** PRICE DROPPED - STEELSERIES APEX M800 - MECHANICAL KEYBOARD **

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There are no toys and there is no pram.

asking one of the most heavily funded peripheral specialists on the planet to conduct business in a similar manner to tiny peripheral companies with zero budgets, staff and funding isn't much to ask.
 
I was looking at it and thinking, that's a really nice looking keyboard with some funky features... And then I saw the price! £160 for a flipping Keyboard??? Really? I do understand its ultra high quality but it should be for 10 x that of a reasonable keyboard that would suit most people.
 
Slim keys are making a come back!?

I love slim keys. I used a Hiper Alloy Series keyboard for about 5 years. The hardest thing for me when I switched to a mechanical keyboard wasn't the sensitivity of my Red switches, it was going back to obese key caps.

Two things about this Steelseries board. I saw the design and thought "sexy", that's going to cost a bit, then saw it's RGB and thought "£150". Scrolled down further and saw £160.

If my MK-85 broke and I needed to buy a keyboard tomorrow, it would be this Steelseries board.
 
ZXSpectrum said:
I was looking at it and thinking, that's a really nice looking keyboard with some funky features... And then I saw the price! £160 for a flipping Keyboard??? Really? I do understand its ultra high quality but it should be for 10 x that of a reasonable keyboard that would suit most people.
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its a mechanical board. and their flagship product in this area.

they will be offering cut down versions soon after too :)

esoteric said:
Slim keys are making a come back!?

If my MK-85 broke and I needed to buy a keyboard tomorrow, it would be this Steelseries board.
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indeed. slim keys are possible here because of the way the QS1 switch works.

As soon as I can, there will be a review of the board on here.
 
Is that firm pricing from your supplier RJK, or is it likely to change in the coming weeks? Does certainly look interesting!
 
I think corsair should fix there k70 issues before people jump ship to this one :)

Nice board, but the Spacebar ruins it a bit. Too funky for it's own good. Also price too high. Only the wealthy on this one.
 
bJN said:
Is that firm pricing from your supplier RJK, or is it likely to change in the coming weeks? Does certainly look interesting!
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We are fighting for a release period exclusivity in the UK currently. Just trying to get everything confirmed.

As part of the deal we will have to stay at the msrp.
 
Hi guys

I am currently typing this post on an Apex mech.

First impressions, very impressive. the switches are very strange to type on coming from a cherry mx board.

I will be using it for the rest of the day and do a proper review.

It is then being sent away to media so that they can do a review as well.
 
rjkoneill said:
Hi guys

I am currently typing this post on an Apex mech.

First impressions, very impressive. the switches are very strange to type on coming from a cherry mx board.

I will be using it for the rest of the day and do a proper review.

It is then being sent away to media so that they can do a review as well.
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Good to hear that you have the sample to test.

Any further updates in regards to eta and finalized costings
 
eta, hopefully in a few weeks. the price we have will not be changing as we were quoted that before the dollar rate decided to go mental

we are holding the price for as long as we can but I obviously dont know if it will get worse or better in future, depends on the USD really
 
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