For example, the WASD keys become your arrow keys while the number keys become the Fn keys. Most of those functions can still be accessed by pressing the special Steelseries key in combination with many of the keys which have the secondary function labelled on the side.

Underneath the board are two height adjustable feet and some truly grippy rubber feet that stick the keyboard to surfaces like glue.īeing a 60% board, you lose the number pad, home/ arrow keys and function keys.

Only the logo on the back next to the main power toggle and USB Type-C charging point tells you whose board this is. There’s also barely any space for any distinctive design touches so the Apex Pro Mini doesn’t look much different from all other 60% boards. At 543g, it’s heavy but not so much that you can stash into a backpack to carry for use on the go. Pick it up though and the heft of the aluminium alloy quickly dispels any notion that this is a toy. Steelseries Apex Pro Mini Wireless ReviewĪs a 60% keyboard with a footprint of just 11-inches wide and 4-inches deep, this is a comically small piece of kit. I’ve used the Apex Pro Mini Wireless for a few weeks and while it’s a truly fascinating keyboard, I’m convinced that it’ll appeal to a very small niche of gamers. However, Steelseries believes that its fast, adjustable switches, Quantum 2.0 wireless and customisation is enough to convince buyers. There’s also a wired version that’s about $100 cheaper, but that’s still quite expensive. This is an exorbitantly expensive proposition for a 60% board.

The use case for this can be truly wild in gaming where you can assign run and walk to the same key.īut schtick aside, the thing that makes the Apex Pro Mini Wireless truly stand out is its eye-watering MSRP of $360. And if that wasn’t enough, you can also assign two actions to the same key but with different actuation points. For the new SteelSeries Apex Pro Mini Wireless, the schtick is optical mechanical switches whose actuation can be adjusted from 0.2mm to 3.8mm. It feels like mainstream gaming keyboards are really struggling to stand out from the crowd - often resorting to some schtick or gimmick.

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