Aula F75: A $70 Custom Keyboard!?

[@realmccoy220]

that light bar next to the escape button can be turned off, its the battery charging indicator, its blinks when the battery is almost drained, you can change it by pressing fn+left shift.

[@TheManicGeek]

I didn't see that anywhere in the instructions! Thanks for the shout, that's one less annoyance I now have to deal with!

[@realmccoy220]

I was really annoyed by it too, tried google for the solution and turns out it's in the single paper black manual@@TheManicGeek

[@LuisR357]

THANKSSSSS!!!

[@equiknox_]

So when it is charging, the light bar goes up right? what does it do if it is already fully charged?

[@GWAANTotherocket]

legend!

[@SimonNg20]

Fn + left shift cycles the battery indicator mode

[@pudinichigo91]

Really good keyboard, Ive been looking for MK for a few months now and two days ago I just decided to bought one since theres double date sales for this keyboard just for $36 only, and the delivery took one day only to reached my door, really fast, I choose the black color with side engraved, I actually consider a few keyboard like RK M75, Ajazz AK820 and VGN N75 Pro but after I watching hundred of videos for the past fews weeks I decided to go with Aula F75 for a few reason, the first one was the color since I dont to mod/change or add extra cost for a new keycaps so i choose Aula since this model have Black gradient color with side engraved keycap and I really like this color option, the 2nd is the build quality since F75 is better than Ajazz AK820 (based on a few review I watched) and the last one is because of creamy/thocky sound, I watched video comparison sound test between F75 vs N75 Pro and I prefer F75 more than N75 Pro, btw this is my first MK but I really satisfied with build quality, features and the sound of keyboard with stock, so far I have nothing to complain.

[@MrTayda]

yes you made the right choice

[@amirkhusairiabdulmajid1623]

Yeap agree, bought this as well and no complain. Those who love to mod their keyboard may need to purchase the barebone version from other brand (why would they want to buy this board at the first place?). The keyboard sound is as good as modded keyboard.

[@TheManicGeek]

UPDATE: Since the goon in the comments who just wants to get mad when someone presents a more peaceful alterative to just screeching over something being forgotten, here's a link to the software - epomaker.com/blogs/software/epomaker-x-aula-f75-driver

[@Lenticular67]

That's a $70 board!? Most impressive for that price point.

[@TheManicGeek]

RIGHT!? It may be missing a few technical niceties, but the overall quality of the board is massively promising.

[@wutttt7661]

I got mine for $40

[@pudinichigo91]

Just got my yesterday for $36 and it aready arrived today, really damn fast delivery, mine with black color and side engraved

[@sadikarafat4227]

Man!you earned a subscriber!this is the exact video i wanted!a very few youtubers tested the black version and also,i thought it's keycaps was inspired by blue samurai so i was looking for a comparison and you just did that!thank you!❤

[@peteryoo4841]

This was a very helpful review. I bought a aula f75 with all the same switches and colors and I am waiting for delivery. I heard that the price-performance ratio is good.

[@BendyLemmy]

So - F75 is amazing, but a pain to assemble/mod, and no QMK/VIA. What's a good equivalent to this?

[@KrutGemByte]

this is the same as leobog crescent switch right?

[@TheManicGeek]

No idea, never used Leobog parts.

[@asterisk4424]

Can you remove the stabs without taking the whole build apart?

[@TheManicGeek]

Yep, just need to pull the switch and unclip the stabs.

[@user-ic6iy5cj1c]

That's a great video. Do you know the knob size of this keyboard? I'm looking to see if there are any other knobs that are compatible with this

[@PatrickMacielCampos]

Hi sir, can you help me? I'm buy a AULA F75 recently, was delivered today. I try to use on Mac, using FN + E, but all the function keys (F1, F2... F12) are in "media mode" (volume up, down, brightness, mic, mute, etc). I search in all internet about fn lock or some software to fix that, but I didnt find anything. I need F-keys because I'm a developer and F-keys is heavly used. Can you help me?

[@adrianmontemayor861]

Any tip on how you remove the top casing? It is very hard for me to do so 😢

[@TheManicGeek]

I used an iFixIt kit's picks to wedge between the plastics to carefully separate them, but you could also use guitar picks or an old gift card/credit card in a pinch.

[@harryxu1162]

awesome review, thanks!

[@equiknox_]

About the battery light indicator, it goes up when charging, do you know what does it do or how it indicates when it is fully charged?

[@Sanyasibert]

Fn+B key. If the keyboard is fully charged, it shows from 1 to 0.

[@in_direct]

Planning to buy this keyboard would you recommend it for 36-30 USD i live in a southeast asia country making it's price much cheaper and is there any other recommendations boards u would recommend?

[@TheManicGeek]

For that price, it'd honestly be hard to beat this board. That said, I'm also not SUPER familiar with boards in that region or their selling price, and I do know there's some deals you find in SE Asia that are absolutely insane, so take my feedback with some skepticism.

[@DiverseDivinity13]

Coes it work with xbox or consoles

[@SafetyHeaven]

You type damn fast 😂

[@TheManicGeek]

LMAO I think I just hit a decent stride in this video, I actually don't ever type much faster than about 80 WPM adjusted for typing accuracy... or a lack of it, I guess.

[@sauceguy6945]

bruh this theme music is for manhua vids :0

[@gsg5209]

in korea,that keyboard 30~40 $

[@TheManicGeek]

Yeah, boards made in Eastern markets just tend to have better pricing in their own, respective regions. Not much we can do about it in the West tbh.

[@pudinichigo91]

same here in SEA region, this keyboard only cost around $40, but I got mine for $36 during sales

[@Dezron]

you think i can game with this

[@TheManicGeek]

I mean technically you can game on any keyboard as long as it works, but this one should be plenty comfy and responsive for gaming.

[@Dezron]

@@TheManicGeek well to be more specific, on rhythm games. Does it have 1000hz polling rate?

[@TheManicGeek]

@Dezron yes, I mention this in the video when discussing Bluetooth connectivity.

[@Dezron]

@@TheManicGeek okay thanks, i watched the full video and just wanted to make sure

[@TheManicGeek]

@Dezron If you find it's still not quite as fast as you'd like it to be, you can also change over to speed switches, which actuate at 1.2 mm travel instead of 2 mm.

[@justinb8297]

anyone else getting flagged with a virus from the software?

[@TheManicGeek]

I didn't get flagged for it, but Windowd did give me a warning that it didn't trust the vendor of the software. My PC seems to be fine presently, but I'll keep an eye on it. Did you get it from the Epomaker website? That's the only legit spot I've found for the software so far.

[@justinb8297]

@@TheManicGeek yea got it from there website but I guess all of there software's pop up with viruses on windows defender so maybe its just false flags. i guess it happens to a lot of people.

[@TheManicGeek]

@justinb8297 Yeah, it's fairly common with these boards to have Windows throw up a flag to tell you it's not from a trusted source. Doesn't necessarily mean it's malware, just that Windows doesn't recognize the source. That said, if there's ever a doubt, these boards do have enough functionality baked in that you can do most everything else other than key remapping.

[@pudinichigo91]

I just installed the software yesterday, without any problem or getting flagged with virus on my Windows 11 PC