EPOMAKER EP84 84-Key RGB Hotswap Wired Mechanical Gaming Keyboard with PBT Dye-subbed Keycaps for Mac/Win/Gamers (Gateron Red Switch, Vintage Grey White)

The switches feel amazing, so many color options and overall just a great feeling using it.
The switches feel amazing, so many color options and overall just a great feeling using it.

Sounds good, lights good, and has worked flawlessly. Super happy with this keyboard in everyway.
Sounds good, lights good, and has worked flawlessly. Super happy with this keyboard in everyway.

best keyboard ive used so far. but get the ones with lighter switches. i switched my switches to acco jelly whites. Hotswap!
best keyboard ive used so far. but get the ones with lighter switches. i switched my switches to acco jelly whites. Hotswap!

Very good base for a budget 75% build
First off, it’s affordable. I am looking for a 75% for work and I don’t want something too flashy or expensive. This EP84 fits the bill.

For mod, I add 3 layers of tape (tape mod), the case already has foam so I leave it be. Then I swap the switch for Gateron G Pro 2.0 Black, and PBT XDA keycaps. Now it’s a very thocky but silent keyboard, great for work environment.

The worst thing about this keyboard is the cable socket, it’s so deep inside the case so you HAVE to use the stock cable, most other cables will not fit into the tight space around the USB-C port

Overall I still highly recommend this keyboard, especially when you’re looking for something to not too complicated and flashy for work

I love it!

Its amazing the quality of this keyboard
In 2021 I bought this same but the white/grey version, the quality as expected, good RGB and backlight on the keycaps (fully opaque)

In difference from this new are some changes, some good, other… not so much

– Style keycaps is very good, but I thought it would have a partial transparence to see the keys in low light but this is not the case, but very nice looking keycaps anyway
– The RGB lights are powerfull and very colourful too
– The presets to change the colors, intensity and velocity need like a restart of the keyboard, dont know if its normal, like 1 second all RGB off while changing, my previous keyboard was instantly chaging with this actions
– More vivid colors (specially the yellow/orange looks nice with the color of the keycaps too)
– Prefer the old movement patterns
– Can toggle the Win and Alt keys depending on the OS (nice feature)
– Very soft gatheron brown switches and keycaps to the touch

As I said, I bought this expecting the same, differing only the keycaps and nothing else, but noticed the new features, some good, some other not so much, but in general, its all good.

I recommend this produc

Sounds great, looks great, feels great. My only slight issue with it is that the spacebar occasionally rubs against the edge of the keyboard, though that is easy to fix (just nudge the spacebar).
Sounds great, looks great, feels great. My only slight issue with it is that the spacebar occasionally rubs against the edge of the keyboard, though that is easy to fix (just nudge the spacebar).

Great budget keyboard
his is a solid choice if you need a budget keyboard, i bought this for typing instead of gaming and with the gateron black switches they sound very smooth. It is a solid build however does sound a bit hollow due to the plastic build which is what you expect from a budget keyboard. Nonetheless i would reccomend this keyboard. (the vintage grey is a beautiful colour if your into the old era of keyboards it looks alike!)

This is the first mechanical keyboard I've purchased so I did a fair amount of research before deciding to buy this keyboard. I'm glad I went with this one! I mainly use this for work and school, but will eventually try it out for gaming as well. I went with the yellow switches and I love the sound of them and the feedback they give. The retro design is exactly what I was looking for and there are tons of other keycap sets for this keyboard if I ever want to change them. The keycaps are very easy to remove but I haven't tried removing the switches. There are different RGB modes too and you can change the colour of some of the modes, increase/decrease the speed of some of the modes, and increase/decrease the brightness of some of the modes. This is all shown in the instruction manual. Overall I'm very satisfied and I would recommend this keyboard to my friends.
This is the first mechanical keyboard I’ve purchased so I did a fair amount of research before deciding to buy this keyboard. I’m glad I went with this one! I mainly use this for work and school, but will eventually try it out for gaming as well. I went with the yellow switches and I love the sound of them and the feedback they give. The retro design is exactly what I was looking for and there are tons of other keycap sets for this keyboard if I ever want to change them. The keycaps are very easy to remove but I haven’t tried removing the switches. There are different RGB modes too and you can change the colour of some of the modes, increase/decrease the speed of some of the modes, and increase/decrease the brightness of some of the modes. This is all shown in the instruction manual. Overall I’m very satisfied and I would recommend this keyboard to my friends.

