SteelSeries Apex 3 RGB Gaming Keyboard review
SteelSeries Apex 3 RGB Gaming Keyboard review
FORAffordableGreat RGB lighting
AGAINSTNo mechanical switches
No USB passthrough
SteelSeries Apex 3 design
The Apex 3 measures 17.5 x 5.5 inches, although the width can increase a bit, thanks to a magnetic, detachable, 3.1-inch wrist rest. The black plastic chassis feels thin, light and a little cheap, as to the humdrum keycaps. The wrist rest, though, is surprisingly solid, offering sturdy, comfortable support.
As the keyboard is a little on the small side, there's not much room for extra keys. In the upper-right corner, there's a volume dial (very handy) and a "multimedia button," which can theoretically play, pause and skip songs, depending on how many times you press it in rapid succession. In my tests, though, I couldn't get the button to do anything, even after updating the firmware and trying it out with different media players. However, SteelSeries tried to replicate my issue on a variety of machines, and wasn't able to, so this could be an issue unique to my system. Either way, the multimedia button is nice to have, but it isn't a make-or-break feature.
SteelSeries Apex 3 keys
I compared the typing experience on the SteelSeries Apex 3 with cheap membrane keyboards from Dell and Microsoft; the Apex 3 was actually a little more difficult to use. The keys are workable, sure, but they feel stiff at first, and mushy once depressed.
Even though they’re not that comfortable, the keys are effective for typing. With the Apex 3, I scored 117 words per minute with 98% accuracy on a Typing.com test, as opposed to 119 wpm with 98% accuracy on my regular Logitech G913. This difference is negligible, considering my familiarity with the latter device.
SteelSeries Apex 3 Review: Performance
Much of the marketing around the Steelseries Apex 3 touches on the sustainability characteristics of the device, and we are pleased to report that the board primarily lives up to its claims. Water resistance, to be exact, was a priority for SteelSeries, and although it is difficult to assess long-term sustainability, light water mist had no discernible adverse effects. Gaming oriented consumers are likely to discourage SteelSeries’ choice of diaphragm switches on the Apex 3 instead of mechanical switches, especially given that there is a market for budget-oriented mechanical keyboards.
Admittedly, this was the main concern of ours when we took the device out of the box, and it held up when we started typing and gaming. After using the keyboard for so long, the softer switches of the Steelseries Apex 3 felt slow and crumbly. However, performance is one of the Apex 3’s best features, and it’s hard to achieve that with the clickability of the mechanical switches.
SteelSeries’ Whisper-Quiet diaphragm switches undoubtedly live up to their name, making the Apex 3 the right choice if you are gaming or type a lot at night while others sleep nearby. After a while, our fingers have acclimatized to the Whisper-Quiet switches. We took the time to consider that SteelSeries sacrificed the speedy performance of mechanical switches in the name of relative silence, making the Whisper-Quiet design hard to appreciate. The Steelseries Apex 3 is a pleasure to play and work with.
