SteelSeries Apex 350 Gaming Keyboard, 5 Zone RGB LED Backlit

This keyboard is amazing. I'm someone who was looking for a good keyboard in the 100 dollar range, meaning not that many mechanical keyboards to choose from. I led my choices down do the Corsair Black and Red STRAFE with Cherry Brown Keys, a Logitech G700 keyboard, and a ROCCAT Isku Illuminated. The thing is if I had more money I would've gone for a better mechanical one, but I didn't so the only ones I could choose were the 3, and the ROCCAT one wasn't even mechanical. That's when I discovered Steelseries, and the Apex 350 really stood out to me. It has over 20 macro keys, a wrist rest, and you can switch between 4 lighting effects the the top left L keys. So what made this keyboard a bit pricey besides all that? The keys are whisper quite, so quite my mic never picks up the clicking which is really important since I'm streaming and recording gameplay nearly all of the time. I mean sure, the RGB/Illumination was probably more expensive than the keys being whisper quite, but this keyboard still is fantastic. It took awhile to get used to (as in a couple hours only) because I've been using a small, crappy 2005 keyboard for everything so switching to this giant is a big jump. I did need to move thing off of my desk, although it is a small desk in the corner of my room so my fault, but if you don't have a big desk you might need to move stuff around.The lighting effects of the keyboard are very cool to me and in games such as CS:GO, it'll show different effects. When I'm close to death, the main keys will switch from bright to dark, and when dead they go off. It also blinks up really cool and flashes when I get a kill, and of course you can customize what colors you want for these effects and make your own settings for any game you have. They might not be true RGB keys, but this is good enough to please me.The Macros are useful for games such as Guild Wars 2 and other MMO's, and I'm guessing will be good for MOBA's if you like those games (speaking of MOBA's, it has effects already set for Dota 2 if you enjoy that) and they are easy to use if you don't want to spend money on a MMO/MOBA dedicated gaming mouse.The 2 cons about this keyboard is that it needs to be powered by plugging into 2 USB ports, but the good thing about that is it gives you the 2 USB ports back on the side of the keyboard facing away from you, so not really a con actually, meaning the only con is that the driver software doesn't automatically install, you have to go to the website and download it yourself. They did this so people who wanted it to work out of the box would be able to use it immediately, however if it's a keyboard with illuminated effects why wouldn't you want those installed right away?Besides that weird choice, this keyboard is GREAT and I can't wait to use it on even more games as soon as I post this review.

Upgrade from my old steel-series apex 300 Keyboard. This keyboard really doesn't have any cons to it but i suppose if you get right down to nity picky you might find a few.Pro's:ComfortableSmall form factorhas very clear colors with just an out standing selection of choicesThis keyboard does not have the alt key sticking issue which was really the biggest problem i had with the apex 300Has several macro keys and anti ghosting keysEvery game can be given a unique set up all the way from what colors the keys are to what set up you have for macro keysMaintenance and cleaning is easier on this keyboard than on many others ive ownedthe customization program is easy and simple to useCons:I wish the keyboard had more than five zones for different coloursthe form factor can be a bit of an issue for large fingers(ive got small hands so its great for me)careful eating around the board it picks up moisture fairly easy so make sure you wash your hands :)

Como todos los productos de SteelSeries, éste teclado no se queda atrás.Muy buena calidad y excelente diseño.La retroiluminación led es programable al descargarte el software de la página oficial.

One of the best membrane keyboards on the market still now with all the bells and whistles you can ask for. Steelseries quality combined with the functionality this is a really good rgb gaming keyboard you can buy. If the keys are looking dull just polish it with a proper cream and it will look brilliant again!

Was happy for 3 days only, after that it's stopped working. Nice for games only.