Epomaker Keyboards Review

After spending a few years in the realm of split ergonomic keyboards, I had mostly stopped paying attention to regular mechanical keyboards. Times sure have changed though; what used to require group buys, long waits, and a suspicious amount of disposable income is now showing up as off-the-shelf boards with gasket mounts, wireless modes, easy programmability, and stock switches that don’t need to be meticulously disassembled and lubricated for a whole afternoon. My attention for these “traditional” input devices was piqued again when Epomaker reached out and asked if I wanted to try a few of their boards. Here were the three boards that caught my eye: Luma40: a small low-profile ortholinear board in an aluminum case Hack70: a larger mostly-ortholinear board with QMK/VIA support and split spacebars Split70: a row-staggered split keyboard for people who want a split without relearning every key position This post covers an in-depth review of these boards, where each keyboard section…