SteelSeries product if any has caught our review of the rival three gaming master recently released all right they're at 30 bucks I mean have we practically struck gold with this that Mouse right absolute steal at 30 bucks and that's what we have today is the new steel series membrane gaming keyboard the rival 380 X 3 I should start script in my article never gonna happen but anyways the apex 3 right here comes in at only 50 bucks and that's what we're gonna find out just like with the rival 3 is this worth 50 bucks so first off inside your box right here you're gonna get your keyboard and then you get the wrist rest this wrist rest is pretty much the exact same one that came with the 8 X 7 and all those higher-end keyboards right
there it's not a soft touch but it does have a soft coating on it's not smushy like what you'd see in like a razer keyboard or anything like that but it's really soft it's very smooth it's like this rubber coating and it feels fantastic it also just simply magnetizes to the keyboard right here and there's rubber feet on the wrist rests as well so it doesn't budge on you now before we go any further in this review right here I know what a lot of users are thinking man a membrane keyboard who wants that we want mechanical you know what I mean and yes we all love mechanical keyboards that's pretty much all they use on my desk these days but I absolutely love a membrane keyboard review so many and I honestly love them they're fantastic and they're for some people as far as the sounds which we'll get into later and everything right the price the price is right on membrane keyboards they're fantastic boards they don't make you game any worse than a mechanical keyboard you know what I mean again they're fantastic so
let's just squash the membrane hey all right so let's jump right into the build of the apex 3 right here now the entire keyboard is plastic actually it's really not when you come over here to this volume your media wheel I'm jumping ahead of myself here but anyways this wheel is metal I was kind of insured by myself so I had to kind of give it the old tooth test you know what I mean and lo and behold it is metal so really threw me off again the entire keyboard is plastic wrist rest and everything and then this wheel right here is mental I don't know if they just had a whole bunch left over from the other boards just really threw me off so now as far as the board being pretty much come lately plastic when you get it up here and you start twisting it up and everything yeah it can flex it I mean honestly or any of us be doing this with our keyboard know whenever you lay a flat and press it down you get a little bit of a bounce right there I'm talking an absolute smidge it doesn't flex though and a really cool thing about that talking
about how it doesn't flex that's we notice it a lot of keyboards right usually have your four feet going around here on this one by the way you have three nice chunky rubber feet here and then your fold-out feet whenever they're laying flat right here they are both rubberized on the bottom there but the really cool thing if you look closely right here where I got the wire coming through yeah this little nub right sticking out right there and that's really cool because it prevents that little middle flex right there that is awesome I'm mostly not on a few keyboards I think every company needs to start doing that again just to kind of relieve that mid flex there the other cool thing that you might have just noticed right there with the cable now the cable is attached that it keeping right you can't remove it but it's super cool how you have that router right here you can bring it all the way to the right BAM out in the middle like we have here or
then bring it to the left that is incredibly awesome on a membrane keyboard also not being into using a keyboard right here again talking membrane and like I stated before in a beginning incredibly quiet and that's why I love a member and keyboards let me give you the sound test real quick and let you listen to it all right so after listening her right there what did you think again I absolutely love the sound of it even on my mechanical boards my primary switch right now and I absolutely love them it's cherry MX silence and honestly they pretty much sound exactly like this I absolutely love it but of course switch sound a switch feel is definitely a personal preference thing again me talking about love and Cherry MX I know a lot of people won't a very fan favorite is the clicky blue switches right I know a lot of people love those me personally I absolutely cannot stand them number one my son's right across the way right there you know so to keep him up at night so you got kids or family around your friends whatnot you
know to mean a nice membrane boards is very quiet talking about feel when using the this keyboard right here to me they feel like Browns again they're silent but when you press it down you get a little tactile bump right there whenever it presses down and what's that's doing is hitting a little the little rubber dome down in the bottom to make the keys actuate like an any other member and keyboard you know what I mean but that's what they feel like is a brown switch all right so now the key caps on this keyboard again its membrane so no you can't change out your key caps or anything like that as you can see you got the little dome or the little square thing that goes down and presses on to the membrane board right there now these key caps again they are sprayed so they won't get shine in your ledges of aid way on down a row it's not gonna happen like your first month I'm talking like probably a year or two you know I
