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SteelSeries Apex 7 TKL Compact Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – OLED Smart Display – USB Passthrough and Media Controls – Linear and Quiet – RGB Backlit (Red Switch) SteelSeries Apex 7 TKL Compact Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – OLED Smart Display – USB Passthrough and Media Controls – Linear and Quiet – RGB Backlit (Red Switch) SteelSeries Apex 7 TKL Compact Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – OLED Smart Display – USB Passthrough and Media Controls – Linear and Quiet – RGB Backlit (Red Switch) SteelSeries Apex 7 TKL Compact Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – OLED Smart Display – USB Passthrough and Media Controls – Linear and Quiet – RGB Backlit (Red Switch) SteelSeries Apex 7 TKL Compact Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – OLED Smart Display – USB Passthrough and Media Controls – Linear and Quiet – RGB Backlit (Red Switch) SteelSeries Apex 7 TKL Compact Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – OLED Smart Display – USB Passthrough and Media Controls – Linear and Quiet – RGB Backlit (Red Switch) SteelSeries Apex 7 TKL Compact Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – OLED Smart Display – USB Passthrough and Media Controls – Linear and Quiet – RGB Backlit (Red Switch)

SteelSeries Apex 7 TKL Compact Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – OLED Smart Display – USB Passthrough and Media Controls – Linear and Quiet – RGB Backlit (Red Switch)

SteelSeries Apex 7 TKL Compact Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – OLED Smart Display – USB Passthrough and Media Controls – Linear and Quiet – RGB Backlit (Red Switch) SteelSeries Apex 7 TKL Compact Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – OLED Smart Display – USB Passthrough and Media Controls – Linear and Quiet – RGB Backlit (Red Switch) SteelSeries Apex 7 TKL Compact Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – OLED Smart Display – USB Passthrough and Media Controls – Linear and Quiet – RGB Backlit (Red Switch) SteelSeries Apex 7 TKL Compact Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – OLED Smart Display – USB Passthrough and Media Controls – Linear and Quiet – RGB Backlit (Red Switch) SteelSeries Apex 7 TKL Compact Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – OLED Smart Display – USB Passthrough and Media Controls – Linear and Quiet – RGB Backlit (Red Switch) SteelSeries Apex 7 TKL Compact Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – OLED Smart Display – USB Passthrough and Media Controls – Linear and Quiet – RGB Backlit (Red Switch) SteelSeries Apex 7 TKL Compact Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – OLED Smart Display – USB Passthrough and Media Controls – Linear and Quiet – RGB Backlit (Red Switch)
$ 124.99

Score By Feature

Based on 12,718 ratings
Comfort
9.48
For gaming
9.31
Brightness
9.30
Ergonomic
9.12
Quality of material
9.12
Value for money
8.58

OveReview Final Score

How Our Score Is Calculated

Product Description

The OLED smart display is a command center that lets you customize settings while tracking on-the-fly information after you play games, listen to music, or use apps like Spotify and Discord.
A lifetime of durability, strength, and stability is guaranteed by aircraft-grade aluminum alloy
With RGB Illumination, you can customize your pictures more than ever before. A key capable of storing 8 million colors
The premium magnetic wrist rest provides comfort and ergonomic feel while supporting the whole palm

Questions & Answers

Is it equipped with membrane style switches as it states "whisper quiet switches"? There has to be something quieter than red switches, which I find to be pretty noisy. ?

This is the keyboard I have. It is a mechanical keyboard and not a membrane keyboard. Alphabet keys are adjustable keys that can be adjusted. Keyboard controls such as the number pad and arrow keys. The reds, as well as all the other colors, are regular and unadjustable. In no way would I describe them as I think the keyboard is louder than the keyboard on a laptop (although, I guess it depends on which laptop brand you have). As a result, I also wouldn't describe them as loud. The only problem is that you will be seen typing to anyone in the room with you. To actuate the adjustable keys, lightly tap the key after making them incredibly sensitive. The key should, in theory, become extremely sensitive when you do this. They would whisper quiet if this were done. It probably would also be hard to type, although I can imagine it would also be difficult.

What are the chances of this keyboard aiding me in the battle against ?

As long as you have the power of anime and god with you, they will be under your complete control

There's a print screen button on this keyboard, isn't there?

It is possible to map the Steelseries button plus another key using the meta bindings.

Do you have any experience with this board? I used a corsair board previously. Can you compare it mainly with the k95 platinum or the k70 mk2? Both have brown switches, so what will you think of the comparison? Is that okay?

It feels cheaper because the top of the Apex 7 is plastic (despite being advertised as aircraft grade aluminum). With its customization software, K70 is far more intuitive and the board is capable of handling 15 hardware effects at a time instead of 5 on K95 and K70 models. Nonetheless, it is not as powerful as a Corsair (it cannot do more with software). In place of the RGB logo/lightbar and dedicated media keys, you get an OLED display, and you can still access media keys with the roller and button (the roller also clicks down).

Selected User Reviews For SteelSeries Apex 7 TKL Compact Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – OLED Smart Display – USB Passthrough and Media Controls – Linear and Quiet – RGB Backlit (Red Switch)

When the quality control and customer service are poor, the customer is viewed I have updated I attempted to get assistance from SteelSeries
3/5

They (SteelSeries, NOT Amazon) desired videos, documentation, and photos and advised that I would receive an RMA within a week. In the end, it was decided that I should just return it. If something was broken, they would repair it or give you a credit for it. I don't want it. Replacing the supply chain with a different manufacturer that provides support for its own products and doesn't treat the customer as if they were a This is very high on the scoreboard and I have no idea how it got there. A problem with the Question Mark key affected the first disk I received. Whenever it was slack, it would repeat the process. The second version had a dead Nine key on it, so I returned and got a replacement. It's impossible for it to be only me, for which I have no explanation. No trouble with any of the keyboards I tried. I have tested the Apex 7 on different computers and it behaves the same way. Despite the fact that this keyboard is very comfortable and has a great wrist rest, neither of those things are worth much if the key doesn't work.

