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Evoworks Evo75 assessment
The Evoworks Evo75 is a sublime 75% tri-mode wi-fi board with ball-catch and leaf-spring construction, coming in a mess of gorgeous variants. Meticulously designed and tuned for an distinctive out-of-the-box typing expertise.
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Printed September 12, 2025
With practically 150 keyboards in my assortment, I not often get excited anymore. This time, although, I positively was. Saying I used to be in bother when making an attempt to decide on a single colorway for this assessment could be an understatement: It is virtually not possible to not fall in love with every of the gorgeous colour variants of the super-classy Evo75, a part of the Evoworks line, kindly despatched to me by Qwertykeys.
TLDR; The Evo75 is a completely constructed keyboard that follows the success of the TKL Evo80 in a 75% format. It is a premium product regardless of the inexpensive value (from $150). The thought and energy poured into its design have resulted in a real piece of artwork. A hefty CNC alu case, fantastically matched dye-sub Cherry profile keycaps, and finely tuned Neo switches set the tone. Leaf-spring mounting, gaskets, and plenty of sound dampening layers guarantee a superb out-of-the-box typing expertise. The hotswap PCB and MX-compatible switches with VIA assist make it extremely customizable. Disassembly is lighning-fast due to the screwless “ball catch” construction and magnetic connectors. All in all, the Evo75 is a high-quality keyboard at a virtually unbeatable value. Equally appropriate for the workplace or as a powerful centerpiece in your desk. I can wholeheartedly advocate it.
Earlier than diving into the small print, let me level out how paradoxical it’s that the Evo75 is the simplest keyboard I’ve ever disassembled, but it is so effectively put collectively out of the field that you’re going to infrequently have to take it aside.
Nonetheless, as you may see, I’ve eviscerated it to the very core as standard. Take a look at the total assessment beneath for all the small print and photographs of its interior magnificence. 😉
Disclaimer
Qwertykeys was sort sufficient to ship me this assessment unit without cost, which can introduce all types of biases – each adverse and constructive in my expertise. Take every part I write with a grain of salt.
As well as, this can be a pre-order product: the Evo75 is bought in batches. With the primary batch already shipped. Estimated success time is 5 weeks, yow will discover the schedule right here.
Variants
The Evo75 is available in 10 elegant colorways, largely lovely pastel shades, with matching keycap units. Both anodized (Basalt Gray, Tyrian, Ice Blue, First Mild, Mild Sage, Sandgold) or spray-coated (Nebula, Babypink, Eclipse Gray, and Nova White).
The Nebula is considerably an outlier within the choice, because it’s darkish, and accommodates delicate micro-glitter within the spray coating. That is the variant you may see within the photographs of this text.
Every anodized case undergoes 220-mesh sandblasting, making a constantly clean, luxurious texture throughout all items. Spray-coated variants function ultra-fine powder coating.
The rigorously designed colorways, thoughtfully paired with keycap design, make the Evo75 extra than simply useful system: it is a piece of artwork in your workspace – engineering assembly high quality and magnificence.
Unboxing & Contents
The Evo75 got here in a really good pastel cardboard field, matching a lot of the colorways I suppose. Jeez, even the cardboard is high quality stuff, very nice to the contact.
Contents:
- The Evo75 in all its glory: keycaps and switches mounted.
- Arduous-shell carry case.
- Consumer guide, quickstart information, QC certificates, guarantee card.
- 2.4GHz receiver
- matching black braided cable
- primary mixed device to take away keycaps and switches
- mud cowl (!)
- substitute gasket strips and leaf spring silicone
- 3x spare switches and further caps (Mac)
First impressions, design language
Whereas I discover a lot of the different colorways relatively female, the Nebula has a really authoritative masculine aura.
Completely premium aesthetic. The brand new Evo75 design builds on the smooth rounded profile of its predecessor, the Evo80 – including new layers of sophistication and a spotlight to element. The highest case encompasses a raised, relatively unusual contoured body that provides magnificence to the profile whereas not interfering together with your typing arms.
