EPOMAKER TH80 Pro 75% Hot Swap RGB 2.4Ghz/Bluetooth 5.0/Wired Mechanical Keyboard with MDA PBT Keycaps, 4000mah Capacity Battery, Knob Control for Windows/Mac(Theory TH80 Pro, Budgerigar Switch)

My board came with Gateron Pro Black switches. I primarily used the TH80 with a PC running Windows 10. The EPOMAKER Theory TH80 comes in a blue cardboard box. Besides the board itself, the package included a user manual, a keycap puller, and a braided USB-C to USB-A cable. The EPOMAKER Theory TH80 has a plastic case with a medium bezel and rounded corners. The TH80 is even heavier than the Akko 3068B. The keyboard has a recessed USB-C port on the left side of the board. The bottom of the board has retractable feet to raise the typing angle, a small switch to activate the board’s wireless functionality, and an inbuilt slot which holds the board’s 2.4 GHz wireless receiver when not being used. USB ports are a prized commodity on my PC, so I did not use the 2.4 GHz receiver. I did use the Bluetooth functionality in conjunction with a generic dongle. I used the TH80 at my desk 1–1.5 meters from my computer, so I do not have a real sense of the limits of the wireless range. The keyboard goes into a power-saving sleep mode when using the Bluetooth mode and requires a second or two after an initial input to wake up and begin registering keystrokes. The EPOMAKER Theory TH80 is my first 75% keyboard. Coming from a more compressed 65% layout, I sometimes hit the “Page Up” or “Page Down” buttons when reaching for the “Delete” key. I do not understand the selection of “Page Up” and “Page Down” as the two additional keys besides “Delete” along the exploded rightmost row of keys. I would rather have “Home” and “End.” Thankfully, these keys can be rebound in the keyboard’s optional software suite. As always, I greatly appreciate having dedicated arrow keys. The EPOMAKER Theory TH80 includes a knob in the top right-hand corner. I frequently forgot it was there and had to remind myself to make use of it. Part of this is force of habit from using the Windows controls to adjust volume for so long. Additionally though, the knob is harder to actuate than it probably should be. It has very defined steps but the level of resistance that must be overcome to turn the knob is excessive. The keycaps are dye-sub PBT in MDA profile. MDA is a reduced height SA variant. I do not like this profile as much as Akko’s ASA profile or Epomaker’s own GSA profile. MDA is still higher profile than I would like. The quality of the dye-sub is mostly excellent. The outlines of letters and symbols are very sharp, and the keycaps feel both smooth to the touch and robust in terms of build quality. However, the thickness of lines and lettering is inconsistent for many of the non-alpha keys. The EPOMAKER Theory TH80 makes use of polyethylene (PE) foam and has the marble-y sound associated with PE. The board is fairly muted in terms of volume. The consistency of the factory lube on the Gateron Pro Black switches is good for the most part but there are some keys which are noticeably scratchier than others. The TH80 has very good stock stabilizers on the modifiers, but the spacebar is not as smooth sounding or feeling. The spacebar appears slightly warped, and there is a slight rattle. The LED backlighting appears to be limited to solid colors and static RGB without the use of the associated software. Even with the software, the lighting mode options seem limited. The RGB lighting itself is very bright, and the LEDs are south-facing, which eliminates potential interference with Cherry profile keycaps. The software allows the user to rebind every key other than the default function key, and offers a robust selection of alternative keybindings. This selection includes the media control functions but not the wireless or or backlight controls. I did not use the software for during my review period, as I was mostly satisfied with the stock shortcuts. Worth noting is that some shortcuts, such as “Print Screen” do not match up with what the manual indicates they ought to be. Unfortunately, the user does not appear to be able to add additional function keys. Overall, the EPOMAKER Theory TH80 is a good prebuilt mechanical keyboard but I recommend lubing the switches yourself and touching up the stabilizers to make it sound and feels its best.

Love this keyboard. I dont game, but Im particular about my keyboard and this one is excellent.

