so I've got a pretty cool product here today this is the steel Series 7g this
is their premium keyboard and it is
for pro gaming yes you guessed it
excellent so this is a no click mechanical gaming keyboard that means it
uses all mechanical switches but it doesn't use the ones that that have like
a springy clicky sound to them when you click them so it's should be in theory
not quite as loud as something like an IBM model M but I mean it's not going to
be as quiet as a membrane keyo board but you get that tactical feedback off it
that you do not get off a lower quality keyboard wow that was really long and
run out okay 18K goldplated connectors for extremely low latency I'm not sure
how that affects the latency but they do say gaming grade durability 50 million
keystrokes goldplated connectors will affect the durability gold is not used
on connectors because it's a particularly good conductor it's used
because it is a malleable soft metal so it is an extremely durable conductor
wherever they are moving Parts WD etc
etc etc this supports the use of all keys simultaneously that is a very cool
feature very few other keyboards on the market support a feature like that okay
removable super steady handr uh durable metal inner chassis used and endorsed by
the world's best Esports players steel series media controls and a 2m braided
cord okay so at the back we're going to see a whole bunch of uh gaming
associations that this is associated with and then we are going to open did
you look at those you're supposed to look at the gaming associations okay and
then after that we will open the box so I get my knife here going to cut my
seal okay there we go so let's get this out I love steel series products to be
I'm going to give away my personal bias here almost everything they make I
really really like so I'm fully expecting to like this keyboard if I can
ever get it open see they tricked me you have to actually get rid of this seal in
a addition to the seal on the other side in order to get the keyboard to slide
out there we go that wasn't see it's a good thing we have these instructional
videos on how to open the box of the product because then how would you get
this open you wouldn't be able to it'd be very challenging okay so I'm going to
just move and we're going to sort of focus on the keyboard here because it's
so big that it's hard to uh fit both me
and the keyboard in the frame here so let's take uh part the box I love black
boxes too presentation very nice I give
it a plus I've seen better but it gets
the point across here is what you paid the big bucks for cuz this is a very
expensive keyboard so here I'm just going to take this out and let's have a
look at what it comes with in terms of accessories and add-ons so inside here
you will find a little baggie and it is full of a PS2 to USB adapter now I
believe the anti- ghosting feature only works if you plug it in by PS2 but do
not quote me on that cuz I'm not 100% sure
okay and then we have a steel series
case badge sticker okay so you can stick that on your case then we have a steel
series professional gaming gear catalog that shows you a bunch of their other
stuff which is also really good okay and then we have the 7g so this appears to
be some kind of users's manual professional gaming keyboard oh wow this
is oh this is the best diagram ever okay
so can you can you see can you read this one professional gaming keyboard two
handr bam just in case you could not figure that out that is how it works
okay so SK spawn one of the four most Counter-Strike players in the world uh
helped with the development of the steel series 7g he has won more than a dozen
major International Grandam he uses the following keyboard setup when playing
his setup is optimized for Speed and accessibility maybe you will find it helpful these guys take their
professional gaming very very seriously and it comes down to yeah even that
they'll give you tips on how to configure their product just like the
professional gamers in the world use it okay so let's here's the keyboard itself
we got our 2 m braided cord here which is a very nice chord I wouldn't normally
I wouldn't normally comment on the quality of a cord but check that out
okay well if I can ever get it untwist tied then I'd be able to show you oh we
got one more here really sorry about that so this includes all of the cables
that need to be plugged into this keyboard in one little convenient cord
and then it goes around see how look how long this is okay so it goes around to
the back of your computer in another room I guess and then it has all of the
connectors that you need so here's your PS2 you'll plug a USB to PS2 adapter
into that if you want to use the keyboard by USB which works just fine
there's your uh mic there's your speakers because you have passrs in the
back of the keyboard so you can actually plug your headset directly into the back
of the keyboard right there rather than plugging them around into the back of
the computer it allows you to use a much shorter cord if you also have a steel series headset and then you've got
another USB port this is for the USB hub
okay these are actually labeled see this is keyboard can you can you read that
it's okay it says keyboard and this says Hub so that you don't get confused
because PS2 is not for a hub okay so then there's the keyboard itself now I'm
going to get the camera a little bit close so that it can actually hear me more than see
this so you can hear that these keys
while not completely quiet are much quieter than a traditional mechanical
keyboard with the uh with the spring sort of sound in it okay so you got a
couple different features here first of all this Windows key gone this is now
the steel series key this is used for any of the functionality up here so if
you want to mute the volume decrease it increase it play back forward that's
used for all of that you do still have a Windows key over on this side they have
done nothing Goofy with the layout as far as standard layouts go the one thing
I personally don't like and a lot of people do like this is the shortened
backspace I have very small hands and for me to actually reach that backspace
while keeping it's not going to happen so I like a backspace that's right here
but that's a personal gripe these light up bright white they're very very very
nice to look at it has a full number pad all that good stuff um this this looks
incredibly stupid I'll be the first person to tell you that but I actually
already have one of these keyboards I'm just unboxing a new one so that I can unbox it for you I love this keyboard
and the reason I love it has very little to do with the keyboard it's a great
keyboard but I'm not that fussy about them this is it because this is the most
comfortable wrist rest I have ever encountered on a keyboard it really
supports you unlike some of the goofy goofy wrist rests that I've seen that
are shaped or fashionable or whatever this takes functionality and just drives
that point all the way to the Finish Line because it is functional and
comfortable so with that sort of gushing out of the way thank you for checking oh
oh sorry sorry sorry here's the USB hub it's a USB 1 .1 Hub so you're not really
going to want to use like any high-speed USB flash drives or anything like that
but it'll work just fine for a mouse and whatever else you need that's a that's a
low power and low bandwidth device so and there's your built-in mic and
headphone ports it has little rubberized grips on the bottom as well and one of
the things they did mention is the metal frame inside so you can see there's actually very little Flex to this
keyboard and it's got a how the Box fell it's got It's got a lot of heft to it as
well it's very durable feeling it's the kind of that if you like rage and you
throw it down it would be just fine thank you for checking out my unboxing
of the steel series 7g