guess pending on how much you use it you know what I mean but the key caps again being that basic I don't know plastic or whatever they are very flimsy I mean you can press them in on the sides right there and they do Bend of course whatever you're typing on a regular no they don't but again when you take them off and just kind of squeeze them they do feel quite chintzy in talking about chintzy this leads me into the one thing I absolutely cannot stand with this board right here and that is as far as them implemented like that floating key design and I know why they did it as far as a membrane keyboard right here they just wanted to bring out that RGB as you guys are looking at it right now from the camera it might look pretty good you see the RGB just flown on the bottom right there all around the entire keyboard but I hope like this the RGB looks fantastic and I'm not sure how well you guys can see it right there like that you know but it just looks let me go right here cuz you can adjust all your RGB right on the board as far as
profiles the brightness and all that stuff but maybe now you can see it you see it right there and you have that floating key design all you see is all that plastic underneath there and again even with the RGB on when I crank it up it just looks incredibly cheap like I wish they would not have implemented that floating key design I can't stand it it looks so cheap and incredibly ugly alright so other than that right there we're gonna swing over again to that media wheel we have right there which yeah this button right underneath it which will skip your tracks pause the tracks and everything and then you have your volume we are right over here really nice very easy to use and I love how they have those features on and then of course you have your num lock your cap lock little light right up top there very functional and easy to use and I love the
features on it again having your profiles on it be no adjust the brightness on it very simple to use now the other cool thing here on top of being able to control everything on the keyboard as far as your RGB and everything you can actually take advantage of the SteelSeries software here we're gonna select our apex 3 and then as you can see and get all of your macros and everything sets whatever you like right there but the cool thing is the illumination as you see you have all these different zones to pick and you can select each different zone um you don't have many effects as you can see right here but you can make each different zone do a different thing or go on over here and select the entire board and then make it a solid color or a solid effect right there as far again as far as the customization of the board right here really cool and easy to use on these software and again you can save it right on to your keyboard right there alright so all in all the apex 3 right here by the way I'm not sure if I mentioned and as you see on the box right here you're getting us on PC Mac Xbox one and ps4 so if you're interesting
users on console you can as well but all in all my thoughts of the apex 3 right here I was excited for this again like I stated before I truly honestly loved membrane keyboard says great ones out there a whole bunch of great ones but the apex 3 it's just I don't like it I see where they were trying to go with it again copying at apex pros and sevens and stuff like that which is an absolutely gorgeous design it really is but I think this is just I also don't think it's worth that 50 bucks as far as it just feeling a little chintzy right there but the number one thing I can't stand the look of it I really do not like this floating key design on this memory keyboard and they see all that chunky plastic underneath there even with the RGB on it just looks incredibly cheap to me and what I think they should have done or what I'm gonna recommend is still the SteelSeries apex 150 right here very solid frame the keys go right down in it holds the RGB in there I mean let me tell you what you cannot flex this board one bit still one of my hands-down
favorite membrane boards right here absolutely love this one and I still recommend it to this day so I think they should have kept this design go on and throwing that wheel right up here that media thing absolute complete win you know what I mean so yes I do see where they were trying to go with this kind of implement that you know higher end design into this cheap board but that's all they did was make it cheap so unfortunately no I don't recommend it I really don't and trust me I was excited for this one cuz again you all know I love the apex 7 it was one of my favorite mechanical boards and seeing that implemented into a membrane I was incredibly excited but now I call this one a complete pass
this apex 3 whisper-quiet mechanical keyboard and by SteelSeries so if you're not familiar with steel series they're primarily in the business of making peripherals for your desk and they make things like headsets and mice keyboards and a few other things and before we begin a quick word from cool so when you receive the keyboard you're gonna receive a few things inside of the box and of course you're gonna receive the keyboard you're gonna also receive a magnetic wrist rest and then you're also going to receive a product information guide which is going to give you some basic details on how to use the keyboard so first thing I noticed with this keyboard when I received that is that it looked like it was very well put together and when I actually put my hands on it and started typing on it I was pleasantly surprised with how quiet it was and how polished the build quality was overall especially considering the fact that it is a
