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Mode Designs Sonnet 2
Mode Designs Sonnet 2 is a TKL (80%) Mechanical keyboard sold as a barebones kit, so the switches come separately. It offers hot-swap sockets, a rotary knob. Its spec sheet reads wired only, gasket, none keycaps, No backlight, 1900 g case, released 2024. KeyBench scores it 49 out of 100 across speed, build, features and value.
$349
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 595 of 946 overall, and 411 of 681 among Mechanical boards in the database.
- Overall
- 49
- Speed
- 42
- Build
- 88
- Features
- 32
- Value
- 22
Specifications
- Switch type
- Mechanical · Barebones kit — switches sold separately
- Feel
- Linear
- Layout
- TKL (80%)
- Connection
- Wired
- Polling rate
- 1000 Hz
- Rapid trigger
- No
- Hot-swap
- Yes
- Mount
- Gasket
- Keycaps
- none
- Weight
- 1900 g
- Battery
- No battery (wired)
- Backlight
- No backlight
- Rotary knob
- Yes
- Released
- 2024
PremiumAluminium caseGasket mountThocky sound
How its switch registers
Mode Designs Sonnet 2 is sold as a barebones kit, so it ships without switches; the diagram shows the mechanical mechanism the board is built around. The stem slides straight down until its nib touches the leaf and closes the circuit. Identical from the first gram to the bottom — nothing pushes back to tell you the key fired.
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 ultra-deep · pillowy. 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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