SteelSeries Apex 7 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – OLED Smart Display – USB Passthrough and Media Controls – Tactile and Quiet – RGB Backlit (Brown Switch)

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SteelSeries Apex 7 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – OLED Smart Display – USB Passthrough and Media...

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Pros

It is comfortable and allows me to type for long sessions without feeling fatigued. There is a general tendency to over complicate everything, that's why we have $500 car keys (fobs) the keys feel premium and it is a joy to type on!

Oled display is excellent for running the system monitor app (built in to steelseries software) to see system resources and temps. It is also nice that on the oled screen you can either set a custom image or have it show pc telemetry. Only complaint i... Read More

With pudding-stlye (transluscent bottomed) keycaps, it really shines. Beat out about 7 others after my blackwidow chroma v2 failed.

The software driver for steelseries has a ton of customization options. I was pleasantly surprised with all the options it gave. The blue switches are incredibly precise, tactile and clicky.

Cons

The rma process is very convoluted and they ask you to destroy your own product. The steelseries gg software is practically useless.

The keyboard firmware is buggy and sometimes the leds get stuck displaying a certain color as well as the color you tell it to display. When it does this the keyboard is unusable until it's unplugged and plugged back in. I let it go for about a minute... Read More

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Quality

It has a bright display and is made well.

Wrist support feels good, and plenty of customization options on their driver

This keyboard ticks all the boxes when it comes to being a premier keyboard geared towards gaming.

Keys feel nice, not much resistance on press.

Price

It is slightly overpriced though for a non-hot swappable keyboard.

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This product had a total of 2,245 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 19 2024.