this apex 3 whisper-quiet mechanical keyboard and by SteelSeries so if you're not familiar with steel series they're primarily in the business of making peripherals for your desk and they make things like headsets and mice keyboards and a few other things and before we begin a quick word from cool so when you receive the keyboard you're gonna receive a few things inside of the box and of course you're gonna receive the keyboard you're gonna also receive a magnetic wrist rest and then you're also going to receive a product information guide which is going to give you some basic details on how to use the keyboard so first thing I noticed with this keyboard when I received that is that it looked like it was very well put together and when I actually put my hands on it and started typing on it I was pleasantly surprised with how quiet it was and how polished the build quality was overall especially considering the fact that it is a
budget mechanical keyboard the durability of this keyboard is definitely good it's made of a fully plastic build material which doesn't feel cheap so I wouldn't be concerned with any like build quality issues with this thing the magnetic wrist rest is made of this rubberized / plastic material which feels really good a little bit soft on the wrist when you lay your hands on it so it's not going to be cold or anything like that when using the magnetic wrist rest with the keyboard and then in terms of the bulkiness of this keyboard I would say it's somewhere in the middle it's not like a ultra slim keyboard and it's also not like a thick boy keyboard this thing in height is 40 millimeters and it is a 100% keyboard so I would say this is a pretty standard mechanical keyboard overall in terms of the size and the wrist rest has these two little magnets that are
going to attach to the keyboard and it's gonna have a pretty firm grip overall something interesting about this keyboard that I don't think a lot of keyboards out there have is that this thing is water-resistant if you accidentally spill some water on your keyboard it's gonna have this little drainage system where it's gonna drain from the bottom of the keyboard so if you find yourself accidentally spilling drinks on your keyboard or peripherals overall I wouldn't be worried with this keyboard braking with the lights or anything built-in it comes right out the bottom through the drainage system and now a little bit about the keys of the keyboard so first thing you're gonna notice is these beautiful well-lit RGB lights SteelSeries is really good at making the RGB lights to pop and really kind of bring out the colors and with the RGB lights
they're gonna glow any color pretty much that you can imagine using the software if you install the software it's gonna work on PC and Mac so it's compatible with all computers however just keep in mind that if you are using this on a Mac you're not gonna have a Mac layout keyboard it's a Windows only label and then with the lights you can adjust the brightness on the fly by holding the SteelSeries button here and then pushing bright up or down and it's gonna adjust some brightness levels on the keyboard as you can see here and then you can change some of the color patterns on the fly by holding the SteelSeries button and pushing the f9 key which is going to change some basic color patterns of the keyboard and with the software you can do a bunch of things like change the color of the lights the patterns you can adjust this volume wheel here which is gonna by default adjust the volume and if you push the volume wheel it's gonna give you a little mute for your media and and the button under the wheel is a pause and play
button by people all of this can be configured in the software now on to the keys themselves so these keys aren't exactly a specific type of key switch color typically the most popular ones are the Reds the browns and of course the almighty and all popular blues the blues are the loud clicky ones and these feel very very similar to the blues but without the sound so here's a little typing test for you to hear what this keyboard kind of sounds like so in my experience with using this keyboard is that they feel just like the blue switches but without the loud clickety clackety sounds so that's gonna be really good if you work in a public environment or if you're on the computer late at night and you don't want to disturb anyone in your surrounding environment so with all that being said is this keyboard worth picking up well I would say this keyboard is perfect if you are on a budget and you want a pretty good mechanical keyboard
that's quiet the reason this is a budget keyboard is that it is made fully of plastic and it doesn't have like the extra display or anything like that like the apex 5 which I reviewed in one of my earlier videos and you can check a review out of the next model up of this keyboard down in the description below so if you want something budget and pretty good get the apex 3 but if you want to upgrade a little bit and you don't mind forking out around 190 to 100.00 I would recommend getting the apex 5 so if you're interested in this keyboard
