All of that goes for the Apex 3 TKL, which takes the same membrane keyboard design using the company’s “Whisper Quiet” switches and IP32 water resistance and shrinks it down by roughly 8cm width by ditching the numpad. You'll still obtain the same multimedia controls, now instead of the last three top-row keys, meaning the TKL includes a total of 20 less keys than the standard Apex 3. For reasons uknown it also doesn’t ship with the same magnetic wrist rest that comes with the entire sized version which probably won’t be a huge loss for many.
Although it’s firmly entry-level I can see the Apex 3 TKL really suiting budget-conscious competitive gamers who would like a concise, durable keyboard to throw in a bag and take to events. For similar reasons it’d also make a great addition to younger gamers’ first setups with spill resistance along with a cost that won’t break the family bank.
SPECS
- Price: $129 AUD
- Top Material: High Quality Polymer Frame
- Anti-ghosting: Gaming Grade
- Illumination: 8-Zone RGB Illumination
- Weight: 639 gm
- Height: 40 mm
- Width: 364 mm
- Depth: 150 mm
- Key Type & Name: SteelSeries Whisper-Quiet Switches
- Key Lifetime: 20 Million Keypresses
