

I personally prefer a stiffer spacebar, and while keyboards with spacebars with higher actuation points or hot-swappable mechanical switches are available, something like the Apex Pro Mini keyboards do the same while letting me change my mind easily and also adjust the feel of numerous keys, not just the spacebar. The switches in the Razer and Wooting keyboards also support analog, or joystick-like, input in the small number of PC games that support it.Ī PC gaming-focused brand, SteelSeries suggested using the feature to customize your gaming experience, such as setting a higher actuation point for "deep throws" and a lower one for "featherlight touches."

That's a much wider range than what the Razer Huntsman Mini Analog offers (1.5–3.6 mm) but notably shorter than the range of the Gateron X Lekker switches found in Wooting's latest keyboards (0.1–4.0 mm). You can set it from 0.2–3.8 mm via 0.1 mm increments. The actuation point, meanwhile, is up to you. The new switches are linear (see our guide to mechanical keyboards if you're lost), with a total travel of 3.8 mm. SteelSeries first started selling its adjustable OmniPoint mechanical switches in its SteelSeries Apex Pro keyboard in 2019. The OmniPoint 2.0 switches debuting in the Apex Pro Mini Wireless and Apex Pro Mini 60 percent keyboards released today are even more adjustable. The compact SteelSeries Apex Pro Mini Wireless and Apex Pro Mini also let you program the keys so that a keypress will register two inputs if you press the key down far enough. Peripherals-maker SteelSeries today announced new wireless and wired mechanical keyboards with mechanical switches that let you adjust each key's actuation point. These switches let you choose their actuation point, or how far you press the key before it registers an input, for sensitivity that you can vary based on the key or the application you're using. Adjustable mechanical switches are a simple way to customize the feel of different keys in a keyboard.
