Epomaker recently released the new Tide75, an all-metal gaming keyboard with hot-swappable keys, south-facing RGB lighting, wireless connectivity, and more. Here are our thoughts about the new keyboard.
Design
While we have reviewed several Epomaker keyboards in the mast few months, the new Tide75 is the latest keyboard from the company that features a premium looking all-metal body structure. The keyboard is quite heavy, weighing about 1.8kg. The dimensions of the keyboard are 330 x 146 x 21.5 mm. Epomaker mentions that the metal chassis is made of 6063 Aluminum with Electrophoretic finish.
The Tide75 is a mechanical keyboard, featuring a total of 82 keys and one silver control knob on a 75% layout. Epomaker offers the Tide75 in Blue, Purple, Black, and Pink colors, and we got the Blue color model for review. As you can see, the Blue color model is vibrant in its looks, and the OEM profile double-shot PBT keycaps features south-facing letter printing.
The bottom side of the Tide75 is also blue in color, along with a reflective PVD backpiece with Epomaker branding. On the rear side, there is a USB-C port for wired connectivity, along with a switch to toggle between wired and wireless modes. On the rear right side, there is the slot that houses the dongle for wireless connectivity.
Features
The Tide75 features a hot-swappable PCB and comes with the Epomaker Lemon Linear switches. The RGB LEDs are south facing to compliment the south-facing keycaps. To enhance the typing experience, the keyboard features a FR4 plate made of high-density fiber. There are also five layers of sound-dampening materials that enhances the acoustic performance, and this include a Poron PCB-plate foam, an IXPE switch foam, a PET noise cancellation pad, a Poron case foam, and PET insulation pad. The multi-player is designed to reduce the metal pinging, vibrations, rattles, for a pleasing typing sound.
Along with the Lemon switches, Epomaker had also sent us the Silent Sea Salt switches to try with the Tide75 keyboard. We did a typing test to show how both the Epomaker Lemon switches and the Epomaker Sea Salt switches sound on the Tide75 keyboard. Take a look at the video below.
Epomaker Tide75 keyboard with Epomaker Lemon switches
Epomaker Tide75 keyboard with Epomaker Sea Salt switches
The Tide75 features a tri-mode connectivity, where users will be able to connect the keyboard via Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz wireless, and USB Type-C wired connectivity. The device also houses a 4000 mAh battery. The contents of the box include the Tide75 keyboard, a keycap/switch puller, a 2.4G dongle. a Type-C cable, and manual documents.
Verdict
We recommend the Epomaker Tide75 for those looking for a premium-looking custom gaming keyboard. The keyboard features an all-metal chassis, made of 6063 Aluminum, along with an electrophoretic finish. The keyboard also sports a total of 82 keys and one silver control knob within a 75% keyboard layout. The device also comes with a tri-mode connectivity, which includes Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz wireless, and USB Type-C wired connectivity.
The keyboard also has a dedicated slot to hold the 2.4G dongle. The Tide75 also comes in Blue, Purple, Black, and Pink colors. The keyboard also comes with the Epomaker Lemon linear switches, and the device features a 5-layer structure to enhance the acoustics of typing experience. The switch sockets come with south-facing LEDs, and the keycaps also come with south-facing letter printing.
The Epomaker Tide75 is available on the Epomaker website, and Amazon.ae