Nice keyboard that's fully customisable, from key caps to switch types. Feels heavy and solid, not flimsy at all. I bought it with the black switches.
Nice keyboard that’s fully customisable, from key caps to switch types. Feels heavy and solid, not flimsy at all. I bought it with the black switches.

I'm quite new to the keyboard hobby, and I had been thinking of dipping my toes in to it for a while. this was a great purchase because I did not want to buy a 60%, the only mods I did to it was lube the stabilizers and put more foam in it as it only comes with a thin piece of foam dampening when purchasing. It sound great without the mods if you are not comfortable with opening up the case. Only thing that keeps me from giving it a 5 star is north facing leds as they interfere with cherry profile keycaps if you don't put a spacer in the stem hole/around (piece of folded paper in the steam hole to give it a few more milometers or some really small O-rings a round the base of the stem)
I’m quite new to the keyboard hobby, and I had been thinking of dipping my toes in to it for a while. this was a great purchase because I did not want to buy a 60%, the only mods I did to it was lube the stabilizers and put more foam in it as it only comes with a thin piece of foam dampening when purchasing. It sound great without the mods if you are not comfortable with opening up the case. Only thing that keeps me from giving it a 5 star is north facing leds as they interfere with cherry profile keycaps if you don’t put a spacer in the stem hole/around (piece of folded paper in the steam hole to give it a few more milometers or some really small O-rings a round the base of the stem)

My Review: As someone who doesn't spend much money
Initially buying a keyboard and especially at this price for someone who doesn’t spend money often is scary. When I first got my hand of the keyboard though the feeling was great. The key presses felt great, the sound is crisp. Getting used to a keyboard after using my laptop keyboard for so long was difficult but worth it because the feeling of typing on it is refreshing and I like it a lot. I’m not sure if I miss the missing keys that are on a full keyboard and some of the buttons display the wrong sign and I cannot for the life of me get the program to customise the keyboard colours and key binds to work but that is more the fault of epomaker than amazon. The frame was ever so slightly warped but a thin piece of card in the right spot stops the wobble and overall it is a nice keyboard for it’s price point. Knowing that it’s hot-swappable means the keyboard can last me years and years to come with contributing lots to waste. Overall happy with it and I hope it can keep going for years to come. – One of Many Internet Users

Best Keyboard 2022
Sounds and feels amazing to use, really ergonomic and responsive!

Overall this keyboard is pretty good for the price. Very good after modding and lubing the switches. However, I was clearly shipped a used board with a broken space bar and pencil marks all over the plate deck. Thankfully they ship with an additional space bar.
Overall this keyboard is pretty good for the price. Very good after modding and lubing the switches. However, I was clearly shipped a used board with a broken space bar and pencil marks all over the plate deck. Thankfully they ship with an additional space bar.

The keyboard is very god quality and have good build

The keyboard is very god quality and have good build

Solid keyboard, great value
Overall a great keyboard.

Pros:
– Form factor is good for coding because the arrow/home/end/del keys are closer to the home row
– Hot swap makes it trivial to replace and move around key switches (which will eventually fail as all key switches do, so it makes it easy to repair, no soldering or disassembly needed)
– Disassembly is easy
– PBT keycaps feel nice, don’t develop a shine like ABS keycaps
– Stabilizers are quite good (some YouTube reviews mention they are bad, but I think they have been improved since then), way better than the Corsair K70 RGB I came from
– Cable is detachable, never thought I would care about this but really comes in handy
– Comes with a fantastic keycap puller
Cons:
– The font on the keycaps is kind of weird, I don’t really like it (this is preference)
– Mine came significantly warped, meaning it would wobble – I fixed this by taking it apart and using a heat gun on the plastic bottom to reform it (boiling water is not hot enough to achieve this) – but I must take off a star because at this price such a basic issue should not pass QC
– I couldn’t get the advertised software for reprogramming to work, but I ended up rebinding some keys in Windows using a registry utility from the internet (not sure about macOS/Linux, but you can probably find a way to do it at the OS level)

There are a fair few lighting modes and colors, that’s all I can say about the backlight since I always keep it off. The manual details everything.

