Packaging and Accessories

Packaging for the GAMDIAS HERMES M5 is quite similar to what we saw before with the HERMES P2 RGB, which is a good thing for brand recognition. It does admittedly look busy, with a lot going on even on the front. It is effectively in two parts, with a black background on the left that has the company logo and a large render of the keyboard and more of the same and the product name on the right, but on a white background. GAMDIAS somehow found even more text to add on the back in multiple languages, with another keyboard render greeting us here. To no one's surprise, there is yet more on the sides, along with a couple of seals that keep the contents in place during transit. There was a tear in the cardboard near the edge on my sample, but the contents inside were absolutely fine.


Opening the box, we see the keyboard inside a foam wrap and held in place between more cardboard on all sides for further protection. The keyboard cable is affixed and tucked away in a separate layer at the top. GAMDIAS also includes a plastic ring-style keycap puller, which is the only bundled accessory. The keycap puller is orange, which the GAMDIAS brand seems to like in general, but it can scratch the sides of keycaps when used. I am a bit confused over the lack of a product manual, especially since there are onboard controls. GAMDIAS does have a PDF of the manual on the website, and linked on the product page, but it is short enough to where I see no reason not to include even a single-page cheat sheet inside.