2024
Character editionLow-latency wirelessHot-swapMac + WindowsLong battery
How its switch registers
8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard ships with Gateron Brown, rated tactile by this database. A bump on the stem deflects the leaf, and the snap of that bump is what you feel. A defined ridge partway down, then the rest of the travel opens up.
Drawn distances are the norm for this switch family, not a measurement of this keyboard. The animation is the same diagram the app uses.
Sound
On the sound model used across this site it reads as marbly · bumpy. That is a character derived from its mount, case weight, switch feel and noise rating — it is not a recording of this keyboard.
Play the typing sample and see the full sound breakdown in the app.
Where to look
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