WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.680 you've seen me talk about a lot of keyboards you've seen me talk about a lot of displays but what about the EPO 00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:12.599 maker rt100 as you can see here it's got the optional smart screen and our box is 00:00:10.980 --> 00:00:15.420 checked off I swear to God if we open this thing and it doesn't have the 00:00:14.040 --> 00:00:19.140 screen included I'm going to be so mad we've also got some switches from impo 00:00:17.340 --> 00:00:22.980 maker they're Flamingo switches I've never tried these but they're pink and 00:00:21.480 --> 00:00:25.500 they look cool so I'm excited and we've got a little card for Maple maker that 00:00:24.539 --> 00:00:29.580 says they want to thank us for supporting their Community I haven't bought any EPO maker keyboards before 00:00:28.019 --> 00:00:34.860 but you know I've never heard anything bad I've never heard anything particularly good so let's open the box 00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:39.000 and give it a shot as we've got on the back actually I want to look first it's 00:00:36.360 --> 00:00:43.680 got a customizable knob Wireless could driver I think that's supposed to be 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:46.260 Cloud gasket structure double sound 00:00:43.680 --> 00:00:49.579 absorption built-in lithium battery so this thing is Wireless it's got a 5000 00:00:48.059 --> 00:00:54.239 milliamp hour battery and Innovative smart screen on top of 00:00:52.559 --> 00:00:58.320 full Keys hot swappable and I don't know what the refined stabilizer is I get 00:00:56.520 --> 00:01:01.500 what they mean by refine to stabilizer but I don't really understand the 00:00:59.879 --> 00:01:05.700 graphic that they've chosen it's like a little gear Cog and there's a switch and 00:01:04.019 --> 00:01:12.060 there's a circle around it I don't get how that is a stabilizer but whatever 00:01:09.420 --> 00:01:16.080 it's supposed to be a retro design and I can see that it's pretty apparent with 00:01:13.320 --> 00:01:19.799 the like brown and gray the enter key is upside down for some reason we'll fix 00:01:17.460 --> 00:01:23.700 that if you like an 1800 layout it's kind of like that with the navigation 00:01:21.840 --> 00:01:27.060 cluster in the bottom here but like it's compressed so it's not a 00:01:25.740 --> 00:01:31.080 full keyboard but you're really only saving like half an inch to an inch 00:01:29.159 --> 00:01:34.020 compared to a tkl which can shave off like a couple inches of space well I 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:37.259 guess more than that actually user manual for the smart screen see this I 00:01:35.700 --> 00:01:42.540 actually need to know click the sketch pad menu click adjust screen time and 00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:46.200 then what else we got we got a cable okay it's got this like fake leather 00:01:44.579 --> 00:01:49.920 cable tie so I guess it's just pleather oh it feels like kind of okay 00:01:48.360 --> 00:01:56.759 um and then it's got the absolutely thickest USB cable I have ever had the 00:01:54.000 --> 00:02:01.979 pleasure of handling we've also got our switch and keycap puller and then 00:01:59.520 --> 00:02:05.600 there's something in this foam box it's the display oh my God 00:02:06.479 --> 00:02:12.540 this is our little little mini TV thing 00:02:10.200 --> 00:02:16.020 that we slip on to the end of the keyboard I'm guessing because it's got 00:02:13.980 --> 00:02:20.400 like what looks to be a USBC connector it looks pretty cool it's like an old 00:02:17.819 --> 00:02:25.140 CRT monitor it's not very big this is probably like an inch by one inch uh 00:02:22.500 --> 00:02:28.379 well an inch by whatever three quarters of an inch is and then it looks like 00:02:26.400 --> 00:02:31.980 it's just plugged in through USBC on the bottom here it normally houses the 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:36.360 dongle and it's actually kind of nicely labeled too 2.4 gigahertz RF transceiver 00:02:34.860 --> 00:02:42.599 looks pretty good I actually like the labeling and this will house your dongle 00:02:39.420 --> 00:02:45.000 however I don't want the dongle I don't 00:02:42.599 --> 00:02:49.680 like how flimsy