EPOMAKER - Tide65 QMK/VIA

Yeah it will come from China so it’ll take some time. Customs is very rarely an issue, they undervalue it by default for India plus you can mail them to do it as well(just to be safe). I ordered mine the same way, it was marked down from 5500 to 1500, so no customs. Also, a credit card is required OP. Also, order the smaller one because I believe the Galaxy70 pack weighs more than 2 kgs which is the limit for standard free shipping, above that will have to pay extra for express shipping plus express always has customs. I know it’s a lot of info, but yeah it’s a pretty damn good keeb(I have the Tide65, also aluminium) and definitely worth it.

I have an Epomaker Tide65 that I bought for cheap as a testbed, and from Amazon. For that purpose (and with that no-questions-asked return window) I like it quite a bit, but given the amount of time it asked of me to be what I wanted, I'm very glad I didn't *also* give Epomaker much money. I'm also at a place where if if the PCB simply stopped working, I could fab my own plates and handwire a matrix to still have a usable purple chunk of aluminum. At the price point I'm seeing, an Aula self-branded or XVX/Womier might be a better choice for OP, but this may be a time when saving up a little might be worthwhile. In any event, OP should stay away from relying on Epomaker for any support whatsoever, and maybe consider disconnecting the battery if they do get one.

epomaker65 is reasonably priced and i like it a lot. Its only 65% though

MageGee is a budget brand on Amazon. I just saw a cute pastel-y 104 for $20. I have one from them, one from epomaker, and another from redragon. All affordable brands. I've never tried anything over like $60 so I don't have anything else to compare to but they've all been good to me. Only issue is with redragon's logo being a lil... Out of place for the rest of my stuff. That's the one I use at work though so idc too much I use 75% at home but bought a 100% for work because I didn't like the membrane keyboard they provided.