I got this keyboard because I was just getting into customizable / hotswap keyboards. Was looking for a pre-build budget option and didnt have the time to build one myself. Looked through dozens of prebuild keyboards and this fits my needs. The build quality is amazing out of the box, has good weight to it, has arrow and F keys, and most importantly it has a good thocc sound. If I ever want to customize it in the future, i will have that option too as its hotswappable and the LEDs are south facing, gives more flexibility on the switches that you can use. Been using it for 4 months now and still feels amazing, the backspace and TAB key chatters a little. The bad. Been having driver issues since the beginning. sometimes I boot up my computer and its fine but half the time the keyboard isnt working and shows a driver error. I usually have to reconnect(plug/unplug) it a few times to have it working properly. I know its not my computer because it happens to my other computers as well. The wireless and bluetooth works fine. Also I cant get the software to detect the keyboard as well while i am using wire mode. doesnt bother me too much as i am ok with the default key layout. really wish the software and driver was better, because it would be the BEST keyboard at the $100 range. RMA Update: After a long RMA process, I was able to replace my keyboard and the new one works better and is able to be detected by their software. But still disappointed with epomaker. 1. Their customer service is obviously on the other side of the world and they only respond once per night usually around midnight EST. So the back and forth trying to troubleshoot the keyboard took a week, JUST so I can qualify for the RMA. 2. The RMA process needs a form that needs to be printed and included in the return. They do compensate for shipping, which is good, but again the communication is the problem. After a week of them receiving my return, I didn’t hear back so I reached out, then the person verified and provided the refund, so they would have took longer if I didn’t ask about it. 3. Here is why I am very unhappy, so after receiving my new keyboard, They asked about how my replacement is and I said it works much better. So they asked me to update my review. Which is fine with but I like to use the new keyboard for awhile first and then update but they kept harassing me to update my review, every other day I would get a message from them to update my review. And you know it’s against policy to ask customers to update reviews when they have to misspell “prodact revaiew” and the rest of the sentence has no spelling errors. It is disappointing when they aren’t really attentive and responsive to get me a replacement keyboard but when it’s time to update my review, they will constantly message me. It should be the other way around. The funny thing is when I was waiting for the RMA, I almost bought another brand keyboard because I was tired of waiting.

This keyboard is so nice. It feels great to type on, the key caps are satisfying, and the sound is great! I bought other switches and another set of key caps to customize it a bit but I’m holding off to enjoy it as is for now. I use it for work and gaming. It’s a bit on the louder side but not clicky, that’s what I was looking for.

The best stock thockiest keyboard I’ve used. Can’t go wrong with gateron pro yellows.

This board is amazing! I got it with their pink flamingo switches and I was blown away by how creamy and smooth they were straight out of the box. Typing on this is extremely satisfying. I swapped out the key caps to something that would match my setup better but the switches that it comes with are phenomenal. I can’t recommend this board enough.

It sounds great just stock, and as my first keyboard I am super happy with it!

This is the best keyboard. I dont have to modify it. I love the flamingo switches on here. I would recommend this keyboard. The colors are also very subtle but pleasing to the eyes. Im all about the volume knob. If you dont like the red, I believe they sell the gold color as well.

Great keyboard, but it only lasted six months. It completely died on me today. I would definitely pay a little more to have a keyboard that would last years and not months. Not buying another one.

At this price I was shocked to find a functioning wireless + wired gaming mechanical keyboard with a knob. I love the yellow accents and the esc and shift buttons. The knob has an extremely satisfying notched rotation that allows for really precise control. It defaults to volume on windows, have not tried macOS. I do really wish I could map this knob to other things, or even game contextual things. I will look up methods to hack it, but it would have been nice to have a method out of the box. Now for the issues. Theres no mistaking it, the wireless is butt. Tolerable for typing and browsing for sure, but for GAMING its unusable. I tested the following and all had the same results: - 2.4GHz using dongle plugged into my PC side USB - Keypresses occasionally drop - 2.4GHz using dongle plugged into the back of my PC, thinking maybe it was an issue with the front usb port typically being weaker - Nope, keypresses still occasionally dropped. - Bluetooth on Win 10 - Keypresses occasionally drop. I eventually gave up and went wired. A dropped keystroke is fine when typing an email or this review, but in a shooter it can cause me to not jump when I expect or something like that. It was literally causing unnecessary deaths. I (virtually) DIED because of this keyboards crappy wireless! Anyway I still love this thing wired and would recommend it. Its cool lookin, it has a knob, the switches feel good and I like gaming on it. Just dont use the wireless to game. My dream of a fully wireless gaming setup will just have to wait. Supposedly Keychron has done it on an aluminum frame....