SteelSeries Apex Pro TKL Wireless Gen 3 OmniPoint 3.0 HyperMagnetic Switches — Adjustable Actuation — Rapid Trigger — Rapid Tap/SOCD — Dual Wireless — OLED (Renewed)

Why it's worth it

SteelSeries' Apex Pro TKL Wireless Gen 3 uses OmniPoint 3.0 magnetic switches with 40 levels of adjustable actuation, plus Rapid Trigger, Rapid Tap and a Protection Mode that dampens neighboring keys. The OLED display handles settings without alt-tabbing out of a match.

Nobody else gives you this much control over individual keys. Forty discrete actuation levels, set per key, means you can put a hair-trigger on W and A and leave your ability keys at normal depth so you don't misfire them mid-fight. Rapid Trigger and Rapid Tap are both here for counter-strafing. Protection Mode is the unusual one — it reduces sensitivity on keys surrounding the one you're pressing, so a fat-fingered press doesn't register two inputs.

The OLED display sounds like a gimmick and mostly isn't. You adjust actuation, check wireless status and switch profiles without leaving the game, which matters when you're tuning settings across a few sessions to find what feels right. GG QuickSet ships game-specific presets, so you can start from something reasonable instead of a blank slider.

From our review of 8 mechanical keyboards for gaming and typing, by Ben Carter, Tech Editor

What we like

• +Nobody else gives you this much control over individual keys
• +The OLED display sounds like a gimmick and mostly isn't
• +Dual wireless covers both bases: a low-latency 2.4GHz connection for gaming and Bluetooth for a laptop or tablet
• +It's a TKL, and unlike the Wooting it's wireless, so this is the board for a clean desk that still needs analog switches

What to know

• –The renewed listing means packaging is a coin flip
• –Everything runs through SteelSeries GG
• –Like every Hall Effect board, the switches aren't swappable