it kind of feels just seated through USBC I wish there was a 00:02:47.459 --> 00:02:52.980 better like rail system or some kind of lock so it's a little Wiggly but to be 00:02:51.599 --> 00:02:57.300 fair once it's on your desk and you're not moving like it's not going to move around anyway that's not like you're 00:02:55.860 --> 00:03:00.319 constantly touching the monitor or something like that so whatever 00:03:01.500 --> 00:03:08.760 it's a tri-mode keyboard so you can do Windows Mac I guess Linux probably too 00:03:06.239 --> 00:03:13.379 and it'll basically go through oh there's a little on off switch it's got 00:03:10.739 --> 00:03:18.180 south facing RGB for those of you who care and then it's also got you can go 00:03:15.659 --> 00:03:21.120 between Mac or Windows which will probably just change your like Windows 00:03:19.500 --> 00:03:24.599 key to a command key if you don't want to use the dongle but you also don't 00:03:22.800 --> 00:03:28.620 want to keep it wired it does have Bluetooth 5.0 so you can connect through 00:03:26.879 --> 00:03:32.159 Bluetooth I wouldn't necessarily recommend it but you know do whatever 00:03:30.480 --> 00:03:36.000 you want it's got flip up feet adjustable 00:03:33.959 --> 00:03:38.700 so two stage actually before I do I'm going to take this monitor off before I 00:03:37.739 --> 00:03:43.379 start flipping the keyboard around because like I said it already felt kind of flimsy in there and I went to go move 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:48.659 it and it was leaning up against the table and yeah just not good 00:03:46.200 --> 00:03:53.400 it's plastic construction so a lot of you out there who are like metal only 00:03:51.540 --> 00:03:57.000 it's it might not be the keyboard for you however honestly I think it's pretty 00:03:55.080 --> 00:04:00.780 tasteful especially with the Retro look it definitely looks and feels like like 00:03:58.920 --> 00:04:05.640 old plastic from back then with a little bit of that like beige kind of tinge to 00:04:02.940 --> 00:04:09.720 it and honestly because it's wireless if you do want to travel around with this 00:04:07.080 --> 00:04:12.599 thing lighter is kind of better and so for a wireless keyboard I don't mind at 00:04:11.280 --> 00:04:16.500 all that it's not metal personally speaking of weight let's see how much it 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:21.239 weighs under a kilo so it's just over two 00:04:19.019 --> 00:04:25.740 pounds which means to travel with it yeah it's really not that bad if it was 00:04:23.400 --> 00:04:29.400 a full metal keyboard CNC aluminum we're probably talking at least like three or 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:35.400 four or five pounds at least it doesn't feel like really cheap it is pretty 00:04:32.940 --> 00:04:39.060 flexible but I don't know not in a bad way 00:04:36.300 --> 00:04:42.960 and I personally really kind of dig it especially the 00:04:40.860 --> 00:04:48.419 knob one kind of minor thing that I noticed right away though is it's a 00:04:45.840 --> 00:04:51.960 separate housing on the bottom than it is on the top so this little play button 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:57.479 or whatever with the speakers and stuff that all stays perfectly still and it's 00:04:55.080 --> 00:05:00.720 just the side that's rotating here which is a really small thing but I 00:04:59.160 --> 00:05:05.759 actually really like that and I like the play buttons got RGB on it as for the 00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:10.500 keycaps I actually think they're okay they're PBT 00:05:08.880 --> 00:05:13.860 doesn't look like double shot or shine through or anything like that but I actually really like the typeface 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:19.740 they've chosen um it's kind of fun it's like a more industrial kind of feel to it with a 00:05:18.060 --> 00:05:24.300 backspace press to backspace and like need more space and it's a big space bar 00:05:22.500 --> 00:05:27.900 even the why are these little running men with 00:05:25.979 --> 00:05:30.660 the minus and a plus arrow on them I'm going to try typing on it and take a 00:05:29.400 --> 00:05:34.740 look at the little included screen turned on but not before a word from our 00:05:32.759 --> 