Akko V3 Lavender Purple Pro vs Gateron Baby Kangaroo 2.0
Weight is the real gap here: 19 g between the Gateron Baby Kangaroo 2.0 and the Akko V3 Lavender Purple Pro at actuation, which is enough to change how a long session ends. Our library of every switch we simulate cross-links them because this matchup keeps coming up. Start with the A/B bursts below, then take the spec table and the picks in order.
Hear them back to back
simulated from real specssound loads on your first tapShortcuts: press A or B anywhere outside a text box to fire that burst. Use the volume trims to loudness-match the pair before judging which sounds better.
Spec by spec
| Spec | Akko V3 Lavender Purple Pro | Gateron Baby Kangaroo 2.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Tactile | Tactile |
| Brand rates force at | actuation | actuation |
| Actuation force | 40 g | 59 g |
| Bottom-out force | not published | not published |
| Pre-travel | 1.9 mm | 2 mm |
| Total travel | 3.8 mm | 3.4 mm |
| Silent (dampened) | No | No |
| Factory lubed | Yes | Yes |
| MX-compatible stem | Yes | Yes |
| Price tier | Budget | Mid-range |
| Street price | varies | varies |
Akko and Gateron both advertise an actuation force, so the two headline figures in this table are measured at the same point and can be read against each other.
Verdict
Stroke character is a tie. Two tactiles feel alike under a finger, which pushes the decision onto the rows below the type row. Weight separates them clearly: measured at actuation, the Gateron Baby Kangaroo 2.0 is 19 g heavier than the Akko V3 Lavender Purple Pro, which changes both fatigue and sound. The Akko V3 Lavender Purple Pro is the cheaper board to fill by a full bracket, budget friendly against mid priced. We land on the Akko V3 Lavender Purple Pro for every use we score, and it is the safer of the two in a shared room, so the Gateron Baby Kangaroo 2.0 makes sense only if you preferred its voice in the player above.
- Overall pick
- Akko V3 Lavender Purple Pro
Our three scores agree on this pair. The Akko V3 Lavender Purple Pro takes all of them, which is why there is a single card above instead of three.
Force curves
Akko V3 Lavender Purple Pro
Akko publishes no bottom-out force for this switch, so the dashed end of the curve is an estimate, not a spec. Everything up to actuation comes from the published numbers.
Gateron Baby Kangaroo 2.0
Gateron publishes no bottom-out force for this switch, so the dashed end of the curve is an estimate, not a spec. Everything up to actuation comes from the published numbers.
Akko V3 Lavender Purple Pro or Gateron Baby Kangaroo 2.0: the long answer
Take the mechanical side first, since that is where this pair separates. The springs are a long way apart: 59 g against 40 g at actuation, so the Gateron Baby Kangaroo 2.0 asks noticeably more of your fingers across a long session. Both are tactiles either way, so both give a finger something to aim at on the way down. On distance the Akko V3 Lavender Purple Pro registers at 1.9 mm against 2.0 mm, and the full stroke runs 3.8 mm on the Akko V3 Lavender Purple Pro against 3.4 mm on the Gateron Baby Kangaroo 2.0. Everything else about them is close enough that the spring is the honest tiebreak.
Sound decides more of these arguments than force curves do. Put them through the player above and the Akko V3 Lavender Purple Pro lands as crisp poppy clack with a big up-front bump where the Gateron Baby Kangaroo 2.0 lands as poppy, clacky tactile snap with a lively rebound. Both packs are synthesized rather than recorded, so read the comparison as a faithful sketch of each voice and not as a measurement of it.
On cost and convenience, the Akko V3 Lavender Purple Pro is budget friendly, while the Gateron Baby Kangaroo 2.0 is mid priced. Both come factory lubed, so neither needs work out of the box.
This one does not split. Every axis we score points the same direction: the Akko V3 Lavender Purple Pro is our pick for gaming, for typing and for a shared desk. On speed, the scoring hands it a lighter spring at actuation and a shorter distance to actuation. On typing feel, its keystroke stays consistent and comfortable across a full day of writing. On noise, it makes the least fuss of the pair in a shared space. That leaves the Gateron Baby Kangaroo 2.0 to anyone who preferred its voice in the player above, which is a good enough reason on its own. Do the listening first. It costs nothing and it changes minds more often than a spec table does.
For either one on its own terms, read the Akko V3 Lavender Purple Pro page and the Gateron Baby Kangaroo 2.0 page. If you are here to check the board you already own, use our free keyboard tester.
Frequently asked questions
For gaming, should I buy the Akko V3 Lavender Purple Pro or the Gateron Baby Kangaroo 2.0?
We pick the Akko V3 Lavender Purple Pro for gaming. The scoring gives it a lighter spring at actuation and a shorter distance to actuation against the Gateron Baby Kangaroo 2.0, and both of those show up in a fast game.
Which of the Akko V3 Lavender Purple Pro and the Gateron Baby Kangaroo 2.0 is quieter in a shared room?
Nothing in either one is built to reduce noise, so on raw volume this is a tie decided by your keyboard rather than your switch. What you will actually hear is a difference of pitch and texture, which the player above shows better than a sentence can.
Is the Akko V3 Lavender Purple Pro heavier than the Gateron Baby Kangaroo 2.0?
The Gateron Baby Kangaroo 2.0, by 19 g. Both figures are published at actuation, 59 g against 40 g, so they are measured at the same point and can be read straight.
Which is cheaper to fill a board with, the Akko V3 Lavender Purple Pro or the Gateron Baby Kangaroo 2.0?
The Akko V3 Lavender Purple Pro sits in the budget friendly bracket and the Gateron Baby Kangaroo 2.0 in the mid priced one. We do not hold a reliable per-switch price for both, so the bracket is the honest answer rather than a total.
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