EPOMAKER RT100 97 Keys Gasket BT5.0/2.4G/USB-C Mechanical Gaming Keyboard with Customizable Display Screen, Knob, Hot Swappable Socket, 5000mAh Battery for Win/Mac (Gateron Pro Yellow, RT100)

The keyboard is great! It's very weighty but I don't mind this as it feels great quality. Excellent responsiveness of the keys. The brightness of the LEDs are also fab and you can customise this in the Epomaker app on your PC. The key switches can be changed to the noise level of your keys can be customised. I switched mine out for some silent prestige switches and it sounds so much quieter (so you can customise to what you prefer). The keycaps are also great and feel so retro! Again customisable too.The screen is a great addition and you can add some gifs or photos. The screen did stop working however, but Amazon kindly refunded. The keyboard itself still works as well.The keyboard in my opinion is excellent value for money and the quality is great in my opinion, minus the mini display issues :)

I had my eyes on this keyboard for the longest time after coming across it from a randomly suggested youtube shortJust from the classic PC Cream aesthetic alone I was sold on this Keyboard.All I can say is, this thing has been an absolute joy to own and use as a daily driver for gaming and productivity, while maintaining most usability you get from a full size board.I will preface this with that I came from a Corsair K95 Platinum, which I used for the better part of 6 Years (to which it is still going strong)Here are a few of the enjoyments I had while using this keyboard:-The unboxing experience was very pleasant and the item is very adequately packed, I had no worries about the screen or any parts being damaged-The typing experience, wow! when I first brushed my fingers on the keycaps and did some sample typing, I was BLOWN away at how unbelievably smooth and soft to type, as well as the noise level being almost non existent, you might hear the online term 'thocky' get thrown around in custom keyboard circles, and this was really no exception, an out of the box board, they feel incredible, which is the price of admission alone.-Build Quality is sturdy, a very strong plastic frame with no wobble or flex, all of the buttons and keys fit well with minimal wobble, the included cable is also of great quality, and is not soldered into the board, making it very easy to remove for wiping your desk or the board down itself, additionally, it features a wireless mode-The RT100 Still retains the numpad, it was very hard to find a smaller factor board which didn't also maintain most of the keys, this 96% board is still one of few options on the market-The included screen is indeed a unique and cute addition, allowing you to display basic system information as well as a gif/picture of your choice and the date and time, very handy when you want to check without tabbing out of your game or fullscreen application.With that said, there were some use cases I encountered with this board which weren't idealCons:-RGB: It's not that great, even on the brightest setting, it is really is quite difficult to make out in the dark, I found using Green worked best, additionally the way to assign the RGB and effects inside the software is a bit cumbersome.-This keyboard will work for gaming, but it is not ideal:The spring tension of switches is quite high and I dont expect them to loosen over time, you will find your hand begin to strain after a short amount of time due to the force required to fully depress the switches;The board does actually have a feature inside the software to adjust the actuation distance, to which I set it to the lowest of 1mm, but the smoothness of how the keys move up and down make it difficult to tell if you have bottomed out the key or if you want to quickly reactuate it after letting go.This will hinder your movement and responsiveness in faster games, I won't use this to discredit the board however as I dont think it was ever marketed for gaming.Further to the previous, with the board laying flat, it remains at quite a steep incline, your hand angle will be quite sharp when trying to use the wasd keys and will accelerate the strain on your hands, furthermore, due to the 96% layout, you will struggle to find a wrist rest that matches the width of this board exactly.-ANSI Layout:I've no Idea why amazon UK is selling the ANSI (American Layout of the board) you will also lose access to some symbols, the smaller enter key, and I find I have to switch between USA/UK Layout inside my OS to access the symbol I want on the same key.Neutral:-Software:The 'Epomaker Driver Software' is overall quite good, offering customizability in almost every aspect of the board, but the UI mostly leaves a little to be desired, I encountered an issue when uploading a gif, the screen was flashing white towards the last frames, this is very distracting and will catch your eye when trying to focus on your screen.-Adjustment time:You will indeed need some time to become more familiar with this board, the compressed layout means you will fat finger keys a lot more until you adjust if coming from a 100% boardOverall, this keyboard is an awesome introduction to the world of higher end mechanical keyboards, the typing experience is the best I've ever felt, and I expect this to be a gateway into even more custom high end boards.

The product is good, but has a few pros and cons that need mentioning.Pros: nice build quality for the money, the screen is a nice gimmick and the silent switches are quite pleasant to write on (read many online reviews about them being bad, I am quite happy with them), plenty of features. Really nice quality USB cable.Cons: the software is quite buggy, took many attempts to connect the mini-screen, often freezes and works sub-optimally for what I would expect at this price point. The battery life is quite poor, battery needs charging after maybe 24h of use. The customization options are good, but not perfect and there are a few things (like complete remapping of the keys) I would prefer to be able to do.Quite good overall, not fantastic though.

I've been using this board for about a year now so figured it was time for a review. I genuinely love it. I have the gateron yellow switches and they give a nice combo creamy/thocky sound. The caps also contribute to this. This is a great intro to custom keebs. The screen has never worked as intended, but has always felt like a bit of a gimmick anyways so I'm not too cut up about it. Wish I'd picked up the ISO UK version but if you're getting into custom boards then I'd recommend you learn to use an ANSI layout because it gives you the most options for customisation. Quality is amazing. I've build boards since that have issues with sticky inputs and janky stabilisers but this board is all high quality stuff.