 This is my first ever mechanical keyboard and it's amazing. Gateron yellow switches feel smooth and great and the overall build quality feels really good for the price. Love the different RGB effects. One thing is the frame is a bit warped but that's ok.
This is my first ever mechanical keyboard and it’s amazing. Gateron yellow switches feel smooth and great and the overall build quality feels really good for the price. Love the different RGB effects. One thing is the frame is a bit warped but that’s ok.

Software's bugged, but still fine
The RGB customisation software on this is extremely finicky – there were two different versions on the official site, and neither even detected my keyboard. I know they work for some boards, but I’m far from the only person who didn’t manage to get it to work, which is a damned shame. it’s not uncommon for components or drivers to change on the ‘same’ model, but they lose a star for not keeping it compatible with different versions of itself. There may be a workaround I haven’t found yet, but suffice to say that if it takes me more than a half hour of searching to get model-specific software to work then you buggered up.

Software aside though, the in-built RGB options are pretty varied, and while the ‘true blue’ was too dark to properly see some of the letters, the lighter blue option did me fine. If you want fancier RGB cycling then this has a few options too. If you’re okay with using presets then this will probably have one you like.

To be clear I’m not a mechanical keyboard guy – I got this thing because I wanted to build an actually quiet keyboard, and I needed a cheap tenkeyless hotswap board to put the switches in (Alpaca silent linears). This delivered, being the cheapest hotswappable option at time of purchase and so far performing without any hitches.

I have no basis for comparison, but uninstalling the old switches and installing the new ones felt straightforward. Once I figured out what I was doing, that is. It’s possible that other boards are easier to work with, but if a first-timer can uninstall and reinstall without breaking anything then that feels adequate at worst.

Amazing sound and value for your money
I probably watched a total of 5 hours of various keyboard reviews. I looked at boards over $200 and compared them to ones that were in the $120 range. I almost splurged in order to get a board that I would appreciate typing on, but then a video review happened to mention this board.

The sound tests I saw online sounded too good to be true. I actually thought they were fake. When my board arrived I was half expecting it to sound terrible, it didn’t. It sounds almost as good as those $200 boards that I almost wasted my money on.

I was nervous that the black switches would be too fatiguing, I was wrong. They are the smoothest switches I’ve ever typed on. I am at my computer for 8+ hours per day and I still get excited when I have to write a long email.

Can’t recommend this board enough!

Great budget 84 key with all the features you would want from a current wired hotswap keyboard. Keycaps are thick PBT in cherry profile (no interference on this board with north facing switches), foam between PCB and plate, foam between PCB and case bottom.
Great budget 84 key with all the features you would want from a current wired hotswap keyboard. Keycaps are thick PBT in cherry profile (no interference on this board with north facing switches), foam between PCB and plate, foam between PCB and case bottom.

Un best buy per entrare nel mondo delle tastiere meccaniche
Cominciamo col dire che ne ho acquistate due. Arrivata la prima, ma mia fidanzata me l’ha rubata.
Le cose da dire sono tantissime, procediamo per punti.

