If you have been looking for a wireless mechanical keyboard under $100 that does not ask you to do any work before it feels right, the Epomaker TH87 has been sitting quietly on the budget end of the market waiting to be noticed. I spent a good amount of time with this keyboard and here is what I found.
Epomaker TH87 Unboxing
The Epomaker TH87 is a TKL — tenkeyless — mechanical keyboard with an 87-key layout. It connects over USB-C, 2.4GHz wireless, or Bluetooth, ships with Creamy Jade linear switches, and carries a 10,000mAh battery inside the chassis. The retail price sits at $75.99. Those are the basics. Let’s get into the details.
Design and Build Quality
The TH87 comes in what Epomaker calls the aurora colorway — soft grays, teals, and muted pinks. It is a pastel look, and if your desk setup leans towards clean and minimal, this keyboard fits right into that. If you are running a dark gaming setup with aggressive color contrast, this particular colorway is probably not going to work for you.
As far as the build is concerned, the chassis is rigid. There is no flex when you press down on the case or push at the corners. The gasket-mounted structure gives you three typing angles — 6, 8, and 10.5 degrees — and the kickstand holds whichever position you set without any wobble. RGB strips run along both sides of the board and they look decent without demanding too much attention.
The keyboard weighs more than you might expect for its size, and that comes down to the 10,000mAh battery sitting inside it. For comparison, most wireless TKL keyboards in this price range come with around 4,000mAh. More on that in the battery section.
For a $76 keyboard, the build holds up well and I am happy about that.
Typing Experience and Sound Profile
This is where the TH87 separates itself from a lot of keyboards at this price. Epomaker uses a five-layer dampening setup inside — PORON sandwich foam, IXPE switch pads, sound enhancement pads, and a silicone bottom layer. What that translates to in actual use is a deep, controlled sound when you type. It is not clacky, it is not hollow, and there is no rattle. When you tap the underside of the case you get a solid response rather than that cheap knock you hear on budget boards. The dampening is doing its job.
The TH87 ships with Creamy Jade linear switches — 45 gram springs, pre-lubed from the factory. They are smooth from day one and I did not find any scratchiness or inconsistency going across different keys. For long typing sessions or gaming, the 45g actuation weight feels comfortable and does not cause fatigue over extended use.
One thing worth pointing out specifically — the stabilizers on larger keys like the spacebar and shift come already quiet and well-tuned. If you have used budget mechanical keyboards before you know that stabilizer rattle is a common complaint, and fixing it usually means opening the board up yourself. The TH87 does not have that problem out of the box.
The keycaps are Cherry profile PBT double-shot, which means the printed legends will not fade or wear through after heavy use. That is a solid material choice at this price point.
The keyboard is also fully hot-swappable, supporting both 3-pin and 5-pin switches. If the Creamy Jade linears are not your preferred switch type, you can pull them out and drop in whatever you want without soldering.
Connectivity and Performance
The TH87 connects three ways: USB-C wired at 2ms latency, 2.4GHz wireless dongle at 5ms, and Bluetooth at 11ms. For most users the 2.4GHz mode is the practical daily driver — the latency difference compared to wired is small enough that you will not notice it in regular use or even in most gaming situations. Bluetooth works fine for office work and switching between devices.
During testing, switching between connection modes worked without any dropped inputs or interference. The keyboard supports full N-key rollover, meaning every simultaneous keypress registers without ghosting. The polling rate is 1000Hz on wired and 2.4GHz, dropping to 125Hz over Bluetooth.
Compared to budget wired keyboards in the same price range, those wireless performance numbers hold up well. Compared to something like the Keychron K series at a similar price, the TH87 offers comparable wireless reliability while arriving with better out-of-box sound dampening that Keychron users often have to add themselves.
Battery Life
The 10,000mAh battery is the most unusual spec on this keyboard and it is worth talking about on its own. With RGB lighting running at full brightness, the TH87 lasts around 45 hours on a single charge. With the lights off, that number goes up to approximately 200 hours — which is close to two weeks of daily use.
For anyone who has dealt with wireless keyboards dying unexpectedly during a workday, or who finds charging yet another device every few days annoying, that battery capacity is a practical difference. You charge this keyboard once a month, maybe less.
Software and Customization
Epomaker keeps things simple here and I actually appreciate that. There is no software to download or install on your machine — everything runs through an online tool in your browser and that is it.
From there you can change your RGB lighting however you want, remap any key on the board, set up macros, and dig into the general settings. I spent some time remapping a few keys and setting up the lighting and it did not take long to figure out. The changes save directly onto the keyboard itself so when you move it to a different device your settings come with it.
Who Should Buy the Epomaker TH87
The TH87 is a good fit for remote workers who want a keyboard that sounds decent without disturbing others, for gamers who want a compact wireless board with reliable low-latency connection, and for anyone moving away from a membrane keyboard for the first time who does not want to spend over $100 to see if mechanical keyboards are for them.
If you specifically want a loud, clacky typing sound — the kind that sounds like an old typewriter — the TH87 is tuned in the opposite direction. That is a real consideration depending on what kind of typing experience you are after. Mac users who rely on advanced macro or remapping functionality will also find the software limiting.
View: Epomaker TH87
A the time of writing this review it is on discounted price of 64USD.
Final Verdict
At $75.99, the Epomaker TH87 gives you gasket-mounted construction, a 10,000mAh battery, hot-swappable switch support, three wireless connection options, and pre-lubed switches with already-tuned stabilizers. It works well from the moment you take it out of the box and does not ask for modifications before it sounds or feels right.
The pastel color scheme will not work for every setup, Mac users are not getting the full software experience, and it is not the right keyboard if you want aggressive acoustic character. Those are the actual drawbacks.
But as a sub-$100 wireless mechanical keyboard that covers the fundamentals well and arrives ready to use — the Epomaker TH87 is worth considering. 4.5 out of 5.
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