The highest case options three LED accents, enhancing the keyboard’s visible id. Two of them flanking the perform keys, plus a 3rd eye-catching motif above the fitting arrow key integrating the ambient lighting mode toggle button.
I really like the concord of the spray-painted case (yeah, with glitter) and matching keycaps. Every of the variants look good, however the Nebula was by some means essentially the most energetic out of all of the colorways with its mixed-color legends.
All in all, the keyboard lives as much as my excessive expectations.
Specs (Nebula)
- Format: 75%, 80 keys
- Keycaps: 1.7mm 5-sided dye-sub PBT Cherry
- Switches: Neo Amber or Neo Rye
- Typing angle: 8 levels
- Construction: ball-catch construction, magnetic connectors
- Mount: butterfly leaf spring, silicone gaskets
- Stabilizers: plate mount (no screw-in stab assist)
- PCB: hotswap, south-facing per-key RGB, 1.2mm, flex cuts
- Software program assist: (QMK?)/VIA
- Connectivity: wired, 2.4G wi-fi, Bluetooth
- Polling fee: Wired & 2.4g 1000Hz, Bluetooth 125Hz
- Battery 2x4000mAh
- Materials: CNC-machined 6063 aluminum
- Dimensions: 323x143x(19.3 entrance top)mm
- Weight: 1,997g
Format
With its comparatively compact 75% design (ANSI), that includes 80 keys, the Evo75 optimizes house whereas guaranteeing that every one important features are simply accessible for brand spanking new customers transitioning from e.g. a fullsize keyboard. The F13-ish format, whereas retaining the hole between the F-groups, makes the general format pleasantly symmetric.
Not like the Evo80 (with ISO choice), the Evo75 encompasses a single-layout ANSI PCB, a consciously chosen format to allegedly remove the acoustic inconsistencies brought on by spare swap holes and further plate foam cutouts. (This sounds humorous, as a result of the PCB is in any other case massacred by virtually per-key flex cuts.)
Many 75% keyboards function a couple of much less or extra keys. This 75% variant, with its 80 keys, will not be cramped in any respect: the arrow cluster remains to be straightforward to find when contact typing because of the little hole on the left (to the fitting of the spacebar there are solely two modifiers) – so you do not get misplaced when altering between the house row and arrows. The additional column on the fitting consists of three keys, or 4 – if we rely the F13 to this group.
75% means no numpad and no basic navigation cluster format both, nonetheless, you’ve got arrows, perform keys, full quantity row, and a part of the basic navigation keys.
Keycaps
One of many causes I went with the Nebula colorway was positively the accompanying keycap set resembling the Mictlán palette. It is a very related idea however with out the pink-purple legends within the random pool. Solely the yellow-orange-red spectrum plus mild blue for distinction.
The fantastically matched keycaps have been upgraded to 1.7mm five-sided Dye-sub PBT to realize higher colour rendition and allow extra numerous, daring colour combos. Not double-shot, however most likely nearly as good because it will get with dye sublimation.
With reference to keycap compatibity, the 75% format must be broadly supported in the event you go for one thing completely different.
Paired with the rigorously chosen switches and because of the meticulous tuning, these keycaps present an exceptionally good typing expertise.
Switches
Primarily based on suggestions from the favored Neo Oat and Neo Azure switches, the staff spent about 10 months perfecting swap efficiency. The brand new members of the Neo swap household – Amber and Rye switches – now present extra distinctive sound profiles whereas sustaining the graceful typing expertise you anticipate.
Mild linear Neo Rye switches
Neo Amber switches
The linear Amber switches, coming with the FR4 plate choice, are characterised by improved backside housing and stem materials, enhanced inside construction for a crisper typing sound, and refined lubrication formulation.