00:05:38.699 sponsor Volta thanks to Volta for sponsoring this video are you haunted by 00:05:36.840 --> 00:05:43.080 visions of Tangled cables and clutter well you're in luck volta's anchor is 00:05:40.919 --> 00:05:47.340 your One-Stop shop for charging all of your devices simultaneously it helps you 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:50.639 keep your desk tidy by combining all of your charging needs into one Anchor's 00:05:49.259 --> 00:05:55.259 Three in One charging allows you to charge your phone earbuds and your Apple 00:05:52.680 --> 00:05:59.460 watch at the same time it supports up to 15 watts of fast charging and its mag 00:05:57.720 --> 00:06:02.880 ring 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00:06:34.979 --> 00:06:40.020 these isn't nearly as good as this let's plug it in because what I really want to 00:06:38.699 --> 00:06:44.580 carry what I really want to see is the screen wow 00:06:44.819 --> 00:06:53.460 it's got a really satisfying like like slot in on a USB 00:06:50.639 --> 00:06:55.740 and I've never experienced that in my life I got to figure out where they're 00:06:54.660 --> 00:07:02.100 getting these connectors because I actually really want the housing for everything now to be honest it's such a 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:07.860 dumb point of the cable to like but I really really dig it is this working 00:07:05.699 --> 00:07:11.460 if you're confused like I am just turn it off and then that's just the wireless 00:07:09.660 --> 00:07:14.340 mode being turned on or off it's not the keyboard itself being turned on or off 00:07:12.960 --> 00:07:18.840 because now it's detecting just fine device rt100 wire to set up and ready to 00:07:17.340 --> 00:07:24.000 go I don't know why they went with rt 100 because it's 97 keys and then I 00:07:21.660 --> 00:07:27.780 guess maybe they're adding the knob plus the rotation for another two and then 00:07:26.280 --> 00:07:31.319 what's the third one the display I don't know if our display is borked but it's 00:07:29.580 --> 00:07:35.099 currently just showing like a couple of uh garbage lines here on the outside 00:07:33.240 --> 00:07:38.940 let's see if we can set that up with the driver this is pretty sick we've got our 00:07:37.560 --> 00:07:42.360 driver installed it took a little while but now it's going through this little 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:48.240 like boot up kind of thing it's cycling through some dates Monday 00:07:46.620 --> 00:07:52.259 Tuesday Saturday Wednesday I have no idea why it's doing that it's got a 00:07:50.099 --> 00:07:55.319 little temperature gauge and a CPU usage which is pretty sweet I don't think 00:07:53.699 --> 00:07:59.160 they're working at all um because my CPU is definitely in use 00:07:57.180 --> 00:08:03.360 and the temp isn't zero degrees that's for sure you can change it in the sketch 00:08:01.319 --> 00:08:07.560 pad kind of thing you can change it between RGB or black and white 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:11.880 and you can do a frame by frame picture if you want so you can actually make 00:08:09.419 --> 00:08:16.440 your own animations or you can just upload images so say you want a static 00:08:13.860 --> 00:08:19.919 image you can do that too how do I apply that's what I really want to know I've 00:08:17.940 --> 00:08:25.199 made this really garbage you know circle plus some lines and I would love to 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:28.860 apply it save I'm finding the software a little bit confusing mostly just to 00:08:27.120 --> 00:08:32.640 apply like I can't find a way to actually like take the image that I'm 00:08:30.419 --> 00:08:37.020 setting and then get it to here I'm sure you can but you know don't expect to 00:08:34.979 --> 00:08:40.380 just open this thing and start scribbling stuff down and then applying 00:08:38.640 --> 00:08:44.520 it to your little extra display still super cool the display definitely works 00:08:42.300 --> 00:08:48.839 the software seems to work just you know fire beware it's not as easy as click 00:08:46.980 --> 00:08:52.440 click you're done let's try the actual keyboard itself here that's what I'm 00:08:50.760 --> 00:08:57.000 really curious about because while the display is super cool and I kind of I 