I was looking for a budget friendly mechanical keyboard. This one feels great. Over the past several weeks I have been looking forward to typing on this thing. The options for bluetooth, dongle, or wired, are surprisingly useful - you can hook it up to your phone, laptop, and desktop all at the same time and switch seamlessly. There is one macro/shortcut that swaps WSAD and the arrow keys that I press by mistake occasionally. Not an issue once you know how to fix it, but I wish it wasn't there. Read more

Seems to be made from flexible plastic and because its been out for 2 years or so, no longer presents the value found in more current boards.. AKKO makes great boards and this would have been a great choice not to long ago. Has great features overall but keep looking would be my suggestion. Read more

This keyboard is fantastic. It’s well made and has a lot of weight to it. Right out of the box the keys feel amazing and have that oh so creamy sound (yellow keys). There are a ton of RGB features, different height adjustments, ability to wire or go wireless. There isn’t anything about this keyboard I don’t like. Read more

Keyboard feels and works great but there's no mention of the battery life in the product description, simply a mention of a 3000mah battery. The battery lasts about 14 hours with lights on and maybe 3-5 extra hours with lights off. The battery life on this keyboard is awful considering other wireless keyboards can last 14 months on 2x AA batteries and this can't make 24 hours on a 3000mah battery? I have no idea how a wireless keyboard consumes battery like a smartphone but they managed it here. Otherwise I love the look, feel and build quality of this keyboard but expect to charge it daily if you use it wirelessly. Read more

It's that time of year again - my previous keyboard, a wired refurbished Keychron I loved to death, began to act up a bit (the usb-c port had taken a beating at one point or another), so the hunt for a replacement began. I was looking for a 75% keyboard with a volume knob, swappable switches, and decent build quality, among other nitpicks. After looking through various offerings, I stumbled upon this Akko 5075B Plus and was instantly won over by the aesthetics, as well as the smart layout. tldr; this is a solid board with a great layout and no notable issues. I think it's worth the price, but read on for the specifics. Let's start at the top - the keycaps. These feel great, with a slight texture to them, along with a perceivable weight. They do NOT feel cheap. Additionally, mine don't have any visible flaws to the lettering or molds, and the font is a clean, classic style (versus some of the hideous "gamer" fonts out there). They are ASA profile keycaps, which are (from what I understand) an in-house take on the more common SA profile, which happens to be my favorite form factor. These are somewhere in between a smooth, typewriter-y SA and a taller OEM style keycap. The face of each keycap is actually wider than it is tall! This was odd at first glance, but after typing with them, hasn't posed a problem, and the spacing between them is adequate for my typing style. For what it's worth, I don't have notably small or large hands. Aesthetically, I like them quite a bit, being dark, neutral, and highly legible. YMMV, of course. Moving on to the switches, I chose the "V3 Creamy Blue Pro" switches (made by Akko themselves). These are tactile switches with a quick activation and a rather pronounced tactile bump that occupies almost the entire length of the key press, giving them what I'd call a playful, snappy feel. While testing these, I never had to question whether a key had been pressed, and on this board, they produced a nice, semi-muted 'thock', with no click or graininess to be found. Initially, I actually didn't plan on using these switches, but after trying them, I've worked them into my layout, alongside some Gamakay Silent Griffins (which are much quieter - not to say that these are especially loud). I'd consider buying Akko switches in the future, in fact. A good start here! The board itself feels solid, with nicely granular RGB lighting strips on each side, and per-key RGB lighting that seems to be quite responsive. Akko has clearly used some nice, heavy plastics here, and the RGB itself is vivid and, again, very responsive per keypress. After some further keycap and switch examination, I installed the Akko Cloud Driver software and was able to customize the board to my liking. Kudos to the team for making actually usable keyboard customization software! This was easy to use and offered plenty of ways to tweak various elements. Also of note - while the product page doesn't actually state it, this keyboard DOES include a 2.4ghz receiver, which worked flawlessly (pressing fn+Y paired the board near-instantly). I also tested the bluetooth connection - no complaints here. One odd quirk - when switching from 2.4ghz to BT on the same device, I was unable to pair the keyboard (it didn't even show up in the BT device list!). After looking through some documentation, it seems like you're supposed to remove the device entirely from your system, THEN initiate pairing by holding fn+T until the light flashes quickly. If you don't remove the device first, it won't pair using BT. Odd, but workable. As a final note, extra keycaps ARE included (in both black and white colorways), along with a key puller, a switch removal tool, and a little baggie of extra switches. I really have no complaints here, and I suspect your enjoyment of this keyboard really comes down to what layout you prefer, and what switches you choose. As I've stated in the headline, this board seems solid, and if for whatever reason it fails me over the next year or so, I'll return to update this review. Read more