the Rival 3 Mouse and Apex 3 keyboard from SteelSeries both of these together cost just as much as a single razer viper mouse unfortunately this is not a mechanical keyboard but it's got whisper-quiet switches i'm excited to test them out so exactly how good are these let's find out whisper quiet indeed and so the apex 3 keyboard is a basic full-size layup with the same frame as their higher end stuff that includes a soft touch magnetic wrist rest while the rival 3 mouse is also quite bare-bones at 29 now I find it weird that SteelSeries are not exactly competing within the lightweight market but the good news is that the rival 3 is significantly lighter versus the sensei 10 which was the latest Mouse they launched and so that looks like they're on the right
the Rival 3 Mouse and Apex 3 keyboard from SteelSeries both of these together cost just as much as a single razer viper mouse unfortunately this is not a mechanical keyboard but it's got whisper-quiet switches i'm excited to test them out so exactly how good are these let's find out whisper quiet indeed and so the apex 3 keyboard is a basic full-size layup with the same frame as their higher end stuff that includes a soft touch magnetic wrist rest while the rival 3 mouse is also quite bare-bones at 29 now I find it weird that SteelSeries are not exactly competing within the lightweight market but the good news is that the rival 3 is significantly lighter versus the sensei 10 which was the latest Mouse they launched and so that looks like they're on the right
track I have both keyboard and mouse setup for some games let's see how this combo stacks up in the real world right after this want to step up your airflow game look no further than the master fan SF 120 M from Coolermaster featuring a damping frame designed to ensure stability a connected fan lane design for optimal cooling performance and an anti vibration motor that ensures better acoustics it's very simple to install and it comes with three fan speed controls check it out down below alright so the first thing I want to cover is the mouse because the rival 3 is actually impressive it's the same shape as the rival 110 so it's not new it's in the same size category as the G Pro here for example and quite similar to my mm 711 from Coolermaster with a slightly longer body it is an ambidextrous shape but for right hand use
only with surprisingly good build quality that actually feels better than that of the mm 711 as for body shape I fingertip this one very well and the slight flaring of the bottom of the body helps with some placement and overall I feel like this would be a comfy Mouse for medium to large hands and it's also pretty light Mouse at 77 grams I'm not sure if this is the lightest Mouse from from steel series but let's say the sensei 10 was like 89 grams so they're definitely moving with market trends amazing on the weight of mice for the better however the cable is quite bad with hard to remove kinks and is not so soft but the glide feet make up for it with smooth motion that feels better than my 711 this is the rival three and probably the most surprising thing about this mouse is the illumination it is very good and can even be customized in three zones with smooth transitions and nice surface bill - we often see this level of lighting on more
expensive mice so the added bling , is definitely appreciated the scroll wheel is low-profile with soft but distinct scroll steps and like meta click awesome for 29 bucks the primary switches are rated at 60 million with satisfying quiet actuations with less than usual travel distance take a listen and finally probably the reason why this mouse is so cheap is because of the sensor but they didn't cheap out on the quality of it so it's still an optimist sensor but it's a budget derivative of their true move pro sensor this one goes up to 85 hundred dpi adjusted in 100 increments and with up to five profiles but still delivering that true one-to-one tracking throughout the entire range and honestly it's a very good performer however the lift off
distance detection is slightly higher than I'm used to which means that if you like to lift off your mouse off the mouse mat at lower dpi settings and when you place it down there will be a little bit more that cursor jiggle when the mouse is about to hit the surface then more high-end mice that have much lower lift off distance but seriously I'm impressed and the only thing that's trash here is the cable however they use the same cable on all of their other mice so it's not really technically a downgrade for the rival three and that's for the keyboard yeah this thing is actually pretty decent too but only for a specific audience so the price point for example is fairly low in the budget territory but it's not exactly meant to compete with mechanical keyboards because there do exist options that , and are full on MX chair and mechanical so instead if you're after the rubber dome switches for the sound profile and still resistance then
the apex 3 is okay in that regard so the wrist rest is very comfy and magnetic but the coating isn't very oil friendly so don't to wipe it once in a while the 3-way cable routing is appreciated the single step height adjustment is present along with an awesome volume wheel that is super responsive and the multifunction button is here as well and just as with the mouse illumination on the apex tree is pretty gorgeous all thanks to a white under plate that helps to diffuse all that color it looks great in either static or rainbow effect by the 10 zone customization is kind of a joke as the transition areas between colors look awful the switches used here are still series new whisper-quiet low friction 20 million rated keystroke switches with the soft resistance at the top that's kind of like a tactile brown but not as smooth when it comes down I actually don't mind
