{"id":978830,"date":"2026-01-05T19:45:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T19:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/FXvKVFU5rE4UY45ko7Gocb"},"modified":"2026-01-05T19:45:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T19:45:19","slug":"i-tried-steelseries-new-hall-effect-gaming-keyboard-and-im-genuinely-surprised-these-switches-deliver-such-a-satisfying-thonk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/i-tried-steelseries-new-hall-effect-gaming-keyboard-and-im-genuinely-surprised-these-switches-deliver-such-a-satisfying-thonk\/","title":{"rendered":"I tried SteelSeries&#8217; new Hall effect gaming keyboard and I&#8217;m genuinely surprised these switches deliver such a satisfying THONK"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>When I stepped into SteelSeries&apos; Copenhagen offices and noticed what was on the table, my heart sank a little. It was another <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/steelseries-apex-pro-tkl-wireless-2023-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apex Pro keyboard<\/a> that, for all intents and purposes, looked the same as the last. My hopes weren&apos;t raised by talk of the new software presets and the company&apos;s take on SOCD, either. But then I heard the new Apex Pro 3 clack. And boy, does it clack.<\/p>\n<p>I was mighty impressed by the unadulterated thockiness of the Apex Pro 3, given it&apos;s a Hall effect gaming keyboard and that weighty thunk is traditionally a more mechanical affair. Still, after the SteelSeries representative had given a tantalisingly short demo of the Pro 3&apos;s clickety clack, all talk of its newest bells and whistles fell on somewhat deaf ears.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I didn&apos;t care about software features; I needed another hit of that sensory goodness that only other fellow dampening and lubricating button pushers could understand.<\/p>\n<p>I could&apos;ve spent the hands-on time I got with the keyboard testing its latest software features\u2014and sure, I did at least some of that\u2014but more than anything I just wanted to type. So type I did, and colour me impressed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>My phone mic, hastily positioned in my chest pocket as I leant over to test out the keyboard, doesn&apos;t do it justice at all, but it&apos;s better than nothing and you can certainly hear the difference. Here&apos;s a comparison between me first typing on the previous-gen Apex Pro (up to 0:08) and then on the new one (0:08 onwards).<\/p>\n<div class=\"soundcloud-embed\"><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" data-lazy-priority=\"low\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1921998188%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-Modx6tckHU1&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true&#038;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>SteelSeries says this improved typing experience is thanks to a &#8220;triple layer sound dampening foam solution&#8221;, improved stabilisers, and per-key lubrication. In other words, all the gubbins you&apos;d want out of an enthusiast keeb.<\/p>\n<p>Now listen, I&apos;m not saying the Apex Pro 3 is up to the high standards of typing enthusiasts who spend hundreds modding their custom keyboards for the perfect timbre and downstroke resonance. The Pro 3 isn&apos;t that good. It doesn&apos;t offer quite the typing experience of my circa-$180 Varmillo keeb with aftermarket <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tecseekeys.com\/mechanical-keyboard-switch.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tecsee<\/a> Greens, and it certainly doesn&apos;t offer a typing experience as enjoyable as the glorious <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/gaming-keyboards\/keychron-q3-max-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keychron Q3 Max<\/a> does.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But that&apos;s not the point. The Apex Pro 3 isn&apos;t an enthusiast keyboard. It&apos;s a Hall effect gaming keyboard, and for this market segment it&apos;s superbly thocky (or &#8220;creamy&#8221;-sounding, as the SteelSeries rep put it). Thocky and pleasant-sounding enough to bring into work, for sure, which adds a secondary use to the keyboard that I do think is the way forward, these days.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A lot of our gamers these days either work from home or they&apos;re taking their smaller format keyboards with them to the office&#8221;, a SteelSeries spokesperson told me, and the Apex Pro seems to be aimed at making such use cases more enjoyable. If this is the strategy, then I can certainly see how the Apex Pro 3 pushes things towards this goal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery inline-layout\">\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-wrap\" style=\"display:flex; flex-flow:row nowrap;\">\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 1 of 4<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1998px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.26%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"pPKifArQqAGhbSW3Wstujk\" name=\"steelseries_apex_pro_tkl_wireless_gen_3_black_context_lifestyle.jpg\" alt=\"SteelSeries Apex Pro 3 gaming keyboard on desk with monitor\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/i-tried-steelseries-new-hall-effect-gaming-keyboard-and-im-genuinely-surprised-these-switches-deliver-such-a-satisfying-thonk.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1998\" height=\"1124\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: SteelSeries)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 2 of 4<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:2000px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"9JePvELLpo9yFCAAadnMzk\" name=\"steelseries_apex_pro_tkl_wireless_gen_3_black_context_exploded_view.jpg\" alt=\"SteelSeries Apex Pro 3 gaming keyboard split up into layers\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/i-tried-steelseries-new-hall-effect-gaming-keyboard-and-im-genuinely-surprised-these-switches-deliver-such-a-satisfying-thonk-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: SteelSeries)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 3 of 4<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1999px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.28%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"eu8RQ4VDwQfzvycrQKafuk\" name=\"steelseries_apex_pro_tkl_wireless_gen_3_black_context_oled.jpg\" alt=\"SteelSeries Apex Pro 3 gaming keyboard showing OLED screen\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/i-tried-steelseries-new-hall-effect-gaming-keyboard-and-im-genuinely-surprised-these-switches-deliver-such-a-satisfying-thonk-2.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1125\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: SteelSeries)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 4 of 4<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1995px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.29%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"e2syCdFvgwgnfkgasUoXqk\" name=\"steelseries_apex_pro_tkl_wireless_gen_3_black_context_hero.jpg\" alt=\"SteelSeries Apex Pro 3 gaming keyboard colourful shot\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/i-tried-steelseries-new-hall-effect-gaming-keyboard-and-im-genuinely-surprised-these-switches-deliver-such-a-satisfying-thonk-3.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1995\" height=\"1123\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: SteelSeries)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Importantly, however, the Apex Pro 3 does seem to remember that it&apos;s first and foremost a gaming keyboard, and this is what might carve out a space for it amidst the many enthusiast keyboards that do &#8220;typing experience&#8221; that little bit better.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You&apos;re getting some pretty cool gamer-centric software with the Apex Pro 3\u2014such as &#8220;Rapid Tap&#8221; <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/gaming-keyboards\/what-is-socd-snap-tap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SOCD for easy counter-strafing<\/a> and &#8220;GG QuickSet&#8221; game-specific keyboard presets\u2014but all this is by-the-by for gaming, as far as I&apos;m concerned. What&apos;s more important is the fact that it manages such a great typing experience while boasting (updated and improved) Hall effect switches.<\/p>\n<p>To be clear, Hall effect analogue keyboards aren&apos;t new. What&apos;s new, at least to my ears and fingers, is a Hall effect keyboard that thocks like no other. Such a combination bags you the benefits of these sensors\u2014analogue input, adjustable actuation points, &#8220;Rapid Trigger&#8221; dynamically adjusting actuation reset, and so on\u2014while sacrificing little on the feel front.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, I only had very limited time trying it out, and this isn&apos;t a full review, but if my 20 minutes with the keyboard has done anything, it&apos;s made me excited for the future of gaming keyboards that actually nail the typing experience, too. 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