That said, the function key is on the right of the keyboard, so not easily within reach with typical WSAD controls. You can hold down the SteelSeries-branded function key to modify buttons, which converts the top-row numerical keys to F-keys. With default settings, Battlefield games use F-keys, which the SteelSeries Apex Pro Mini Wireless doesn’t have.

The challenge for me, though, was testing in Battlefield games. That makes for an incredibly responsive keyboard that feels great and isn’t restricted by a cable. By default, keystroke actuation is set to 1.8mm, which combos nicely with the 0.54ms response time on 2.4GHz wireless. It doesn’t help that the SteelSeries Apex Pro Mini Wireless isn’t exactly super lightweight.Īdmittedly, the SteelSeries Apex Pro Mini Wireless has performance in all the right gaming areas.

While I get the logic of a tenkeyless keyboard, shedding the top-row F-keys, conceptually, means you lose more in easy-to-reach functionality than you gain in desk real estate.

The SteelSeries Apex Pro Mini Wireless is the first 60% keyboard I’ve taken for a spin.

Apex pro keyboard mini