Having an integrated display on a keyboard is not new or innovative in itself. In fact, we have previously covered keyboards that uses very similar hardware and software too! What GamaKay has done with the LK75 is repackage those internals into a circular display that now fits inside a volume knob. The outside is a plastic trim which rotates around the display and does volume change by default which is reflected in the actual display—even if it says volum instead of volume. Some of these minor issues are what keeps the GamaKay LK75 from being a proper contender taking on more expensive keyboards. But we still see features such as a lot of damping and lubing as well as generally good quality switches, keycaps, and stabilizers in addition to an integrated weight all at the $100 mark to where you can excuse a lot of these minor things. Keep in mind that the sale price seems to be for the holiday season so, while there is plenty of time to take advantage of it, it may well have gone back up to $130 if you are reading this review in 2024 and here the competition is tougher from those using a very similar feature set.

This is not to say having features in common is a bad thing though. After all, we are privileged to have so many keyboards in this relatively affordable price range with features which were unheard of just a couple of years ago. Silent switches, hot-swappable switches, a near-custom theme, hybrid wireless connectivity with long battery life, even the volume knob and the display itself! Make no mistake that the GamaKay LK75 is a good keyboard purely by offering all these and doing so well enough. The software skin could be better and the actual software and hardware being could be tightly implemented too but some of that goes to the OEM which has does most of the R&D and amortized over multiple brands worth of keyboards sold, which is how we end up with a reasonable price in the first place. The typing experience is good and the form factor is handy in reducing the entry barrier to smaller keyboards while still giving you space savings on your desk. There are still a few things GamaKay does which are fairly novel, such as the Adobe Photoshop theme keycaps which feel like a weird thing to do but I appreciate companies trying different things at least. There's some work left to be done here to further polish the keyboard clearly but it still wins a recommendation given the pros easily outweigh the cons.