LATI POSITIVI
– il formato fantastico: consente di avere tutti i tasti di una tastiera TKL (senza tastierino numerico) ma con un layout molto pi compatto.
– nonostante sia di plastica, la qualit costruttiva eccellente. Attenzione che le diverse combinazioni di copritasti (keycaps) e interruttori (switch) fanno variare di molto il risultato finale. Tutti i keycaps sono in PBT, materiale eccellente che non trattiene l’unto delle ditate e pi durevole, ma quelli neri/grigi e grigio/bianchi lasciano trasparire la retroilluminazione RGB e a tastiera spenta le lettere si leggono a fatica, mentre quelli ”geometria” e ”vintage” non lasciano trasparire l’illuminazione e sono leggermente pi spessi, personalmente preferisco questi ultimi. Inoltre varia il profilo dei tasti, e anche qui personalmente preferisco gli XDA, li trovo pi eleganti e riducono la corsa degli switch.
– bellissima out of the box, non richiede mod particolari e il suono dei tasti davvero stupendo. Ho provato gli switch gialli (ideali per giocare, ma anche scrivere perch non sensibili quanto i rossi) e quelli neri, che ho trovato molto belli per scrivere.
– hot-swap, il che significa che se entrerete le buco nero delle tastiere (non fatelo), potrete sbizzarrirvi nello scambiare gli switch a piacimento. L’epomaker EP84 supporta tutti i principali switch sul mercato, a 3 o 5 pin, e sul sito affermano siano supportati anche gli switch ottici. Per altri mod invece un po’ pi complicata, perch per smontarla non prevede viti e per separare il PCB dalla piastra occorre tagliare con un tronchesino dei dentini di plastica. Ci sono diversi tutorial su Youtube.
– se siete amanti del genere, gli effetti RGB non sono male e del tutto controllabili dalla tastiera, senza dover obbligatoriamente installare il software

LATI NEGATIVI
– il cavo in dotazione non un granch. gommato e non molto lungo, diciamo che fa il suo dovere ma niente di pi. Inoltre sul retro della tastiera troverete una canalina passacavo per scegliere da che parte far uscire il filo, buona idea, ma riduce le possibilit di scelta se si vuole comprare un cavo custom.
– gli stabilizzatori non sono bellissimi (ma pi che decenti) e escono dalla fabbrica troppo lubrificati.
– il software poco intuitivo, ma onestamente per l’utilizzo standard della tastiera non serve a nulla.

In conclusione, ho mandato in soffitta la tastiera ”gaming” che avevo, della Corsair, molto pi costosa e con molti pi fronzoli, e sono passato a questa, davvero stupenda.
Ho acquistato a parte un set di keycaps sempre della epomaker per personalizzare la mia (XDA dawn).

BREVE TUTORIAL per LE LETTERE ACCENTATE
Il layout ANSI US, ossia il tasto enter pi piccolo e in orizzontale, e non ci sono le lettere accentate. Come fare?
In Windows 10, nelle impostazioni della lingua, dovete aggiungere una nuova tastiera: ”Americano – internazionale”. Se non la trovate, provate prima a installare la lingua inglese.
Una volta selezionata la tastiera controllate che nella barra degli strumenti vicino a orologio e data compaia ITA INTL.
Per ottenere l’accento grave, prima premente il tasto dell’accento (sotto ESC) e dopo la lettera da accentare. Potete dire addio agli apostrofi usati per accentare la E maiuscola (e alle combinazioni tipo ALT+etc etc): e cos via.
Stessa cosa per l’accento acuto, che si trova alla sinistra dell’invio: perch n s. Stesso tasto per l’apostrofo, avendo l’accortezza di premere la barra spaziatrice dopo appunto l’apostrofo.
Spero possa essere utile.

TL;DR: tastiera fantastica, compratela.

Case is a little creaky, but isn't worse than any other budget keyboard out there. I've seen many reviews claiming that the board is too light, and while it may not be as heavy as something with a brass or steel weight integrated into the body, it is perfectly heavy enough to prevent any sliding. I was half-expecting it to be as light as a classic logitec board. Easy to mod too. If you're in the market for a non-wireless mechanical keyboard and don't want to spend too much, go for this one. you won't be disappointed.
Case is a little creaky, but isn’t worse than any other budget keyboard out there. I’ve seen many reviews claiming that the board is too light, and while it may not be as heavy as something with a brass or steel weight integrated into the body, it is perfectly heavy enough to prevent any sliding. I was half-expecting it to be as light as a classic logitec board. Easy to mod too. If you’re in the market for a non-wireless mechanical keyboard and don’t want to spend too much, go for this one. you won’t be disappointed.