SteelSeries Apex 3 RGB Gaming Keyboard review
the operation and character of the switches even when you bottom out because they are heavily muted so for night gaming it's a pretty good alternative take a listen now the key caps are standard abs plastic with clean font I appreciate that but are not interchangeable due to the nature of the mount itself that is also the reason why the keyboard is rated for water resistance as unless you actually submerge it in water no liquid should find its way on the Dickie cap so how is this trio combo in the gaming environment satisfactory the mouse performed very well I'm on 800 dpi now and it felt quite similar to my aim with a 7-eleven although much heavier and surprisingly I enjoy the keyboard as well the switches are heavier versus my cherry Browns by ducky so that was one major difference as I couldn't be as fast with the apex 3 as I can with my floor mellow or ducky keyboards but the sound profile was nice and quiet as advertised and so the mouse I can easily recommend it's a complete bare-bones package that is
very competitive while the keyboard is a bit more tricky because g.skill and hype rags both offer MX chary keyboards , but if you're after the whole quiet operation and some water resistance on your keyboard with a full size layout nice illumination and the wrist rest then the apex 3 I don't think it cuts any corners because it's not trying to compete with mechanical solutions and I would say it's a very good budget option to complement the rival 3 release all right
new series new budget line of keyboards is pretty interesting they have the apex 3 which is a full rubber dome keyboard the cells are between 50 and 60 pounds and then there's the apex 5 which is an OLED wielding hybrid mechanical membrane switch this sells for about 110 now these aren't quite for me but maybe just maybe they are for you so let's take a look so starting with the similarities both of these keyboards are full 104 keys of full-size keyboards with a fairly similar button layouts of course being a UK layout for me but there are plenty of other ways available also the key caps are fairly similar in terms of their feel and printing that sort of stuff and they're both RGB keyboards one of which the apex 5 is a full perky lighting whereas the apex 3 because of its rubber dome style and also because of its IP 32 water resistance racing which honestly isn't that fantastic but I suppose is better than nothing means that it's more of a sort of ambient glow across the whole keys and you don't actually get the backlighting shining
new series new budget line of keyboards is pretty interesting they have the apex 3 which is a full rubber dome keyboard the cells are between 50 and 60 pounds and then there's the apex 5 which is an OLED wielding hybrid mechanical membrane switch this sells for about 110 now these aren't quite for me but maybe just maybe they are for you so let's take a look so starting with the similarities both of these keyboards are full 104 keys of full-size keyboards with a fairly similar button layouts of course being a UK layout for me but there are plenty of other ways available also the key caps are fairly similar in terms of their feel and printing that sort of stuff and they're both RGB keyboards one of which the apex 5 is a full perky lighting whereas the apex 3 because of its rubber dome style and also because of its IP 32 water resistance racing which honestly isn't that fantastic but I suppose is better than nothing means that it's more of a sort of ambient glow across the whole keys and you don't actually get the backlighting shining
through the keys themselves all that much both of these keyboards do have an interesting sort of macro button layer over the home delete keys all six that are there and there is also a SteelSeries key that's your function key next to the right window switch the differences are pretty big them the apex 3 like I said is a full rubber dome keyboard with the standard key caps of design and all of the mushy unresponsive feel you can expect from this type of key switch the actuation force isn't too bad but you definitely have to bottom out the key travel all the way down to be able to get it to actuate which well not a problem for me personally as I type fairly heavily anyway when gaming it is a bit of a pain especially when you want some fast reaction times say pressing R for reload you want to just spam that key and then get back to being able to move around properly and that the fighter you have bottom at the key fully to get this to
work does mean that that those sorts of actions take a lot longer than you'd like the 5 on the other hand is better but not by that much on first glance when you take a key cap off it looks like they use fairly standard cherry clone stuff switches you know they have a cherry stem albeit with a slightly supported kind of collar around it and the use standard cherokee cap standard clear housings for the LEDs but some there's an important distinction here these are not your standard cherry close which is in fact like a steel series say they are hybrid switches which means they use a mechanical spring for your actuation force and to rebound the key back up and they use a mechanical clicker device to be able to get there you know clicking noise but they use a membranes of touchpad design for activating the key switch itself not a standard of contact patch inside the switch itself now that's an important distinction I want to very quickly read you the what SteelSeries say about this hybrid style key switch they say it