00:08:55.500 --> 00:09:03.180 kind of like it and I kind of want one now uh the reality is if the typing 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:04.500 experience sucks then who cares you've 00:09:03.180 --> 00:09:08.279 just wasted all of your money so we're gonna do a quick monkey type on the 00:09:06.540 --> 00:09:13.140 switches that came with this let's check those actually really quick I think that 00:09:11.399 --> 00:09:16.860 they are they look like just some kale yellows 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:22.080 with a clear housing and this is hot swap also now you can definitely see 00:09:19.200 --> 00:09:26.880 that there we go one thing that they're promoting is that these are kale hot 00:09:25.320 --> 00:09:31.019 swap sockets I don't know why they're calling them kale sockets more more 00:09:28.680 --> 00:09:34.440 people than kale use five pin switches or sockets but yeah it's five pin which 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:40.440 is great so any switch is going to fit in there and then like I said before it's south facing RGB 00:09:37.800 --> 00:09:44.040 which is preferable for a lot of people luckily that's not like just the case 00:09:42.240 --> 00:09:48.120 was that your whole phone Andy so I'm not crazy about this switch I don't know 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:51.720 what it is it's just a linear with kind of like it feels almost mushy on the 00:09:49.980 --> 00:09:57.779 very bottom and I'm just I'm not sold on simply the switches 00:09:55.500 --> 00:10:03.360 alone and I don't have time to swap out for these uh flamingos that came with it 00:10:01.320 --> 00:10:06.720 let's take a quick look at them before I actually do our typing test uh they look 00:10:05.399 --> 00:10:12.420 pretty they're pink if you're into pink and 00:10:10.620 --> 00:10:16.440 yeah these are much more my speed okay we looked it up and we're pretty sure 00:10:14.339 --> 00:10:19.500 these are the sea salt silence that come with the board there's four different 00:10:17.519 --> 00:10:23.279 options one of them I can't pronounce at all I'm not crazy about silent switches 00:10:21.300 --> 00:10:27.839 because there's something about them to get them to be quiet! that feels like 00:10:25.140 --> 00:10:31.080 almost mushy or like it's dampened in a way that I'm not fond of so overall I'm 00:10:30.360 --> 00:10:35.220 probably going to be a little disappointed by the typing test but that 00:10:33.480 --> 00:10:38.760 is I want to be very clear that that's definitely the switch this time and I 00:10:37.320 --> 00:10:42.720 don't think it's the keyboard this thing seems relatively well constructed and 00:10:41.160 --> 00:10:46.740 I'm actually pretty happy with the PCB itself so we'll do a little test and uh 00:10:45.420 --> 00:10:50.600 yeah you'll hear right away you can't you can barely hear this thing and away we go 00:10:54.959 --> 00:10:58.220 type pretty quick on them 00:10:58.279 --> 00:11:03.779 ah no okay I screwed it up right at the end 00:11:02.880 --> 00:11:08.279 there but I was actually going pretty quick I actually really like the 00:11:05.940 --> 00:11:11.820 keyboard itself overall uh the switches and stuff there's something else and I'm 00:11:10.440 --> 00:11:16.560 not fond of them but that's the style those are that's just kind of silence for you I've never tried a silent switch 00:11:14.880 --> 00:11:19.380 that I'm a big fan of and I'm sure if I swapped it with these guys I'd like the 00:11:17.940 --> 00:11:24.600 whole experience a lot more Honestly though the layout itself is something I'm a big fan of because I like 00:11:22.560 --> 00:11:27.540 relatively full keyboards but I want to save that just a little bit of extra 00:11:25.860 --> 00:11:31.320 space because I don't like giving up my numpad so um if you like a full keyboard 00:11:30.180 --> 00:11:35.760 but you want something a little smaller and you can't give up the F keys in your 00:11:33.240 --> 00:11:39.180 numpad maybe a layout like this is the layout for you it's definitely the 00:11:37.380 --> 00:11:42.839 layout for me this is basically the same as my Odin that I have at home I think 00:11:41.399 --> 00:11:47.279 that's a little bit bigger actually but not much 00:11:44.880 --> 00:11:52.200 the keycaps themselves are PBT and