Super schöne Tastatur mit tollem Klang
Die Tastaur kam mit dem Geometry Keycaps geliefert sowie einem Beutel mit weiteren keycaps! Dazu kamen 2 weitere Tools und eine Anleitung! Die tastatur eignet sich super zum Modden und die gateron switchen kamen recht solide pre lubed!

This is the perfect keyboard to get if you’re in the fence of upgrades or just getting prebuilt. It’s affordable so you don’t have to be afraid to test the waters but it’s good enough to where you won’t be dissatisfied keeping it the same. Black switches or yellow switches are the best prebuilt—they very rarely give them with yellows though.
This is the perfect keyboard to get if you’re in the fence of upgrades or just getting prebuilt. It’s affordable so you don’t have to be afraid to test the waters but it’s good enough to where you won’t be dissatisfied keeping it the same. Black switches or yellow switches are the best prebuilt—they very rarely give them with yellows though.

I decided to buy a 75% keyboard (without the number pad) because my full-size keyboard had to be kept off-centre otherwise it would get in the way of my mousepad… this keyboard is the perfect size, and I really love the 80s/90s retro aesthetic. I got the brown switches on mine, I love how it feels to type and play games on it. Another important thing to point out is that you can unplug the keyboard from a port on the keyboard itself, this makes cleaning the keyboard far easier as you don’t have to bother with unplugging it from the back of the PC. 5/5, love it.
I decided to buy a 75% keyboard (without the number pad) because my full-size keyboard had to be kept off-centre otherwise it would get in the way of my mousepad this keyboard is the perfect size, and I really love the 80s/90s retro aesthetic. I got the brown switches on mine, I love how it feels to type and play games on it. Another important thing to point out is that you can unplug the keyboard from a port on the keyboard itself, this makes cleaning the keyboard far easier as you don’t have to bother with unplugging it from the back of the PC. 5/5, love it.

Ottima tastiera meccanica entry-level
Cercavo una tastiera al 70% per evitare di occupare troppo spazio. Dopo qualche ricerca ho trovato questa e devo dire che nonostante sia una entry-level si difende molto bene.
La feature che pi di tutte mi ha convinto quella del poter cambiare gli switch in un secondo momento, senza l’uso di un saldatore, essendo hot-swap.
Ho preso quella con gli switch neri, gi appena arrivata il suono era morbido e non fastidioso, ma migliorato notevolmente lubrificando tutti gli switch con l’apposito grasso (da comprare a parte), testando cos anche lo smontaggio e rimontaggio, semplicissimo tramite la chiave in dotazione.
Anche l’illuminazione ben distribuita e ben visibile, regolabile tramite alcune combinazioni di tasti, sia come effetto che come colore o velocit/intensit (esiste anche il software, ma ahime non mi ha mai riconosciuto la tastiera).
Unica cosa a cui fare attenzione che non esiste il layout italiano, ma solo quello ANSI, quindi o si sanno per bene dove sono i caratteri italiani oppure bisogner cambiare la lingua di Windows e perdere per la possibilit delle lettere accentate.

In definitiva, super consigliata per chi vuole approcciarsi al mondo delle meccaniche, con la possibilit di personalizzarle in ogni cosa.

Super Keyboard
Die Tastatur berzeugt fr den Preis von 86 Euro sehr. Sie kann qualitativ locker mithalten mit den Keyboards namhafter Hersteller, welche meist deutlich teurer sind. Die Black Switches sind sehr angenehm und kratzen wenig, vor allem im direkten Vergleich zu Cherry Reds.
Auerdem ist das 75% Layout perfekt fr mich. 100% weiter zu empfehlen.

I started to get into the keyboard community but did not want to spend a chunk of money on a keyboard. It is still a keyboard at the end of the day but sounds way better lubed. This is now my new main.
I started to get into the keyboard community but did not want to spend a chunk of money on a keyboard. It is still a keyboard at the end of the day but sounds way better lubed. This is now my new main.

