EPOMAKER RT100 Retro Gaming Keyboard with Display Screen, BT5.0/2.4G/USB-C, 97 Keys Gasket Custom Keyboard, Hot Swappable, RGB Backlit, with Knob for Win/Mac (Gateron Pro Yellow)

I'm writing on this keyboard now!It's so buttery smooth and quiet! My dad approves of it! (He sits like 50 feet from me)I used to run on a Cherry MX Brown keyboard for the longest time. I loved it, but I also got sort of fed up with it in the long run.My dad was getting very annoyed by the keyboard and thus I was hunting around for finding a new keyboard I would enjoy owning for a long time. Hence how I found this keyboard.At first I discovered this keyboard and brand from LLT and then HypoTech's review on it. This is how I was sold on the product in the first place.Once I got mine, I fell in love with this thing instantly, so did my dad! LOL.So how does it feel to use? It's premium without the premium price tag. That's basically the honest answer. It's that good! Yes, it's fully plastic but what keyboard out there isn't? But it's also got some heft to it, just like the old 90's keyboards of the day were. I can tell they made sure this thing dampens any and all sound coming out of it so it doesn't sound like a hollowed out shell of whatever it's supposed to be.Once you get it, you will see what I mean. These switches are just incredible for what they are. They're a linear switch and it makes typing just a dream to type on. Just typing all of this text is so satisfying that I want to keep on typing on it. So I will......ANYWAYS..... These are a type of Linear switch that knocks a lot of noise out of the switch so it's smooth and quiet in operation. It's so smooth in fact, you barely have to touch your fingers on it to actuate the response and feel so quick to type on and feel like a typing god. It's so incredible to use that it just blows my mind how amazing this thing feels. Especially now after typing this far into this review on it. I will admit, I'm not perfect. I had to backspace a million times because I do fat finger from time to time. So it's not going to prevent that. (I did the same thing even on the MX browns...)How does it feel to press on the switches? It's like touching the best button in existence, nice and clean to press and it's very soft. Like a pillow with a soft touch.When you press down hard, it just feels solid and smooth. It's got instant response to your inputs. No matter how light or heavy you press the buttons, they respond instantly. The springs in the switch are "Light" but over time that lightness starts to feel heavier as you go. So you'll start to feel where the switches activate even with the lightest of touches, it just makes typing quick and clean.... except if you're a typo master or a fat finger writer like I am where you hit the backspace a lot to clean up your horrid typing...Speaking of which, if you're a gamer. BUY THIS! It may not be a high end switch keyboard but trust me, that doesn't matter. This keyboard is perfect for the average person to Twitch Stream user who is recording content on their channels (Even a YouTuber). This thing just makes gaming so comfy. I do not want you to skip this product just because it MAY not have the best and fastest switch actuation out there. Trust me, it doesn't make any difference, your mouse makes more of the difference over a keyboard. Believe me, there is nothing out there that makes your gaming THAT much better. (Except if you're using a junky low grade low cost keyboard.... yeah, nothing is topping that trashy product. It's cheap for a reason, buy something with better quality. Anything that runs smoother is already a better product vs a garbage made one)Now, how this thing works in the function part is rather interesting to say the least. It's not bad to use, but some functions I don't know for sure how it works yet. Even Epomaker's Manual is vague in some areas. So do your homework on this board. Recommend you watch HypoTech's video on this keyboard before you think of buying it, it's a quirky thing. That's for sure, but the experience makes up for it.This product DOES have a nice little TV display. It's cute, but a novelty item. So don't buy it ONLY for the screen. Trust me, you'll be disappointed in it. Epomaker has made this thing just that, a novelty to play around with and nothing else. I mean it DOES work, but it's a hassle to make it useable at the moment. Hopefully they figure out what they're trying to achieve with it, it's like they made it an afterthought and thought it looked cool to put on it. I do wish they figured it out with the design when they did it and not afterwards....(It's firmware and driver related. Get it on their website for this keyboard if you're interested to playing around with it. Word of advice, it's not that impressive to use. Software is somewhat annoying to figure out, but it's about the only way you'll get any functional use out of it. So get it and then program it however you like on it)Final thoughts, do I recommend this? 100%, BUT it may not be your cup of tea. This doesn't come native with Micro buttons, but you can map them on this just like any other keyboard. It's not useless, the function command does make this keyboard rather cool to mess around with once you program it to do certain commands on it.The play button and volume control is a nice feature, but it's not 100% necessary on this board to be put on there. But hey, it's for those who actually want or need it for some reason... it works. That's about all I say about it. It's not a standout feature or anything, it does what it needs to do.Anyways, enough of this small but long essay about it. Go buy it already, you'll love it. Trust me!

I really like this keyboard, A LOT. I don't usually leave reviews, but this keyboard is worth it. I love that you can choose switches and the little monitor is a plus. The RGB lights are customizable along with key commands ect. with the driver. You can switch from wireless to wired mode very easily and its set up for both Mac and PC with the flick of a switch. The keys are very smooth, I got the silent switches and love them. Another cool thing about it is the dial in the corner for volume and pause/play.I did have an issue connecting to the driver in the beginning,It was glitchy and I noticed the keyboard would flash when plugged in (it works great wireless), I contacted customer service, they. got back to me right away and helped me with the situation. It turned out that the charging cable the sent was malfunctioning and they sent me a new one free of charge. It was delivered within a day or two. Other than that I've had no issues. Once I found the right cord, the driver worked great.If you're on the fence I say go for it, if you have any issues contact customer service and they'll help you out :)

I purchased this keyboard after seeing it sponsored in LTT’s recent video featuring this keyboard, for the price and the features I couldn’t pass it up, screen is super cool, right?Lord Jesus Christ was I wrong. I got it and I will say the keyboard felt amazing (wistera linear switch’s) and that’s where the good things I have to say about this keyboard stop.I plug it in using the included cable anddd, nada. The keyboard “bootlooped” turning on and off again with the screen claiming it was connected to windows but windows didn’t recognize the keyboard and windows would eventually would say “USB device not recognized” I figure alright strange maybe a defective cable. Nope. I tried 3 other cables I had and all were the same story. I thought it could have been my usb ports, also was not the case didn’t matter wether I used my front panel usb 2.0 or 3.0 ports or my mobo 3.0 ports.The keyboard DID work with Bluetooth and the usb transmitter/receiver but there’s 2 problems with that. For one YOU CANT UPDATE THE FIRMWARE UNLESS THE KEYBOARD IS CONNECTED WITH A CABLE. That’s just genius right? And it gets better, the screen cannot have animations or gifs put onto it unless IT IS ALSO CONNECTED WITH A CABLE.So great I’m stuck only using the keyboard in wireless mode and unable to add animations/gifs. But it gets worse.For me, the function key did not work at all, I couldn’t change the brightness/color settings and other misc settings on the keyboard unless I used the (shitty) driver/software. And I couldn’t factory reset the damn thing either, since the key binds need the function key to do that.On the screen, the date did not work, the temperature units were stuck on Celsius even when you selected Fahrenheit. The cpu usage wouldn’t work unless the driver/software was run in administrator and set up every time you restart your computer.I am not the only person to experience these types of problems if not worse problems. Do a quick google search of “Epomaker RT100 problems” and see for yourself.It sucks that in concept, this keyboard is awesome but in execution, it’s god awful. It’s really an alibaba keyboard rebranded by a drop shipping company and peddled to people that don’t know any better. I wish I had known before buying this keyboard but I leave this as a warning to people looking to buy ANYTHING Epomaker.DONT BUY EPOMAKER.