- Actuation power: 45gf
- Backside power: 50gf
- Pre-travel: 2mm
- Complete journey: 3.4mm
- Spring: 22mm
- Stem materials: modified POM
- High housing: PC
- Backside housing: P5
Neo Rye switches
The even lighter Rye switches, coming with the PP plate choice, function a brand new stem mildew for a deeper, extra targeted low-pitch typing sound. With refined lubrication formulation as effectively.
- Actuation power: 36gf
- Backside-out power: 45gf
- Pre-travel: 2mm
- Complete journey: 3.6mm
- Spring: 22mm
- Stem materials: L4 (modified POM)
- High housing: modified PA12
- Backside housing: modified PA6
Each of those switches really feel respectable, however the PCB options hotswap sockets, so you are not restricted to the manufacturing unit setup if you would like to experiment. Be happy to make use of your private favorites, or a number of the just lately trending fancy community-favorite switches.
Construct high quality, construction, case
This board is de facto heavy. Interval. Virtually precisely 2kg. It is heavier but in addition a bit bigger in comparison with another 75% keyboards I’ve reviewed just lately: about 1 cm wider and deeper to be precise.
Wonderful construct high quality. The entire thing feels heavy obligation however very refined on the identical time. The mounting depends on the ball launch mechanism with gaskets.
Typing angle: fastened, 8 levels.
Evoworks retained the extremely praised ball-catch mechanism and magnetic connectors from the Evo80. I actually like this screwless disassembly methodology. You’ll be able to simply open the case with a easy press and elevate, so disassembling the board solely takes a couple of seconds this fashion. That stated, maintain your fingernails and do the pressing-lifting slowly…
Construction & Mounting
The Evo75 options “butterfly” leaf spring construction with a triple-layer shock absorption system. The leaf spring offers a typing expertise that is bouncy but steady. Lengthy silicone gaskets on the plate reduce hollowness and noise from the leaf spring whereas guaranteeing constant sound throughout all keys, together with these close to mounting factors. A silicone cushion positioned beneath the leaf spring reduces vibration between springs and case, eliminating case ping.
Plate
You’ll be able to select from FR4 or PP – this defines the swap selection and vice versa since they’re matched too. PP with Rye and FR4 with Amber swap. I obtained the PP one, which options no flex cuts.
Plate-mount stabilizers.
PCB
The screwless construct makes the disassembly course of very straightforward, so you can also make your method to the PCB a lot simpler than standard. The PCB is a part of the thick plate/foam/PCB sandwich, and it options hotswap sockets, south-facing per-key LEDs, and plenty of flex cuts – virtually per key.
The defaults stabs are plate mounted. When you marvel: the PCB would not assist screw-in stabilizers.
One other good contact: no tiny cables, the PCB is hooked up to the underside (battery and USB socket) by way of a magnetic connector, similar to to the ambient mild swap on prime.
Weight
The hefty backside weight performs an important position within the Evo75 weighing virtually 2kg. It is elegant, similar to the gorgeous a lot every part on this construct. Truly, I like its form a lot better than that of the predecessor Evo80.
The mirror-finish metallic will accumulate fingerprints although.
Sound & Sound dampening
Thick sandwich foam, swap pad, and two thinner foam layers within the backside case, one with cutouts for the hotswap sockets. Along with the leaf springs, gasket, and per-key PCB cutouts, the Evo75 ensures a delicate and comfy typing really feel whereas delivering a pleasant out-of-the-box sound high quality.
As already talked about, the single-layout ANSI PCB was chosen for eliminating the same old acoustic inconsistencies brought on by spare swap holes and further plate foam cutouts. This design selection goals for a extra uniform sound efficiency throughout all the keyboard.
Lights
This keyboard is supplied with south-facing per-key RGB backlighting with loads of out there colours and patterns. Truthfully, it is exhausting to cycle via all of the choices.
As well as, the three “ambient lights” – on the 2 sides of the perform keys, plus above the arrows – provide much more customization. These further lights obtained a devoted bodily key to vary animation modes.