they're an MDA profile 00:11:49.440 --> 00:11:56.579 which isn't super pronounced but it's also not flat either and with something 00:11:54.720 --> 00:12:01.680 that can have up to this much of an angle I'm actually pretty fond of that 00:11:58.440 --> 00:12:02.880 but I like sa keycaps call me a heathen 00:12:01.680 --> 00:12:06.540 if you want I just I like those big sculpted keycaps 00:12:05.339 --> 00:12:10.860 so I'm actually pretty fond of these ones and I definitely like the style 00:12:08.880 --> 00:12:15.899 Choice as well so I think what it comes down to at the end of the day is is this 00:12:13.800 --> 00:12:20.279 thing worth any money and I've got to say it's actually really feature Rich 00:12:18.180 --> 00:12:25.200 the keyboard itself goes from anywhere between 105 to 120 dollars depending on 00:12:23.700 --> 00:12:31.800 which switch you want to have included with it and honestly for a 5 000 00:12:28.440 --> 00:12:34.320 milliamp hour wireless keyboard with a 00:12:31.800 --> 00:12:37.200 window and Mac switch so that you can actually just have a command key and it 00:12:35.760 --> 00:12:42.000 just works like a command key both options for a dongle or Bluetooth 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:47.940 wireless and then a full keyboard with adjustable feet and like hot Swap and 00:12:45.779 --> 00:12:52.139 apparently there's some yeah I can see some layer some there's some foam above 00:12:50.700 --> 00:12:58.800 the switches here and there's probably a silicone pad on the very bottom or something like that honestly overall for 00:12:56.339 --> 00:13:04.019 like 120 bucks at the top end that's pretty good and the only way that you're 00:13:01.860 --> 00:13:06.800 going to beat it is by going with something that's gone a lot I mean I 00:13:05.399 --> 00:13:11.279 forgot about the screen 120 bucks and you get an additional 00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:14.700 screen like I don't know I'm pretty sold I also really like the quality of this 00:13:13.139 --> 00:13:18.839 cable it's not something that I actually focus on too much because most of the 00:13:16.800 --> 00:13:24.120 time like a cable is just a cable and I mean I'll be honest the USBC end could 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:25.740 be well no it's pretty good actually 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:30.959 um these connectors are just really impressive I'm having a really hard time 00:13:27.899 --> 00:13:32.279 I I think that if you don't want the 00:13:30.959 --> 00:13:35.579 silent switches and you want something more normal like these flamingos that we 00:13:34.019 --> 00:13:38.760 have here that I unfortunately don't really have time to try I think you'd 00:13:37.380 --> 00:13:42.899 actually get a pretty good experience out of this thing 00:13:40.500 --> 00:13:46.440 because even with the silence I can kind of 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:49.980 I can kind of Judge how good it would be anyway I don't know what they've done to 00:13:48.060 --> 00:13:54.600 the stabilizers but they're not bad honestly so I am 00:13:52.920 --> 00:13:58.740 going to recommend this thing not to everyone there's definitely a subset of 00:13:56.700 --> 00:14:01.860 people uh myself included that just don't really care about Wireless 00:13:59.760 --> 00:14:05.339 personally I'm never taking my keyboards anywhere I don't mind the cable because 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:08.639 I like having like a nice coiled cable attached but frankly I think you're 00:14:06.959 --> 00:14:11.399 getting something pretty decent but other than that I I think you're 00:14:10.079 --> 00:14:16.560 actually getting quite a few features for 120 at the absolute top end for a 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:21.779 full keyboard because that's coming with switches and yeah I I just I can't think 00:14:19.440 --> 00:14:26.040 of something else that I would recommend more than this if you want all of those 00:14:24.120 --> 00:14:29.820 features or at least most of them thanks for watching it's the EPO maker rt100 if 00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:35.180 you want to see another keyboard with a gimmick check out the 65 less that was 00:14:32.940 --> 00:14:35.180 pretty cool