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what's up guys is btw here and this is the review of the SteelSeries apex pro full-sized keyboard now this costs a lot of commotion at copy text because they have these omni point adjustable switches that's right you can adjust the actuation point of these switches via the software but this new technology comes at a price of $200 for the full-size and a hundred and eighty dollars for the tkl whoo so today I'm going to be going over whether the apex Pro is worth your hard earned cash or if you're better off just sticking with some good old Cherry MX switches starting off with what's in the box you're going to get the keyboard with this series 5000 aircraft-grade aluminum on the back it's got a non detachable cord and this thing is thick okay now you can like funnel this three different ways out the back of the keyboard which is kind of nice but I would have liked to have seen a detachable cord on the cable itself it's got two different USBs one is for the actual keyboard and then when is for the USB pass-through which you'll find on the left side of the keyboard so what this can do is it can actually interact with your computer so say you want to plug in your mouse straight to there you don't want it to go through the back of your computer and you don't have enough room it's cool to kind of just have those two right there and you can just use it that way I do wish that the cable was a little bit longer for my desk and for my position of my computer it's kind of too far away I had to use a USB extender to actually use this keyboard also on the back of the keyboard you'll find three keyboard feet at the front of the keyboard and you'll find two kickstands at the back so you can have it at two different levels I would have liked to seen a three level stand like ducky does and the keyboard feet aren't that great this keyboard kind of slides around on my wooden desk a lot so keep that in mind I kind of wish that they made them a little bit more grippier the keyboard itself has RGB of course and it's got a open casing allowing the RGB to shine out but I didn't find the RGB to be too impressive I don't know it just isn't that bright to me so the good thing about a full-size keyboard is that you get that scroll wheel back for multimedia because I'm a he huge music listener and like when I'm playing games and stuff like that I'll hiding up my music when I'm really feeling it in game so I really like having that scroll wheel there over like a 60% keyboard they've also added in a green at the top of the keyboard as well and this is where you can see like you're actuation what songs are playing your profiles your volume and that's a really nice touch you can also change the logo from the SteelSeries logo to any upload that you want so you can take a picture and just upload it to your keyboard and it'll actually show a little picture of it on the top so if you have a logo like a B T or whatever it is that you have you just put it up top and it will show on your keyboard which is kind of cool to use the multimedia Keys there's no multimedia Keys like there's no skip track pause and anything like that there's only that one button if you and it kind of acts like a phone so if you tap it once it's gonna pause and play the song if you hit it three times it's going to go backwards if you hit it two times so gonna go forward and if you hold it it will show the menu with all the dropdowns so the key caps themselves are abs and I was a little bit disappointed for $200 these are to just shine after a couple of days I mean I'm already looking at my keyboard and it's not looking pretty so I wish they would have added some more quality key caps into the keyboard so now onto the main selling point of this keyboard which is those omni points switches they've got a point seven millisecond response time compared to a five millisecond on the fastest Cherry MX speed silver so a huge difference there right in response time they've also got a actuation point of 0.4 millimeters on the lowest setting which is a 1 to a 10 setting which is a three point six millimeter actuation point so let's say your gamer you want to switch to something faster you can do the point four if you're a typist and you want something that you know will definitely you won't mess up and get a lot of errors on you can increase the actuation as well so a lot of adjustability there with the key switch and that can be awesome for a lot of people out there and let me tell you I definitely notice a difference when I switch to that point four millimeters I do wish that in the software there were somewhere to like show you what actuation you actually like best there's only kind of like a 1 through 10 system and it doesn't really tell you what actuation point you're at so I think that in a future update they should add that in the point four millimeter actuation is the fastest on the market but this fast always mean good I mean me personally in game like let's say I took my mind off the keyboard for a second I would actually start veering off to the left or right in game and it kept happening I thought something was like wrong with my mouse so you really have to be cautious and like really get used to the actuation of this keyboard now you can definitely tell a difference with that point four millimeters it is blazing fast okay when you're in game and you want to go a certain way you can go a certain way how much it actually helps your gameplay that's another story I don't think that it affects your gameplay that much you know I think it's more dependent on your mouse your mouse switches that'd be cool if they made some omni point switches for your mouse right but for your keyboard I feel like that's kind of secondary and I feel like once you become comfortable with your setup I feel like that trumps a point four millimeter switch I highly highly doubt that somebody is getting killed over a point four millimeter actuation versus a one point two millimeter actuation I don't think it happens I think it comes down to like game sense and things like that maybe if you had a game like osoo or something like that where you use your keyboard that might actually help in that game but for first-person shooters I don't really see this being a huge deal but anyways guys let's drop a sound test for you guys right about now the actual actuation force needed to press down the key is 45 grams which is the same as a cherry MX speed silver also guys the stabilizers are actually pretty good they're decent let's drop a sound test for you guys so you guys can hear what I'm talking about so in the software you'll be able to make macros you'll be able to change the RGB the brightness all that good stuff and the actuation switches also to be mentioned the Omni point switches are only on the main keyboard outside of that like the function Rose the numpads the arrow keys all of those are their red switches so keep that in mind you're not getting it for the whole keyboard so don't be surprised when you open it up or you try to change your key caps and you see that they're different for me I don't know why wouldn't they just go all the way and change all of them maybe somebody might need to use the function role really really fast why not give people the option of having the whole keyboard be Omni point switches it kind of seems like you're trying to save money on the production I don't know who knows you can also change the switches individually so let's say you want to have your WASD be a different actuation than the rest of your keyboard you can do that as well so a lot of different combinations and cool things that you can do with the software I don't know it just seems a little bit gimmicky to me to be honest with you for $200 this is I don't know I'd rather act $200 I like what their I like what they're doing with the keyboard I like where they're going but I think it kind kind of it's kind of gimmicky in a way because people have been succeeding with mechanical keyboards for so long I would like okay hear me out I would like for them to like chain be able to change like where the tactile bump is now that would be dope on like a tactile switch if they could do that that would be pretty dope and groundbreaking this right here to me it's semi groundbreaking so you came here wanting to know whether this is worth it over some Cherry MX switches I don't think so I think you're better off sticking with your current keyboard I think it'll do just fine once you get used to it it's more about your game sense and the way you play and getting used to your setup and just becoming comfortable with what you have I think that it's becoming so negligible right that point four millimeters will not really help you in game especially if you're heavy-handed you're also paying that first adapters tax for the being one of the first people to get it so you're paying that $200 for the full-size that just hurts man that just hurts that's too ducky one two Minnie's guys whoa Oh No personally I would wait and see if they can develop this technology more like I said maybe make a tactile version where like you can change where it kind of the bump is now that would be brown breaking that is still serious if you're watching this that would be groundbreaking all right guys so that is going to do it for my review of the steel series apex pro keyboard I hope you guys have enjoyed this review don't forget to Like share comment and subscribe and I will see you in the next video thanks