Mackenzie Mendez
Mackenzie Mendez
| Feb 13, 2021
Three months have not even passed
3/5

It was as if something just went crazy out of nowhere. I started to see over 13 thousand keystrokes per second, opening all types of apps, settings, and everything else you can imagine. I was forced to reformat my PC after my PC crashed after all that. The damage my computer sustained was so bad I had to restart it.

Reign Harrison
Reign Harrison
| Mar 18, 2021
Despite its hype, this keyboard does live up to expectations
5/5

Apex Pro Keyboard - not Apex 7 - is the subject of this review. A great thing to do is adjust the actuation! With the super fast actuation, I'm able to feel a difference in games. I will say though that typing is just reversed, since I have quite a few mistakes due to As a result, switching profiles on the fly is not a problem, and super deep 3 will give you one of the largest typing surfaces possible. An actuator with a 6 mm point of contact. There is a sense of having multiple keyboards at once, and changing them effortlessly according to the task at hand.

A few disadvantages that I would like to point out are I'm sorry - The product is not Don't let it get out of your control. I'm sorry - Omnipoint switches are only used in the main block. Considering you don't use these keys much, but I think it makes sense to design a TKL keyboard with only omnipoint switches, doesn't it? I really appreciate the extra space on TKL keyboards, after using TKL keyboards for years. It will be quite beneficial to have the TKL version rather than the full version when it is released. I'm sorry - By preventing the 3 from occurring, we prevent the 2. This prevented the 6mm actuation point from working, and I was really disappointed in the output of the game's OS Several O-rings can be felt on this keyboard, but, considering the keyboard is already reasonably silent without any other O-rings, it's not really an issue It features ring.

Madelyn Bradshaw
Madelyn Bradshaw
| Dec 24, 2020
Shop as much as you can
3/5

It is hideously overpriced. This keyboard does not have any special features. There are a few reviews on Amazon that I'm curious about. This is the first time that I haven't received an answer to a question I have asked (aside from one clearly bogus answer), and I assume this is because customers don't really exist. It seems that the keyboard defaults to the wave pattern It isn't explained how to change it in the manual (which is extremely minimal). It is possible to select a static pattern by pressing the logo key to the left of the control key at the bottom of the keyboard. Press one of the function keys that is lit to display a static pattern. (Poor design!). Despite its good looks and easy to use keys, it is not as good as the one I wanted but was out of stock when I needed to order it. This one will go to the lucky winner along with a new Corsair that just arrived. Its sound wheel is nicer than that of the Corsair. Unlike the other keyboards, this one is tiny and you have to think about how you use Because I sometimes change the settings for sound levels in games, this is important for It does not have any indicator for whether or not the caps are on (I know it shares this design flaw with other keyboards, but for the price, it is worth it. Despite its attractive design, I find this keyboard to be a little rip-off. As well as all the other reviews, this one has been Once again, I'm posting this.

Naya Roberts
Naya Roberts
| May 01, 2021
It's a great keyboard with a lot of cool features
5/5

In the past, I have owned a Steelseries keyboard and was severely disappointed with the switches. When I had a M750 equipped with QX2 switches, I felt like they were off. There was something off about them, but I do not know how to explain it. My general opinion on linear switches (as a gamer, I know blasphemy) is that as a gamer I tend to have a heavy hand and accidentally hold the shift or ctrl by accident, which causes me to be unable to move. Moreover, I tend to make mistakes more frequently when typing essays for college and must go back and revise them far more often. The budget I had was not enough to buy a new keyboard that had enough space for my mouse as I play at lowest DPI, so I looked at TKL models from several In the beginning, I was planning on getting the G Pro from Logitech to go with my G Pro Wireless, but then I learned they had the Romer-G Pro. A switch containing the letter G. My first testing of these found them to be alright, but the lack of customization and after market keycaps turned me off. As of the new Apex Pro TKL, they now offer OmniPoint switches, which are linear switches whose actuation point can be changed to meet the needs of the user. As mentioned above, I am not a fan of linear, so this disappointed me because the rest of the keyboard became appealing to me. With the Apex 7, they allow you to choose your switches from the 3 different options they provide. I chose the browns since I wanted something fast that had The size of the statue and the quality of my purchase were impressed by its arrival 2 days later. I have owned several keyboards so far, but this is my favorite. TKL keyboards are known for their smooth switches, and the OLED display (which is mostly a gadget but is also cool whether you use it or not), usb passthrough, cable routing, and dial stand out from other products. There is no plush padding on the magnetic wrist rest rather, it appears to be a flat, rubber surface designed to prop up your hand. That is not to say it isn't comfortable or soft, only that it is hard to clean due to its tendency to attract dust. Although I had previously had higher quality shining keycaps from a previous keyboard, my main complaint is the cheap feel of the keycaps. Despite having a few minor cons, the keyboard is an overall good product that I'd recommend to anyone thinking of buying it.

Freyja Larsen
Freyja Larsen
| Mar 08, 2021

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