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)

TL;DR - I wasnt a fan of some of the keycaps, and the software is strange. Other than that, the keyboard is fine and feels great to type on! Maybe consider another keyboard if youre planning on swapping anything out (keycaps and/or switches) though. Its annoying to mod without proper tools, prying it open isnt very easy. Also, it definitely has that stock thock. The YouTube videos sometimes dont do it justice. Id consider potentially buying something else. I bought this keyboard because it was perfect for me. I liked the colorway, lubed switches, and wireless connectivity for a relatively low price than if I were to build it myself. If you dont like the keycaps or switches (though theyre good) and plan to switch them out immediately, theres probably better or similar options. This is a good stock keyboard, and I dont plan on changing the switches or keycaps for a while. Now we can move on to more specific gripes: Lets start with the software. It was so unintuitive and buggy that I genuinely thought my keyboard was broken. I was trying to set the F6 key to pure blue and instead it just turned off. I changed it to purple and it just turned red. I figured that my blue LED was broken and was about to return it. Then I turned it off and on again and also tried using the 2.4Ghz dongle, and suddenly the green LED would stop working. Turns out, if you use the multiple option to change LED colors, it works perfectly. It was pretty stressful. Also, the software overall feels a little bit janky in a way I cant explain, perhaps its the translation. Moving onto keycaps, they made some strange moves. First off, there are a total of 8 extra keycaps included, which you can see in the picture. The strange part is that there are a total of 5 ESC key replacements (including the one already on the board). Thats super overkill. In addition, the SUPER key doesnt have a windows icon replacement. Im not sure if thats for some kind of copyright reason or something, but its a little jarring, instead including some abstract symbol (which I prefer over SUPER). The ESC keys are also all yellow. Looks nice, but if you want to use yellow lighting under the key, it looks a lot more orange. If you look at the picture, the yellow for the main keys and the yellow for the escape key are different. If you take off the keycaps, theyre identical. I also dont like how the arrow keys use letters instead of just arrows, personally. Not including some extra keycaps for functions like print screen and insert is understandable but make way more sense than 4 extra ESC keycaps. If I were to switch it up, Id suggest including arrow key swaps instead of extra ESC keys. Replace the abstract keys with something else as well. Its just strange keycap design.

From a keyboard enthusiasts perspective, this is a hard board to beat for the money. PROS - Keycaps are *thick* and sound very nice as part of the package. These keycaps are *much* nicer than keycaps available on Amazon for the $20-30 range (no warping, no coloration issues, thicker). The keycaps are superior to the ones that ship with Keychron boards like the V1 in this price range (thicker + better sound quality + better aesthetics for most people). - Nob is good quality - Gateron Yellow Pros are a good switch. The typing sound is good stock. I personally substituted in the Akko Jelly Blacks (pre-lubed) for a slightly more snappy feeling linear, but there is already a fair amount of deep sound (thock?) to this board stock. - The stabilizers are about as good as you can get at this price. There is no detectable rattle. - It turns out that this is a 5-pin compatible board, despite the confusing product description - The yellow-accented retro look actually grew on me. CONS - Maybe a little stiff for some folks (not a lot of board flex). - The keycap profile takes a moment to get used to coming from Cherry profile keycaps, but they end up being a very nice keycap profile to type on (Im in the legal field, and I do TONS of typing on this board ... with some gaming). - Some complain of keys not working. I had this trouble on other Akko boards -- this is usually due to low battery levels while operating on wireless mode. I have *never* had an issue with keystrokes not being registered when running this board on wired mode, nor have I had this trouble on wireless mode (which I use less frequently). But if you are a gamer who relies on wireless responsiveness, perhaps look elsewhere.

*I am typing ths review with this keybboard* I reallly wanted to give this a 5 star review, this keyboard was by farr the best sounding stock keyboard out of the box (no mods), in the size/llayout I prefer the most with keycaps I really like and switches ive never seen before anywhere else and really enjoyy, however imm giving it a 2 star review due to the fact that at least a dozen of the keys are buggy and dont register half tthe time, and when they do register it would register multiple keypresses at once (if I hit j for example, it wouldnt register the key press, and whenever it finially did register it would type jj inone press, or a certain key would regisster againi after i pressed it after another key like thosse finally and again typos you see right there and any typos in thiiss review). The key presses themselves arent sticky, it just sseemed to be the keyboard itelf was either buggy or faulty. Cleannig the keyboard and switches did not fix the problem, and after awhile it got to the point where it was just tooo much of a hasssle to use beause of this problem so I started using another one of my boards. I really likee this brand, probably my favorite keyboard brand out there, but this kind of keyboard I got was just faulty so i am unable to enojy it as much as idd like to.

Was a sceptic on these mechanical hot swap thingies. BUt having one changed the way i perceived these. The experience is unlike any membrane keyboard i have used before. It is definitly a different beast. The keys are superb.

This Keyboard is the best keyboard that I ever bought for it being my first mechanical keyboard this is amazing. Best $91 I have ever spent if I could rate it higher I would. Just Stock it sounds amazing and very satisfying also the keys are very sensitive you dont have press all the way down on the key for it to register I could only imagine what it would sound like when I mod this Keyboard. I would recommend this keyboard if your on a budget and looking for a keyboard I got the Epomaker TH80 with the Flamingo Switches also it came two days earlier aswell....

The best keyboard I have found out of the box. The sound and feel is amazing. The connectivity is best in class, for example the multiple BT profiles that are easily switchable is so nice with a multi-computer environment. It even has a keyboard shortcut to check the battery percentage.

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

Deep pitched keys and lubed very smooth out of the box. Thick keycaps and solid construction with attention to detail on the internals. Only issue is the volume knob wont wake the keyboard from sleep during wireless mode.

Typing on this keyboard is an absolute pleasure. So much better than my first build and half the price. I almost dont want to review it because I dont want to contribute to it becoming any more popular and driving scarcity or price increases. Edit: I downgraded from 5 to 4 because i bought the bundled numpad package and the numpad is wired only. sure its sort of shown in the description, but overall its quite misleading

This is the best keyboard I’ve had, hands down. Do not doubt to get it!