Packaging and Accessories

I saw this updated packaging used with recently obtained keyboard kits, so it would seem Skyloong is now feeling braver about using its own instead of the Epomaker branding. The product box for this review sample of the Epomaker Lite, which is really the GK61 V3, has the Skyloong mascot making a re-appearance on the front, with blue and yellow colors that take up the entirety of the product box. The company name is really all you see on the front; it is the sticker on the side that confirms the actual product inside. As it turns out, the retail units will still use the Epomaker packaging design, an example of which is seen here. A double flap on the side keeps the contents in place as the keyboard makes its way to your doorstep.


Opening the box, we see the keyboard inside a plastic seal to keep it free of dust for the unboxing experience. Included is a quick-start guide that goes over the base and Fn layers using two key maps printed on the brochure. There is also a reminder to use the GK6XPlus software drivers for fine-tuning and further customization, including over the backlighting. This then leads to an advertisement of other products from Skyloong, and the other side does exactly the same things in Chinese. However, you may want to refer to this far more detailed user manualsince this is where Epomaker has taken the time to write and publish a manual to help users new and experienced alike make the most of the GK61 family of 60% keyboards. The other accessories are found in a separate compartment at the top, and there is plenty more to see here.


These accessories include a braided black USB Type-A to Type-C cable, with the former using a Type-C to Type-A adapter and the latter in a 90° angled housing, so this is technically a Type-C to Type-C cable. I quite like this newer cable and want to see it adopted across the board for Epomaker/Skyloong products. We also get a smaller cardboard box with a plastic-ring keycap puller that works alright, but can scratch the sides of keycaps, and there is a switch remover, which is a similarly cheap piece of bent metal. I would have rather seen a combo puller in the box, especially as some previous Epomaker products include one. Both of these will work, but only just. There is also a sample switch kit, it includes some of the other mechanical Gateron Pro and Epomaker Chocolate switches that are options for the Epomaker Lite in its mechanical switch version. Additionally, we find some replacement keycaps in a color scheme matching the rest of the keyboard, no doubt. These are thick PBT keycaps (average wall thickness 1.45 mm) with dye sublimed legends, such that we end up with three different base and legend color combinations. These are all opaque keycaps though, so keep that in mind as we head over to the next page for a closer look at the keyboard itself.