Packaging and Accessories

This is actually not as glamorous a themed keyboard from Akko as the others thus far, but packaging gets a similar experience with a two-piece box that comes inside a plastic wrap. The outer sleeve colors are more subtle to match the keyboard itself, having a gray background and the company logo and product name alongside a render of the keyboard on front. The sides are in a light blue, and we see a sticker for the switches of the sample inside.


There are no seals here, with the inner box simply sliding off the outer sleeve. The inner box, also made out of cardboard, has a simpler design with a mostly black color scheme. The Akko logo in a radiant purple greets us on the front, and a double flaps on the side keep the contents inside in place during transit. Opening the box, we see the keyboard inside two layers. The top layer is a molded plastic cover that can be used as a dust cover as well, and then there is a soft foam wrap all around the keyboard for further protection in transit. This is complemented by cardboard on all sides, also as a barrier to keep the accessories neatly tucked away. A QC sticker and manual are underneath the keyboard. Not only more detailed but also supporting multiple languages out of the box, including English, the manual is better this time around. The other accessories are actually inside a separate cardboard box, not just underneath folded cardboard as with most keyboards.


Akko includes a nice metal wire keycap puller with the logo on the handle and wires long and thick enough to easily remove keycaps for replacement and/or cleaning without the risk of scratching their sides, as is the case with the cheaper plastic-ring pullers most others include. We also see a detachable USB Type-A to USB Type-C cable in gray to match the keyboard, which points towards Type-C connectivity in wired mode and for charging for wireless mode. It should not surprise you anymore, but there are more Akko logos on the cable connector housings.


Given the 3084 is an 84-key, 80% form factor keyboard, we do not get a lot of room for novelty keycaps. However, this has not deterred Akko from including two separate sets of replacement keycaps. Each set contains replacement arrow keys, both Enter keys for whatever reason (no numpad here, remember), an Ins key, which again is confusing since there is no Ins key by default on the keycap, and an Akko logo keycap that can perhaps be used as a novelty Esc key. The two arguably useless keycaps are quite confusing, and as seen above, the two sets end up being blue and purple. The keycaps themselves are thick PBT plastic (average wall thickness 1.38 mm) with doubleshot injected designs and unfortunately no backlighting support.