Wi-fi
The Evo75 is a tri-mode wi-fi keyboard (Bluetooth 5.0, 2.4GHz wi-fi, and USB Sort-C wired connections) powered by twin 4000mAh lithium batteries, supporting as much as 10W fast-charging.
The bodily connection mode selector swap subsequent to the USB port is available in an identical accented colour, and it stated to mix connectivity switching and battery management – undecided about full battery decoupling although. No bodily battery on-off key below any keycap.
Common warning: When you use your wi-fi Evo75 keyboard completely linked, please learn this text about Constructed-in keyboard batteries and tips on how to keep away from fireplace – for particulars, suggestions, and horror tales.
Mainly, preserving the board plugged in consistently might result in accelerated degradation of the lithium battery. You need to comply with correct battery care practices, so you need to take away, disconnect or swap off the battery in the event you do not want wi-fi performance. Examine the battery for swelling repeatedly, even when disconnected or eliminated.
Whereas there is no bodily swap to disconnect the charging circuit and successfully isolating the battery from the PCB, the straightforward disassembly makes is comparatively handy to observe battery well being.
(That stated, within the final step you may have to take away 5 tiny T-6 Torx screws to get below the battery lid.)
Software program
Having VIA assist is reassuring. No want to put in any customized software program. That stated, VIA is QMK, and Qwertykeys is on the listing of distributors/designers violating QMK license, e.g. by not releasing the supply of a few of their tri-mode keyboards – hurting the group and irritating the QMK maintainers. So make your buy consciously.
If the manufacturing unit settings do not meet your wants, you’ve got the choice to customise your keymap simply by visiting usevia.app. Connecting the board did not work for me out of the field, I needed to discover and obtain the required JSON file (search for EVO 75).
Some letters swapped
Swapping letters or symbols works as standard, it’s totally simple.
My SpaceFN layer within the works
SpaceFN layer mod-tap features have been examined and work as anticipated. This single layer might be an actual game-changer, placing arrows, navigation and numbers below your fingertips.
And there is a lot extra to keymap customization!
Portability
The Evo75 comes with a really good hard-shell carry case. Similar to with another points of the design, the staff did a terrific job with the case – that includes a particular “evo” emboss. It is just about the identical carry case we have seen coming with different higher-end boards, however this cool branding makes is stand out.
That stated, the Evo75 is a good board for stationery use, but when portability is your principal concern, I might select one thing lighter than 2kg. A lot lighter to be frank. 🙂 Certain, its wi-fi options make it cell in idea, being extra compact than a fullsize board helps too, nonetheless, perhaps one thing lighter and smaller is best suited to on the go. 😉
Conclusion
The 75% wi-fi Evo75 is an actual bang-for-your-buck provide from Qwertykeys: A high-quality, elegant design in a stupendous aluminum case with options like leaf spring mounting, gaskets, screwless ball-catch disassembly, and so forth. Superior visible design and out-of-the-box typing expertise. VIA assist for straightforward keymap customization. This board is simple to advocate, because it actually feels price each penny.
Execs
- lovely and durable aluminum case, good colorways, wonderful construct high quality
- good matching keycap set design
- extremely customizable (hotswap, MX, VIA)
Cons
No actually cons, relatively some recommendations:
- This board deserves a elaborate customized cable. 😉
- It could be cool to have the ability to retailer the dongle someplace hooked up to the keyboard. (For these with a lot of these small devices laying round.)
Worth & Availability
The Evo75 is broadly out there e.g. from Qwertykeys and regional distributors. Be happy to take a look at a number of retailers, particularly ones in your area:
The KBDNEWS coupon code (5-10% off) ought to work with a lot of the retailers beneath, so the retail value of the Evo75 begins at $170 $150.
Even the bumpons…
Printed on Fri twelfth Sep 2025. Featured in KBD #199.
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