SteelSeries USB Apex 5 Hybrid Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – Per-Key RGB Illumination – Aircraft Grade Aluminum Alloy Frame – OLED Smart Display (Hybrid Blue Switch)

8 reviews for SteelSeries USB Apex 5 Hybrid Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – Per-Key RGB Illumination – Aircraft Grade Aluminum Alloy Frame – OLED Smart Display (Hybrid Blue Switch)

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   Ken – March 3, 2025

   Outstanding, with a possible caveat
   Five months into owning this keyboard and it’s easily my favorite keyboard I’ve ever had. Reasonably heavy so it easily stays in place even banging out page after page of typing documents, but doesn’t feel like a slab of lead. The entire assembly is well put together; the keyboard has a nice, satin texture across the body and the keys, which feels great under the fingers, though it does show some oils more easily so I recommend regular cleaning/wipedowns.This keyboard uses an odd hybrid system between mechanical/membrane, some proprietary/trade secret Steelseries BS, though honestly, if this wasn’t pointed out to me after the fact I probably wouldn’t have caught on. This uses cherry stems and switches, and the keys are naturally a cherry profile, so finding aftermarket replacements/decorative keycaps is easy as well. The keys feel responsive and clicky, delightfully so, when gaming or typing for general purpose. But there’s a catch; it’s a hybrid, so not truly mechanical. It does feel very good, but I have concerns that the membrane will wear down in time as opposed to a true blue mechanical keyboard, which will stay responsive and snappy for a lesser eternity where membranes begin to show wear after a year of heavy use. Time will tell.The lighting is phenomenal – the LEDs are bright, responsive, and have great color depth and range compared to a lot of RGB hardware out there. You can use Steelseries’ own software to customize and program this keyboard outside of the 5 existing presets saved onto the board’s memory, but you can also use other third-party RGB control software like SignalRGB.All in, it’s a quality keyboard for a great price; one wire connects everything, you have a stop/start button, a wheel for volume, and a built in profile-swap button, which is entirely unnecessary but quite nice.

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   Fortress Tech LLC – March 3, 2025

   Good quality, tactile and finger friendly
   Genuinely pleased with both the keyboard and mouse – makes my Corsair keyboard and RGB mouse garbage in comparison. I write a lot and this keyboard just feels far better than my Corsair RGB keyboard ever did. (I liked those too, but this series is leaps ahead.)After running with the Corsair mouse with weights, I was worried that this lightweight mouse would throw me off, but to my surprise, it’s exactly the opposite. Even with matching DPI, this Steelseries Aerox 5 mouse blows the old one away – performant, responsive and the buttons are very thoughtfully positioned (no more accidental DPI / profile switches like I had constantly with the Corsair.)Software wise, the layouts and options are great. I will note that there’s a momentary ‘blink-out’ from time to time where the keyboard blacks out then returns after a 1/2 second. I really like the ability to set a custom profile for each game / app.Cons:Menu for setting individual key colors is less than intuitive and online documentation is behind.Scrolling volume wheel feels a bit sketchy – works, but isn’t smooth feeling and is akin to feeling like its rubbing against the housing or something.Overall: 4.999 stars out of 5.

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   Barbara Smoyer – March 3, 2025

   Great Keyboard and Great Features!
   This keyboard is probably the best one I’ve ever had. It is built so well. It is made mostly of some sort of aluminum. It does not bend at all and it just feels very nice. I have had a keyboard that was so cheap that it bent even when I was typing normally (I don’t type very hard), so this was a nice change. The metal volume dial is very high quality, and yet again, just feels well-built. There is also a little button that controls 4 things. It will pause and play your music, skip to the next song, go to the previous song, and open up menus in the OLED display. The OLED screen is very nice. It could be a little brighter, and the larger pixels make it harder to display certain things. But, what makes up for that is that with the program you can install, you can download apps that will change what the screen says. My 2 favorites are Discord and System Monitor. They RGB lighting is really nice. Each light can be its own color and with the program, you can make your own lighting configurations. The keys sound very nice. They are clicky, but too clicky. They are also easy to press, but not so easy that I could see myself accidentally pressing one. It also comes with a wrist rest. It magnetically attaches and feels very smooth and high quality. Overall this keyboard just feels very premium and super high quality. I would recommend it to someone who wants a good keyboard with some very nice features from a good brand and does not mind spending the premium cost.

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   ellie whilding – March 3, 2025

   The keyboard is amazing. It has per key illumination which the software is very cool with.It gets recognised by signal rgb software so it syncs everything together.The feel is good it has mechanical clicks with membrane so doesn’t feel like your bottoming out the keys.

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   The gamer boi – March 3, 2025

   I love this keyboard because there was no scams, love the board nice texture perfectly the way pictured it, strong build P.S love the key clicking noises.I recommend buying it cause it is the best keyboard that’s not to pricy and not to cheap it’s just right very fast response!The 2 things that I love about this keyboard is The hybrid blue mechanical switches and secondly the OLED screenThe 2 thing that I enjoy playing around with is definitely the illumination because of how creative you can get with it.Video of the clicking sounds!AboveDefinitely buy this keyboard!It’s awesome!!!

6. 

   Daniel – March 3, 2025

   Excelentes materiales de construcción, amplias opciones para configurar prácticamente cualquier cosa del teclado y gran comodidad.Pasé de un teclado de membrana “gamer” Logitech G213 a este SteelSeries Apex 5 y la diferencia puede notarse. Desde los efectos RGB ampliamente configurables a través del software SteelSeries GG hasta el tacto en las teclas y el reposamuñecas (que está hecho de un material de plástico suave al tacto), todo es súper cómodo y de gran calidad.Algo que me gusta bastante de este teclado es su pequeña pantalla OLED en la esquina superior derecha, que puede configurarse con algún dibujo, algún GIF o con alguna de las integraciones que tiene con algunos juegos o programas. Yo particularmente la uso para monitorear mi sistema y ver la temperatura a la que se encuentra mi CPU y GPU de manera rápida y sencilla sin tener que ejecutar MSI Afterburner o RivaTuner SS. Sin embargo, tal y como vi en la propia página del producto y en algunas reseñas en YouTube, se podía visualizar la canción que estuvieras escuchando en el momento, pero por lo que pude investigar esto solo es posible si usas TIDAL y bueno, yo utilizo Spotify, por lo que esto no me agradó tanto.El sonido del teclado es notable y puede llegar a ser molesto si no estás acostumbrado o si vives con alguien más y sueles usarlo en las noches a no mucha distancia del resto de personas. El video que adjunto es muy fiel (considero yo) al sonido que obtienes una vez el teclado está en tus manos.Algo que me gustaría mencionar es que, a pesar de que el teclado venía bien empaquetado junto con otros productos, la caja del teclado en sí venía con algo de cinta extra en varios lados, lo que me hizo dudar un poco en si el producto era nuevo o usado, pero al abrirlo me di cuenta de que era nuevo o estaba en condiciones prácticamente perfectas, por lo que me quedé más tranquilo, pero ese detalle de cinta extra en la caja no me agradó demasiado.

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   Christine M. – March 3, 2025

   Bought as present for my son for christmas he hasnt said anything bad about this so i take it its a thumbs up as he does lots of gaming one happy son

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   Micheal lovell – March 3, 2025

   i love this keyboard iv’e only had for a day and it has impressed me in every aspect from the rgb the responsivenes in the keys the custom lighting profiles and ease of use i have no complaints whatsoever defintley worth every cent