SteelSeries New Apex 9 TKL – HotSwap Optical Mini Keyboard – TKL Esports Design – Optical Switches – RGB Customization – Aluminum Alloy Frame – Double Shot PBT Keycaps

This keyboard has everything you want for gaming. Only 0.7ms input lag on rtings which is really good. The new optical switches are really consistent and I love how I can switch the actuation point depending on if I'm gaming or typing. The choice between 3 levels of elevation is also nice. For gaming, this is one of the best keyboards you can possibly get. I'm a high-mmr CSGO player and I can tell you this delivers. Your counter-strafing and ability to stop on a dime is amazing. This keyboard can take as many inputs at once as you can press and doesn't have cord splitting or other artifacts. It's true 1000hz polling too. You also have a good USB-C cord that's braided and detachable. You can also keep the tool under the keyboard if you travel to LANs or in general. It's perfect. You also have onboard memory and it's very easy to use the SteelSeries software to configure. It's easy to update firmware as well. The build quality is very good too. They used aluminum in the body and the higher quality PBT keycaps. Also, if anything breaks, you can easily replace the keycaps OR the switches themselves and SteelSeries actively sells replacement parts unlike Logitech for example who only sells switches and not keycaps. There's really nothing I can complain about. The only thing maybe is that some keyboards like the wooting have release triggered as soon as your key starts going back up. However the wooting has slightly more input lag on direct press and CSGO, Valorant, and most games honestly favor new inputs over releasing inputs anyway. Also some keyboards like the Corsair K65 have 8000hz polling rate which is insane. However with that being said, the 8000hz polling and early release triggering from those competitors really aren't a big deal and have their own downsides - especially the 8000hz polling because it can actually take up some more cpu usage so I don't think it's necessarily efficient at the sub 1ms level. Overall, I looked at all of the popular keyboards for gaming in this price range and this one was the best for the price for my setup. I didn't talk much about typing btw but I am a megaracer on typeracer.com and it feels very good to type on in the 1.5mm mode + 7deg incline. If you're looking for a gaming keyboard, look no further, this has literally everything with no downsides.

Best keyboard I've ever owned. Love the key feel, lighting and the app that comes with it. Perfect size too. Not too small not too big. I needed the F keys and darnit I need the PU PD keys! The caps lock key changes color when pressed- nice touch. Keys are easy to remove and clean. Glad I finally have a good keyboard after slacking with the 20 dollar ones. I havent even began to customize it or do macros. Im lazy so I probably wont BUT knowing I can makes me happy. Great buy.

Very good, fast response, amazing sound, kinda light, perfect rgb lights @ changeable through software & amazing for just wanting to play games or just a typing keyboard

good keyboard just found it kind of loud and to big for my small desk

Been using it for a month now and I'm really happy with it, the build quality is good and it feels really nice when typing, all the keys feel nice and smooth though they are a bit clicky which doesn't bother me much, but be mindful about it if you don't like clicky keyboards. The only things that I didn't like is the space bar being really loud especially when typing fast, other than that the rest of the keys feel nice and the other thing is that the base of the switches is white it just sticks out in a black keyboard. Overall a really good keyboard, would recommend.

After countless hours of research on keyboards I can say that this keyboard is actually quite nice. I saw some mixed reviews about the Apex 9 on reddit and amazon reviews (and just a lot of mixed reviews about steel series as a brand in general) but I ended up settling on this so I could match my steelseries mouse. After using it for a few days I can say it feels really nice, it feels better than typing on my relatively new $50 gasket keyboard. I know people are gonna say you should just get a Wooting HE or to get the Aula F75, but I like the steel series software and the keyboard/mouse combo feels pretty nice. Deffinetly recomend to anyone who is on the fence about the optical switches over other brands/keyboard types. Also the reviews where people are saying that the opitcal switches have such low actuation (1.0 - 1.5 mm) that you end up mistyping a lot of the time are kind of exagerating, I really do not notice any difference in my typing errors. My only complaint is that the lighting is not as bright as I thought it would be, at night this isn't an issue but during the day it is slightly noticible, but really that is just a very minor concern; the keyboard feels so nice that I don't really care. I give this product a 8.5/10.

This is by far the best keyboard I've ever owned. I had the Razer Huntsman mini and it was good, but I hated losing the arrow keys, F1 etc, and it did not feel nearly as well made as this. I have no complaints at all, and I didn't have to install any software. Just plug it up and go!

Works well, even after I spilled a wine on it and had to fully disassemble and clean it.

My nicest keyboard so far ! I love it, it doesn't take too much space on my desk and the RGB is nice. Only downside is the volume wheel is a bit hard to roll so half the time I clic it instead and it mute the sound.

Great product at an awesome price!!! It costs more than $200+ dollars here and I got it at only $170+!!! An absolute steal!!! The build is premium and feels good! The RGB also looks really good with combination with the build compared to my old Cosair keyboard.

Lo he estado usando para gaming y va perfecto, para escribir está bien, hay mejores pero a titulo personal me es suficiente, al ser formato TKL no lo recomendaria para trabajar muchi en ofimatica pues si usas el teclado nunerico hace falta. Los material son muy buenos, el teclafo se siente sólido, rígido y que tenga usb c ayuda por si se pierde el cable. La iluminación está muy bien, tiene muchos estilos. Es un poquito ruidoso pero nada preocupante, se perdona

Mon fils est très content de ce clavier je le recommande pour les gamers

Un teclado muy bueno para jugar todo tipos de juego, se nota mucho la velocidad de las teclas. Y el sonido es muy bueno , tiene muchos tipos de colores para el teclado MUY BUENO!