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3.8 out of 5
76.00% of customers are satisfied
mixed feelings on this
Man, this keyboard is great in many ways but I feel like it misses the mark just a bit in a few others that hold me back from giving it a full recommendation.A couple of pros:- Flamingo switches; really enjoy the feel of them.- Touchscreen and media buttons are pretty cool.- Keycaps are pretty decent actually.- Case overall feel is good, with a decent weight, shape, and a nice fitted cover.- Wired, 2.4, and BT all work great.The cons or just odd things:- The second that plugs in is not that useful. It shows time, battery, and connection, but nothing really critical. You can put art or animations on it which is nice but not important. It also sits kind of precariously and the keyboard cover doesn't fit with it plugged in.- The touchscreen, oh the touchscreen. It is limited in the functions, some useful like the volume controls, and just feels like more could have been done with it. It is pretty responsive, at least.- Make sure you note the layout. I didn't pay close enough attention and didn't notice the R4 row being different from standard qwerty spacing until I found myself pressing "up arrow" when intending to press "shift" and trying to find the "n" key.- Wish the media buttons felt a little nicer.I debated between giving this 3* and 4* but I'm going to round up. The standard function of the keyboard (that is, typing and connectivity) is perfectly good and the ideas are interesting, but the execution could have been better. Particularly the two screens, the main gimmicks of the board; they leave me underwhelmed and thinking a little bit of what could have been.
Cool touch screen
The selling point of the keyboard is really the touch and the extra display screen. It's a bit gimmicky, but the extra screens do kind of make this a cool collector's item. The display screen and the touch screen can be customized with the EPOMaker driver. The driver isn't great, and the custom touch screen needs to have the software running in the background to work. The touch screen also also has the EPOMaker splash as the default screen so it's not really too convenient to use the touchscreen. The software is okay, but it's a bit clunky, but it does the job. The back, okay, pause buttons below the touch screen are cool, but they are very stiff and clacky.The keyboard is all plastic, and is a bit light. However, the switches and the overall sound of the keyboard is pretty good stock. With the touch screen the size of the keyboard is about the size of a TKL.I would get this if you like the novelty of have a touchscreen.
Solid hardware, undermined by software
I am a big fan of the way this keyboard feels. It feels solid even under my notoriously hard typing, and the keys have a very nice feel to them. I might, as a matter of personal taste, prefer a touch more resistance or tactile bump, but you can clearly feel that these are great switches. Also the sound of the keys sets a nice balance between loud clicks and clacks and mush. Big fan overall.But the real value add on this keyboard is probably its displays which are both undermined by the software. The little TV screen works on my system--something that is not to be taken for granted according to Reddit--but beyond telling you the time and playing a GIF it is useless. Apparently the old version could give you your CPU load and temperature, but those never worked well (?!?) and so instead of fixing the features they just dropped them. What?The touch screen is almost more frustrating because it is SO CLOSE to being great. It is clear, responsive and looks great. But it is limited to the shortcuts that are pre-installed (volume control, that sort of thing) and 4 program launch macros. That's right, they just launch programs! Wouldn't it make more sense to give you several pages and then bind them to macros? I certainly think it would.So why 4 stars? Well in the end I like this keyboard, and it is likely to become my daily driver. It connects well and feels great. But if they just made the screen actually useful and added better macro support to the touch screen this could be a game changer at this price. Instead, it is just a nice keyboard.
A pretty progressive design for a keeb with a couple of drawbacks
The media could not be loaded. I have been using the Epomaker RT80 keyboard a few times and so far, I really like it. The Wisteria switches are incredibly smooth, providing a perfect balance of "clicky" and "creamy" keyboard acoustics. The typing experience is pretty good, especially if you prefer a more refined sound like some "too thocky" keyboards may have.However, I feel discouraged from everyday use with this keyboard due to the layout, and limited touch screen customization options. The size and location of the SHIFT key is so small and a bit awkward as I am used to the traditional size "shift" keycap. With that, I find myself making more typing mistakes than usual, even once I get in the hang of the layout (which doesn't typically take me very long to adjust). It may be something you get used to with time, but if you switch between multiple keyboards like I do (especially those with a full num keypad), it can be frustrating.The touch screen is an incredibly progressive and modern design for a keyboard, and I also love that you can upload pictures, GIFs, and animations in the micro screen as well. While the micro screen was surprisingly easy to customize, the software wasn't the most user-friendly, especially with the touch screen customization options. I had to watch a YouTube video to understand the basics of how to set it up. It appears it might be limited of options. For example, you can upload desktop applications like Spotify, and while the initial touch screen has the print screen, volume up and down and mute options (as portrayed in one of the pictures of this review), I find that I no longer have access to that screen! and I have no idea how to go back to it. Like I stated earlier, the software isn't the most user-friendly to allow this setting to get back into it's initial place.Despite these small issues, I love the overall feel of this keyboard. It has unique charm, but the layout and software quirks keep it from being my daily driver.
I love this keyboard
This is a great board. Nice typing feel good sound from typing. The screen i thought would be a gimmick but it's actually useful! The keycaps are decent quailty nothing fancy, however there are a few draw backs, the add on screen can only be used when in wireless mode it uses the USB c port, the board is a bit flimsy if you type hard it gives quite a bit in the center under pressure it could use a bit stronger plate. Other than that it feels great to type on and I wish it was a tad heavier weight wise. Also the switches are quite smooth and creamy
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