Customer Ratings & Reviews

Overall this is a good keyboard. It’s analog switches provide a new approach to video gaming and offer a lot of customization the addition of the “Rapid Trigger” feature that is made possible by analog truly changes movement in video games, and sometimes can really give you a competitive advantage. Wireless functionality is good if not great. I haven’t had any issues with wireless connection and there is no noticeable latency. Build quality is good for a gaming keyboard however, for this price, I would’ve hoped for more attention to be paid to fit, finish, and sound. I would’ve preferred a metal chassis and less wobbly keycaps it sounds and feels like $100 aiming keyboard you can buy from any of the major brands. The real issue I have with his keyboard is it software that is required to be on while using it. To take advantage of standout features like “rapid trigger” and “dual actuation” the software must be running in the background, which takes up your computer’s resources. More importantly, the UI is cluttered and confusing. It is filled with bloat like an aim trainer that I haven’t even bothered to use adjusting RGB is in an entirely separate area of the program than the rest of the keyboard’s settings. Changing keybinds and setting up dual actuation is split up to 3 tabs, all of which could easily be put into one clear page. All in all, if all you want is a good analog gaming keyboard, I’d recommend looking at Wooting and their Wooting 60HE. They were the ones that popularized analog keyboards and have really dialed in on a solid design with much more functionality. But if you NEED a TKL layout and/or Wireless capability, this keyboard might be the one to get.

I love the hardware features of the actual keyboard. The keys were so bright, pretty, and felt like a dream. However this model DOES NOT HAVE ONBOARD RGB. Not to mention, no matter how you like your RGB, the ESC key will either flash green or stay green, overriding your selected color (for that key). Which if you are paying $250 for a keyboard, you’d expect full customization and not a random green key. Mine also came with a “critical firmware update” that took about 2 days for the start button to light up (don’t ask me). The keyboard is perfect for typing. The software and features outside of that suck. Too bad Corsair couldn’t give their software and steelseries give them this keyboard. I love the keys and typing on it, however I will be returning mine.

At first, this keyboard was functioning fine, but it slowly started to do weird things in a span of about 2.5 months like not awaken at all after a start up or reboot and gredually just became very erratic. It even got to the point where the C, R, 4 and space bar stopped responding to presses and would randomly input themselves into long strings abruptly until I turned off the device. Luckily, Best Buy made an exception to their return window and allowed me to get a refund. Also, I feel like the construction was very underwhelming and not at all what should come with the $250 premium price. It honestly just felt very cheap. It also doesn't help that the steel series program is horrendous to work with.