Review of Steelseries Apex M800: Mechanical Keyboard with the unique sense!

Steelseries Apex M800 - A gaming keyboard is designed to offer comfort in the play, it's become an uncontested fact. Most of them make the mechanical switch as the main selling points, to guarantee not only command a better response, but also tactile sensation that feels so comfortable on the fingers. The sound of clicks that appear in every pressure you do seems to be a guarantee that the command that you did, indeed central processed and will show up on the screen without the slightest delay. That every sound seems to be born as insurance that Your finger motion is just right with the effective speed anyway. We always associate the mechanical keyboard with all these sensations. However, there is a different keyboard with mechanical on this one.

Design and features

You know which variants of the APEX of the Steelseries apparently will not find many surprises with the Apex of the M800. Brings the basic shapes that are almost similar, you are dealing with a keyboard with a size proportional to the distance between them, which will not take long for a conditioned and controlled. No need to wait for a long time, your fingers will direct the nimble dancing on it. A Steelseries logo are in the right hand corner, reinforcing the identity of Apex M800 as upscale manufacturers ' range of products that have become the flag of so many professional gamer team.

By design, the Steelseries seem very understood that the identity of the Apex M800 as the product of determined not only the gaming performance, but also the cosmetic side of existence. No joke, they inject the LED with the ability to produce millions of color combinations along the keyboard, opening the opportunity for you to create an identity of a keyboard that is more personal. Not only that, the LED light is also lit up the little slit at the side of the keyboard, which makes it increasingly looks sweet and elegant at the same time. For cosmetics, Apex M800 arguably, provide all you need.

To support performance in diverse genre favorites are of course different for every gamer, Apex M800 provides extra six extra keys on the left side to facilitate macro-function which we will discuss later. Thumbs up deserved placement directed to position the button at a distance sufficient to memimalisir your muscle memory to compress automatically and access the button wrong when using the keyboard quickly. With the extra width that's not how significant, you would not be wrong to press the "Esc" when trying to access the shortcut Circle 0 and vice versa, for example.

Then, with a design and features that's been flirting since the beginning, thus, specifications as to what is offered by Steelseries Apex M800? Here are the full specifications are provided:

Weight: 1390 g (3.06 lbs)
Width: 510 mm (6 in)
Height: 174 mm (6.85 in)
Depth: 41 mm (1.61 in)
USB Cable Length: 2 m (6.6 ft)
Anti-Ghosting: Zero Ghosting, 256 Keys at Once
Extra Quick Access Keys: 6
All Keys are Programmable
Multimedia Controls: One-Touch via F-Keys
QS1 Switches: 3 mm Throw, 1.5 mm
Activation/Reset, 45cN Force. 646 Clicks
Intuitive and Simple Macros Editor
Text-based Macros (Direct to Console)
Set Custom Profiles Per Application
Switch Profiles Across All Your SteelSeries
Number of Illumination Colors: 16.7 million
Unlimited Layers, Lighting
Preset Effects, Create Your Own
Illuminated Custom Cooldown Timers
Individually Illuminated Keys: Centered, Clear LED Housing, Minimized Bleed

How Convenient Steelseries Apex M800?

We've been discussing the design and features for the thumbs up. SteelSeries Apex M800 understands the needs of gamers will be the design that remains with the cosmetic side ciamik mesmerizing, yet on the other hand, while maintaining performance and comfortable form is used since the first time you use it. To help you connect your other USB-based peripheral, M800 also provides two USB slots at the back of the keyboard to function. Thus, what makes this M800 Apex Steelseries so unique? What makes it different from the mechanical keyboard that you meet?

The answer on the switches they offer. Claimed is a technology developed by its own Steelseries, Apex M800 is not supported by Cherry MX or Kailh like a mechanical keyboard. Instead, they use their own inimitable – switch QS1 with white plastic as the main identity. This is where the uniqueness of the Steelseries Apex M800 appears. First try this keyboard, we are sure you will never believe that this is a mechanical keyboard.

SteelSeries seem to struggle hard to identity dissolved the Apex which is known as the ranks of the gaming keyboard membrane with new identities Steelseris mekanikalnya, but still offers the same sensations. If there is one sentence we could throw to explain its sensation, Apex M800 is a mechanical keyboard that feels like a membrane keyboard. There is no tactile sensations you normally find on similar products, there is no size tuts is high, there is no sound of the typical mechanical click, it really feels like a membrane keyboard. With the spring and the switches look shorter than most mechanical keyboard, the sensation was principal selling points as Steelseries.

But on the other hand, apart from the thrill of the membrane keyboard is so conspicuous, he retained the advantages of a mechanical keyboard. We talk about durability, we discuss anti-war ghosting feature that remains reliable, we discussed his ability to mentranslasikan your orders without a hitch at all, we are talking about a "membrane keyboard" without the drawbacks of a membrane keyboard. In spite of the similar sensations, you will not be faced with a sticky keys sensation that usually occur in the normal membrane keyboard, even at a high price though.

There is some confusion indeed to define what the truth is about to be achieved by Steeleseries with Apex M800 or at least market like what they want to go. Why? Because most of the gamer/non-gamers who chose mechanical keyboard as a spearhead pursuit of tactile sensation indeed usually, suggestive or not, often identified with the convenience of fingertip. While on the other hand, Steelseries thus struggling to downplay the effects to nil on the limits and make it more feels like a membrane keyboard is a class of "super" being responsive. If there are any gamers out there who are pursuing a mechanical keyboard membrane taste just because it is not happy with the sound or high? Unfortunately, we don't have enough data to give a conclusion. But with this, it looks like M800 Apex Steelseries is quite optimistic that the market is like this does exist.

But if you look at the combination of features, design, and new technology that they inject, Steelseries seem to make the Apex as the spearhead of the M800 keyboard for gaming genre which does not sue you for a lot of flicking a finger. Games that do not require a tactile sensation to give you the assurance that your command has been entered and will appear in a short time on the screen. Those games are simpler implementations of functions on the keyboard, such as FPS or Third Person Shooter. Thus, what about more productive activity? We are typing this review with Steelseries Apex M800 and not at all having problems with sensation of a membrane that he offer. He is quick and responsive.

Therefore we have tried this on three Apex M800 main game – Battlefield Hardline for FPS, Grand Theft Auto V for third person shooter, and of course – DOTA 2 to MOBA. With a fast response and minimal risk of mistakes, fast motion in the limited scope that you do with the multiplayer Battlefield Hardline or when merely acting in the GTA V would be a sweet ending. But that does not mean he can not be used to play other genres that need more complex movements such as the combination of MOBA. Just play for fun, Apex M800 can facilitate it well and without problems.