The appeal of having different response times of the key switches is what separates the Apex Pro Mini Wireless from its competitors. While the technology is definitely impressive, the Apex line of keyboards has been using these switches since they were introduced in 2019, and several other keyboards, including the Huntsman Mini Analog, have competing tricks, such as optical analog switches. At their lowest setting, the keys have one of the fastest response times among other gaming keyboards of similar sizes. The Razer Huntsman Mini Analog key switches, for example, act at 1.5mm. The Asus ROG Falchion, another 60% keyboard, uses Cherry MX switches that act at 2.0mm. The unit is made of plastic, and has a slight flex. The keys are made of thermoplastic PBT, and feel good, with little or no wiggle in the switches. The OmniPoint switches have north-facing LEDs, which switch very smoothly between colors. The keys can also react to different button presses. The keyboard has two sets of angled feet, for a total of three typing angles. For connectivity, the keyboard has Bluetooth and supports 2.4GHz wireless via an included dongle. A braided USB-C cable is included for wired mode and charging, with SteelSeries advertising 30 hours of use on a single charge. Those 30 hours of power come in the form of two batteries nestled in the keyboard’s bottom chassis. The batteries make up a high percentage of the keyboard’s 1.2 pounds, and it is quite stable on a desktop, where it takes up little space. The keyboard measures 1.6 by 11.5 by 4.0 inches (HWD), beating only slightly the Happy Hacking Pro Hybrid, a similarly priced keyboard for desktop space. The underside has four rubber feet at each corner of the base. With the angled feet in place, you lose some of that stability, however. The wired version of the Apex Pro Mini includes a trapdoor to store the included key puller, a shame to lose if you want to limit clutter, but the wireless one does not.
