I'll admit that I had only heard of XVX or Womier in passing, as I saw the Womier brand on a few products shared by folks online. Those older products were more aggressive and targeted the gaming keyboard market at a time when everyone was jumping aboard the OEM train. Some of those Womier keyboards could have very well been sold by a few other brands, and I'd not be able to tell you which one is which. There are certainly a few I recognize having tested with a different label on. Needless to say, I was happy to see XVX and Womier both step away from that and do something different. Granted, the XVX M84 Coral Sea uses a set of keycaps whose design I have seen before, but XVX has absorbed it and put out something that can be branded its own. There are subtle changes throughout with the keycaps, including a reworked keycap profile with a different mold from the usual OEM profile offerings of this "Coral Sea" theme under various different names.

Where this keyboard goes even further is by adopting the theme on the case too, all the way on to the sides and back. It's a vinyl wrap, and I would have liked color matching and element flow to be better throughout, but it still leaves a strong impression that will be quite divisive overall, I imagine. The keyboard is busy looking as a result of all the various graphical elements, and compromises are made in the name of form being prioritized over function. A non-scientific survey of a small sample group revealed almost everyone had to check which key was which despite many of them having legends, which was worse with the modifier keys that only had the design on the keycaps.

XVX gets the basics right with a keyboard that types well, has ergonomics on its side, decent software and hardware customization, lighting effects galore, and wireless connectivity courtesy a stable 2.4 GHz mode in addition to the standard wired option. Battery life could have been better, though. Knowing that there are accessories that match the theme, including a matching USB cable that could have been included with the keyboard instead of the plain white one, makes it also seem like you are missing out by simply purchasing the keyboard on its own. At $80–$85, a lot of these issues can be forgiven, but not necessarily forgotten. I'd personally want to see an improved base with a better microcontroller and larger battery for $100 even, as the competition is otherwise too tough right now for the XVX M84 Coral Sea to merit a recommendation.