hey there how's it going i have a pretty interesting video for you guys today i'm hypiotech and i'm going to be checking out a NUMBER_TOKEN that's hot swap and under NUMBER_TOKEN this is the epo maker epNUMBER_TOKEN honestly there's not a lot of competition in this space and i'm really hoping some more players come into the game but i'm really excited to check out this board as NUMBER_TOKEN layouts are my favorite by the way this board was sent to me by epomaker for review and if you want to get one yourself and support the channel consider clicking that affiliate link in the description anyways jumping right into it this board is one of the first boards i've seen from apple maker that actually comes packaged in an epo maker branded box this is essentially a key cool kNUMBER_TOKEN that's been rebranded with apple maker branding however from my research at least in the us you can't buy key cool boards anymore so this is your only choice looking more at the box we've got a little bit of accessories and the board was loosely packaged in this phone nobody actually reads the manual so we're just going to throw that away and then let's take a closer look at the accessories the accessories are nothing stellar and pretty standard stuff for any budget keyboard you've got a switch puller a keycap puller and a usb-c cable it's a pretty crummy usb-c cable but it gets the job done now everybody say hello to mr coffeescale hello mr coffeescale we're going to check out the build quality of the epNUMBER_TOKEN which means weighing it and putting it through some of the standard tests now because the construction of this thing's entirely plastic it's pretty light and comes in at around NUMBER_TOKEN grams this could be a positive or a negative but it definitely doesn't have that premium metal feel despite being pretty plasticky it actually feels pretty nice in the hands and the plastic has a weird like matte gloss finish i kind of like it and as you can see here it has a little cutout for you to route your usbc cable you could either route it through the middle or the sides let's do a knock test now let's take a look at the back of the board you can see that the board has two adjustable feet and four rubber pads for if you have it in the flat mode these are pretty good non-slip rubber and the board won't slip across your desk or desk mat i personally think the default angle on this board is pretty perfect for me but if you want to you can flip these bad boys up so i called this board a NUMBER_TOKEN before and some of you might not know what that means NUMBER_TOKEN can have a lot of different variations but essentially what it means is it keeps the function row and the arrow keys now personally in my opinion i think this is one of the best layouts as the function rose pretty useful for me and the arrow keys i could never give up now don't get me wrong not every NUMBER_TOKEN percent is perfect and i personally have a few gripes with this board as if you take a gander at these arrow keys they feel really really claustrophobic i personally like a board that uses a blocker to block these off but this works alright now i told you this board
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