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Epomaker Shadow-X Gasket Wired / Wireless 70% Mechanical Keyboard (White/Purple)

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EPOMAKER via Amazon has Epomaker Shadow-X Gasket Wired / Wireless 70% Mechanical Keyboard w/ Screen (White Purple, Flamingo Switch) for $42.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member PowerfulPencil3644 for finding this deal.

Features:
  • Gasket-mounted keyboard for smooth typing
  • Epomaker Flamingo hot-swappable linear switches
  • Full RGB lighting
  • Built-in 1.06-inch color status display
  • 3000mah rechargeable battery built-in
  • Doubleshot PBT keycaps
  • Bluetooth/2.4ghz/Type-C Wired

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  • About this deal:
    • This price is $43 lower (50% savings) than the list price of $85.99
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.5 from over 105 customer reviews.
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EPOMAKER via Amazon has Epomaker Shadow-X Gasket Wired / Wireless 70% Mechanical Keyboard w/ Screen (White Purple, Flamingo Switch) for $42.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member PowerfulPencil3644 for finding this deal.

Features:
  • Gasket-mounted keyboard for smooth typing
  • Epomaker Flamingo hot-swappable linear switches
  • Full RGB lighting
  • Built-in 1.06-inch color status display
  • 3000mah rechargeable battery built-in
  • Doubleshot PBT keycaps
  • Bluetooth/2.4ghz/Type-C Wired

Editor's Notes

Written by SaltyOne | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This price is $43 lower (50% savings) than the list price of $85.99
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.5 from over 105 customer reviews.
  • About this store:

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It's an okay entry-level brand in the mechanical keyboard world. They are praised for being cheap but also moddable. Most of the issues appear with the software being user-unfriendly.
For this particular board, the knob can't be reprogrammed, which is a huge drawback.

That said, it's going to be hard to find another reputable brand that has Bluetooth and hot-swappable keyboards at this price. Additionally, the stock switches seem to be liked from what I've read on Reddit. I haven't used these flamingo switches myself. So, if you're interested in jumping into the rabbit hole, this is a good place to start for this price.
If only the knob was for volume I would buy this so fast.
I bought one of these and really wanted to like it but ended up returning it. Has a really good 'thocc' sound profile but there was a double spacing issue and sometimes it wouldn't register keys when I'm typing.

Thought it was a dud at first but got a replacement from Amazon and was same thing.

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Jan 1, 2025
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Dhry
Jan 1, 2025
295 Posts
That little mini screen looks cute. 50% off - seriously considering this as my first retail therapy MK of the year..
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Jan 1, 2025
42 Posts
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Jan 1, 2025
ks210
Jan 1, 2025
42 Posts
If only the knob was for volume I would buy this so fast.
Jan 2, 2025
36 Posts
Joined Jun 2008
Jan 2, 2025
foobarney
Jan 2, 2025
36 Posts
No Page Up key? Couldn't have found a way to sacrifice Insert? Maybe put the knob there? (Yes, I know you can always remap them, but still.)
Jan 2, 2025
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Emma168
Jan 2, 2025
8 Posts
Love this color
Jan 2, 2025
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scott.sd
Jan 2, 2025
539 Posts
Is this any good or just a rando junk brand?
Jan 2, 2025
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bryethegr8
Jan 2, 2025
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Quote from scott.sd :
Is this any good or just a rando junk brand?
It's an okay entry-level brand in the mechanical keyboard world. They are praised for being cheap but also moddable. Most of the issues appear with the software being user-unfriendly.
For this particular board, the knob can't be reprogrammed, which is a huge drawback.

That said, it's going to be hard to find another reputable brand that has Bluetooth and hot-swappable keyboards at this price. Additionally, the stock switches seem to be liked from what I've read on Reddit. I haven't used these flamingo switches myself. So, if you're interested in jumping into the rabbit hole, this is a good place to start for this price.
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Jan 2, 2025
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FookNoe
Jan 2, 2025
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Tempted but missing those standard volume knob and page up key is going to annoy me.

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Jan 2, 2025
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Jan 2, 2025
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At least this one's mechanical - better value than the equivalent priced Corsair membrane keyboard that was posted recently.
Jan 2, 2025
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rjsmith2007
Jan 2, 2025
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Quote from ks210 :
If only the knob was for volume I would buy this so fast.
This attack shark seems nice. A bit more, but still a decent price with similar features and a real volume knob: https://attackshark.com/products/...6997754154

Looks like it also supports QMK firmware if you are into customizing.
Last edited by rjsmith2007 January 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM.
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Quote from scott.sd :
Is this any good or just a rando junk brand?
I bought one of these and really wanted to like it but ended up returning it. Has a really good 'thocc' sound profile but there was a double spacing issue and sometimes it wouldn't register keys when I'm typing.

Thought it was a dud at first but got a replacement from Amazon and was same thing.
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Jan 2, 2025
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pharaoh248
Jan 2, 2025
389 Posts
Quote from foobarney :
No Page Up key? Couldn't have found a way to sacrifice Insert? Maybe put the knob there? (Yes, I know you can always remap them, but still.)
You can rebind PageUp to Fn+Home with the Epomaker driver/software
Jan 2, 2025
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chiefy
Jan 2, 2025
27 Posts
Just a note I have this keyboard and it's fine but the software doesn't work in Linux or MacOS. You can use other remapping software, but since I don't have a windows machine here i cant reprogram the little screens date and time etc which makes it pointless. The switching between wired and wireless works well for my use case between a Linux pc and MacBook.
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Jan 2, 2025
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blacknight
Jan 2, 2025
149 Posts
I have a couple of these keyboards for my kiddos, and they're pretty decent. Worth the sale price at least. If you already have a good keyboard, I don't think this one is worth picking up, but if you need a backup (I also can throw this in a backpack pretty easily) you can do worse.
One of my personal favorite keyboards is actually another EPOMAKER board, it's a 75% board in a metal frame that they put on sale for $70, so if you aren't set on this one it's worth waiting around and seeing what else comes up.
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Jan 2, 2025
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StrongSweater454
Jan 2, 2025
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Quote from blacknight :
I have a couple of these keyboards for my kiddos, and they're pretty decent. Worth the sale price at least. If you already have a good keyboard, I don't think this one is worth picking up, but if you need a backup (I also can throw this in a backpack pretty easily) you can do worse.
One of my personal favorite keyboards is actually another EPOMAKER board, it's a 75% board in a metal frame that they put on sale for $70, so if you aren't set on this one it's worth waiting around and seeing what else comes up.
Which board are you referring to?

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thinkfire
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Quote from StrongSweater454 :
Which board are you referring to?
Why does Slickdeals keep posting this crap from epomaker? They are notoriously bad. I tried two different items m from SD, both returned and there was no customer service. Come to find out, they were even banned from their own subreddit by reddit for being a borderline fraudulent company and constantly fielding complaints. Go look for yourself. It's a wasteland of complaints and people wishing they were warned. Slickdeals knows this but apparently continues to endorse them. I don't get it.
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