Womier SK75 Mechanical Keyboard Review
Moving Up The Premium Ladder
When I think of the brand Womier, I don’t normally think of the word premium to describe their products. Womier had always been a maker of inexpensive but good valued mechanical keyboards so I was a bit surprised when I received the SK75 to review. Immediately, the box was already heavier than I had expected and everything about the SK75 elevated my perception of the veteran keyboard maker brand. Womier’s SK75 takes a bump up into the premium category, but one big issue might bring the entire experience crumbling down.
Disclaimer: Womier sent us a unit free of charge to review, but all thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are our own and were not discussed with the company prior to publishing.
Retail Price: $109.99
Up A Class
As is with many keyboard names nowadays, the SK75 model name represents the size of the mechanical keyboard. As a 75% board, the SK75 has 81 keys that include a column on the right side for Home, End, PgUp, and PgDown. There isn’t a gap between those additional keys and the main layout, but I do find this compact keyboard to be well spaced out and evenly sorted.
The power switch located next to the Caps Lock switch
Assembled around an aluminum alloy shell, this particular Womier keyboard has a sturdy feel behind it. It’s a heavy item when you consider all of the layers of padding and metal materials ingrained into the construct. A plate foam, IXPE switch pad, acoustic pad, case foam, and insulation film are just a few components inside the SK75 to help the board deliver a pretty comfortable typing experience.
The keys don’t bounce up super smoothly, but some people may like the recoil springy-ness here from these POM Linear Switches. This translates over to the typing sound of the board as you can hear the springing sound as your finger releases off of the key. It isn’t a noisy typing sound, and it is pretty easy to transition to even if you’re not a typical fan of linear switches and their supposed creaminess. Still, if you’re not a fan, as with basically all mechanical keyboards nowadays, this is hot swappable and can be replaced with 3 pins/5 pins switches.
As for the feel of the double shot keycaps, the PBT cherry profile set here isn’t bad for an included choice. I have the black offering, and like the rest of the keyboard, they’re just straight up a black color with no deviations. It’s a little plain, but there are fans of a minimalistic clean look like this and I’m all for it. While the symbology of the keycaps aren’t pass-through, the RGB has a nice diffused look seeking around the keycaps. I do think it looks nice and while the preset RGB backlight modes are basic in nature, it works well for this keyboard’s aesthetics.
Aesthetics
Speaking of aesthetics, there are some white speckles on the black frame of the keyboard purely for a little bit of color contrast. It’s as if there’s noticeable dust particles that can’t be dusted off…ever. I don’t mind the accent to what otherwise is a rather bland look, but it technically isn’t a pure black option for those who were expecting it to be from distant marketing pictures online.
There’s literally nothing on the entire frame of the board. No ports, no switches, and no toggles. It’s a uniform look on all four sides of the rectangle. The flipside to this clean look is that there also isn’t a slot to store the USB dongle which most modern wireless keyboards provide now somewhere on the body so you don’t lose that little but important piece. Womier accomplishes this hole-less look by applying two somewhat unique alterations to the standard keyboard design. The first one is pulling the USB-C port below the frame and onto a sub layer beneath the frame. As there’s no adjustable legs on this keyboard, this layer acts as a leveling base to designate the typing angle for the SK75. You can’t adjust the angle of the keyboard so you’ll be stuck with this one preset no matter what. I found it to be comfortable and angled at a pretty good height to comfortably type on.
This is also where the unique identifier of this keyboard’s design lies too. This layer contains this odd mirror design made out of tempered glass. It’s what Womier calls a decorative piece, but it’s located on the underside of the board which is firmly planted down on the desk when you’re operating the keyboard. So even if it does look different or unique, you’re not seeing it when using the keyboard at all. I applaud Womier for trying something eye catching for marketing purposes as mechanical keyboards have been a bit stale and replicated across the market, but I’m not sure how this gimmick sets this specific keyboard apart when you can’t see it while using it and what you do see is a generic black layout anyway.
The second change– and one I found to be intrusive– is how Womier hid the connection switch under the Caps Lock keycap in a tiny little switcher. This is a wireless board so you technically can switch between three modes: Bluetooth 5.0, a USB-C wired connection, and a 2.4 Ghz receiver. Technically it’s simply an “ON” battery switch that you likely will leave in that position permanently. Still, it’s extremely inconvenient to have to take off a keycap to toggle the keyboard off to save battery life at night if you’re the type to do that. The switch is also incredibly tiny and needs to be flicked with a fingernail. This is not a user-friendly design at all.
Performance
As far as battery life goes, this heavy board houses a 4,000 mAh battery that survives around a week off a charge with the RGB lights enabled. It’s not great or class leading, but it’s enough to get by. Since it’s such a minimalistic board, it’s difficult to identify when the battery life is low as it doesn’t have a specific indicator to how much juice (percentage-wise) is specifically left on the charge. This is one of those situations where you’ll have to catch a flashing keycap to identify when it needs to go into the port. It’s sometimes hard when the RGB’s are doing their thing to catch this and I’ve had the keyboard die on me a few times during a raid in a game.
The biggest issue I faced with the SK75 was the lack of reliability. It’s a gaming keyboard, and I legitimately lost matches in a game because of this keyboard. We review keyboards for at least 30 days of consecutive usage for these reasons as issues don’t often arise in the first couple of weeks. Out of the box, the SK75 felt flawless to operate, but it quickly came crashing down after an Amazon return period (30 days). It started with a single key demonstrating what I assumed was key chattering. I would apply a single input and it would register a handful of inputs. I opened it up and cleaned the board. It didn’t go away. Replacing the switch helped ease the issue for that specific switch, but soon after the space bar began acting up followed by more keys as if a plague was spreading throughout the SK75.
It soon became impossible to type on the board as it felt like it was sentient and had a mind of its own. I’ve seen quality control issues on keyboards before, but not usually on boards in the triple digit price range. This could be a unit specific issue that I received, but a quick glance on Amazon reviews and I’ve found a few other buyers with units like this. I can at least say that Womier did not send us a specific reviewer’s batch that they curated so we are legitimately reviewing a consumer product that you would also receive.
5 Colors
the SK75 comes in 5 colors: Black, Blue, Green, Retro White, and White
Issues aside, if I had received a unit that ran flawlessly out of the box during the entirety of my review period, I would have left this review quite impressed with the rise of quality offerings from Womier. I don’t want to make speculations about quality control as I haven’t had issues with Womier keyboards in the past, so hopefully your purchase of this board (if you do buy one) doesn’t have this pop up over time.
While the mirror inclusion will get your attention online, it’s basically irrelevant to the aesthetics and performance of the board. So what it comes down to is the full aluminum offering of a pretty convincingly valuable experience. You’ll feel like this is an expensive board when it really doesn’t cost a whole lot. For slightly more than $100, I’ve seen a lot less premium offerings than what Womier is giving here with the SK75. It’s a respectable semi-premium keyboard at what I would still find as an acceptable price point for an impulsive purchase. Of course, that’s based on the premise that the keyboard actually– you know– works.
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