Apex Pro TKL (2023) - US

　The SteelSeries Apex Pro TKL (2023) - US (hereinafter referred to as “Apex”)—as the name suggests—I think I bought it in 2023. I don’t really play games; back then, I was just using the MacStudio. This keyboard was integrated into The Console” (which I just made up, lol), a** project** I built at the time. Since I use **The **Console” more than the keyboard positioned in front of my 4K LCD monitor, I end up using **this one **more often than the Space Saver I mentioned earlier. Personally, I didn’t intend to use it that much, but for one reason or another, it’s the one I use the most. Looking back, I chose it for rather passive reasons: “Will it fit within the width of **The Console’s mounting brackets?” And since I’m a regular Space Saver **user, I’d simply developed a habit of spending a fair amount of money on keyboards.

　What I don’t like about the explanation of “Apex”—or rather, the so-called “Rapid Trigger”—is that it doesn’t use the term “hysteresis.” Essentially, “actuation” means “the timing when the switch turns On and Off differs when pressed,” and anyone in a science or engineering field (especially mechanical and electrical engineering) should be familiar with this term. So, it should be phrased like this: “Rapid Trigger” means the ability to finely adjust the On/Off timing of the actuation hysteresis.” Well, I suppose if you don’t have a detailed understanding of the underlying physical phenomena, this is the kind of wording you end up with…

　So, I have absolutely no idea whether the key feel or ease of typing is any good. I assume I’ll be using a keyboard for a long time (I’ve used my main keyboard for over 30 years), and SS is my benchmark. But I have a philosophy—or rather, a policy—that even when I switch PCs, I keep using the same keyboard.I remember reading in a keyboard feature in a magazine somewhere that “You may change horses, but you don’t change saddles,” and I nodded in agreement—and that’s still true today.