For the price you are paying, this keyboard is really great choice. Especially if you are looking for a good entry keyboard. It uses USB-C cable and the keycaps are good quality and have a cool color theme that remind me of the one's from Drop. I will say the stabilizers on a few keys, especially the spacebar make it rattle. Easily fixable, just mod it through lube or bandages, or you can even upgrade the stabilizers. The keyboard is hotswappable so you will enjoy upgrading if you please. Overall I recommend it.
For the price you are paying, this keyboard is really great choice. Especially if you are looking for a good entry keyboard. It uses USB-C cable and the keycaps are good quality and have a cool color theme that remind me of the one’s from Drop. I will say the stabilizers on a few keys, especially the spacebar make it rattle. Easily fixable, just mod it through lube or bandages, or you can even upgrade the stabilizers. The keyboard is hotswappable so you will enjoy upgrading if you please. Overall I recommend it.

The Switches are smooth enough that gaming is more then possible and typing on this keyboard feels amazing. My only issue is the placement of the usb-c cable on the keyboard the under the keyboard I only find this as an issue as if I get a custom cable that is a little fatter I can't be sure the cable will fit in the grove to plug the usb-c port.
The Switches are smooth enough that gaming is more then possible and typing on this keyboard feels amazing. My only issue is the placement of the usb-c cable on the keyboard the under the keyboard I only find this as an issue as if I get a custom cable that is a little fatter I can’t be sure the cable will fit in the grove to plug the usb-c port.

I bought this because I wanted a 75% with a white frame. I used POM jellies on this keyboard and the right shift key is of a different length. Beware when buying keycaps. A bit squeaky at first but it gets better. Have been using it as my main keyboard for a few months now. I like it. The RGB is absolutely cool
I bought this because I wanted a 75% with a white frame. I used POM jellies on this keyboard and the right shift key is of a different length. Beware when buying keycaps. A bit squeaky at first but it gets better. Have been using it as my main keyboard for a few months now. I like it. The RGB is absolutely cool

Good keyboard, but maybe not worth the price
I’m new to mechanical keyboards, so take that into consideration when reading my review.

The keyboard feels solid and generally well-made. The case is plastic but doesn’t feel cheap.

The red switches (no mods) are smooth, quiet, and easy to push. The lower activation force took a little getting used to coming from brown switches, but it was less than a day of office work. However one of the switches (F1) pulled out of the PCB when swapping the keycap.

The LEDs look great and the white PCB reflects the light such that the effect is much more even than I originally expected.

My biggest issue is that at $95 it was a tough cost to justify – admittedly the “hot swap” capability would be worth it if I had other switches to swap with.

Overall, the form factor is great (but not much smaller than a full size keyboard), it feels quality (but not high end), and looks really nice.

Very good value for the money
This is my third mechanical keyboard and certainly feels like the best value one I have bought. The layout is great and it comes with many features such as pbt keycaps and hot swappable pcb.

Highly recommend. White looks super professional with the white back lighting. Built-in lighting effects are ok. Software to change them doesn’t work great.

Excellent keyboard overall.
The switches and illumination are great.
I like that there’s so many lighting options, although I only use solid colors anyway.

The keyboard lacks customization software. Even with the keycool software (which was not easy to find) you can’t customize the color of individual keys and key remapping is limited.

For instance, you can’t remap the function key, create alternate function keys, or map key combos.
Macros are also very limited. Essentially macros function as an instant activation and cannot be mapped based on press and release. Most of this can be substituted with other software like autohotkey, but it would be nice to have a hardware based option for this as not all software correctly captures key strokes. These are features that a person would usually want in a small form factor keyboard.

That being said, given the price this is definitely worth it.

Fantastic performance per dollar!
I am addicted to buying keyboards. Epomaker seems to be the hottest value keybs out there right now so they’ve been getting my money. This one has a legit nice layout, there’s no need to remember function recipes or anything because it has all the buttons I use on a regular basis as surface buttons.

The caps are way nicer than the price suggests they’d be, very good (smooth, anti-oil, durable). The switches are solid name brand. The chassis seats everything well, housing is firm for the price. The RGB is sexy.

Love this board!