combines the smoothness of a membrane switch with the added durability performance and satisfying tactile click of a mechanical blow switch now I'm just I'm just so confused because that there's that there's just like so much wrong with that one they say that a membrane switch is a smooth style switch which it just isn't at - they say that they want the smoothness of a membrane switch while being a tactile blues cherry style switch you can't have a smooth tech tail switch like you you have an actuation point you ever click the whole point of the click is to know when the actuation point is and then you just just can't have that I really don't understand my manufacturers feel the need to combine membrane and mechanical switches especially since I can't imagine that these types of key switches cost the old series all that much less than a you know cheap Cherry MX blue clone and so you know unless they're saving a bit of money in manufacturing because Cherry MX stuffs which is normally used through-hole and
need to be soldered to the PCB whereas these the style membrane and doesn't need any sort of through-hole components maybe that's the factor but overall my actual experiences with typing on it and using it weren't as bad as I thought it would be but it's certainly not great you can definitely tell that these are not mechanical switches and the main thing that the main point that I want to get across here is that the tactile click that you hear which by the way have a quick listen that type talk like is nowhere near to where the actuation point is most of the time now sometimes it can be somewhat accurate but it's pretty hit or miss depending on the key you
press how hard you press it how quickly you press it and all that so stuff and you do still generally need to bottom out the key to be able to actuate it now is a little better than the rubber dome style apex 3 and so you know that's good but especially for the price point they're asking for this I'm just not in love with this the one redeeming feature of the 5 is a little old line display it's something that they introduced in the apex Pro that I've checked out before and has a couple of game integration stuff likes yes go and also now has discord integration to show you
incoming messages and you can also use it with the scroll wheel and button to the right of it to be able to adjust some of the built in setting stuff like your illumination so changing RGB profiles are even setting custom ones also setting macros and changing that stuff around a few other bits which can be handy to have although it was certainly not say a massively game-changing feature for me personally other than the OLED on the 5 and the IP 30 rating on the 3 these don't offer all that much in the way of extra features which well not the end of the world for this type of non mechanical keyboard at this very much mechanical keyboard price range it would kind of be nice to see on the topic of build quality there are actually not too bad the 3 is somehow a good bit taller than the 5 here which I think comes down to the fact that the 5 uses a metal chassis whereas the 3 uses a plastic one and I would mention that the key switches on the
5 have a significant amount of Wabble which was very noticeable while typing and made it feel a lot more like a very cheap keyboard along with a fairly cheap zoning twang to the cell click which made intere so it turned me off a little for me the fifty and a hundred and ten pound price tags respectively it's just way way too much to be asking for this style of keyboard these are okay enough if they were like twenty and fifty pounds respectively but they're not you can go and buy a fully mechanical and quite frankly amazing keyboard for just thirty pounds with white LED backlighting that actually shines through the keys or you can get an RGB version for about fifty from a pretty decent semi indie brand i've reviewed at the drago grammar before by the way so feel free to check it out in the cards our end cards at the end but generally speaking that sort of value from a keyboard or even the key cron to which is a fantastic amazingly built very portable when I think I remember rightly Wireless mechanical keyboard
so even less than the apex five and that's fully mechanical works and Max has a removable USB type-c cable and all that jazz so it just makes it very very hard for me to actually recommend these when I know that you can get so much better for so much less know with outside I am definitely biased against non mechanical keyboards as I have been using mechanical keyboards for the last six years they are utterly fantastic and especially considering you can get such cheap ones it just makes so much more sense for me personally to be recommending that of course I do know that other people have their own preferences and so I'd love to know your thoughts in the comments down below what do you think of these hybrid style switches in the apex 5 and what do you think of the apex 3 in general would you go for a 50-pound rubber dome keyboard and think an old do let me know in those comments down below if you want to see more videos like this one every monday wednesday friday do have that subscribe button the bounder fication icon if you want to check out either of these keyboards i'm gonna leave links to them in the description down below those will be Amazon affiliate links that will take you to your local store where you can see pricing when when you watch this
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