Logitech Pro X TKL Rapid keyboard

I’ve reviewed a few keyboards over the years and just when I think I have my favourite, another comes along to fill that much prized top spot.

Currently in the top spot is Logitech’s Pro X TKL Rapid keyboard, the subject of this write up.

The first thing you notice is the build quality. It’s a mix of sturdy plastic and aluminium with Firstly, it just feels nice to type on. I can touch type and typing on the keyboard just feels … comfortable and natural.

Secondly, it is LOUD, though, especially if you are a heavy-handed keyboard warrior, and there’s a definite “clickiness” to the keys, that have far more travel than, say, a Logitech MX Keys S, itself a pretty good keyboard. It’s all down to the mechanical analogue keys/switches, you see.

So, how loud is it? My visiting adult son commented on it while visiting and tapping the keys.

Switching to audible mode…

This what it sounded like when I was typing this review up: “Click, click, click, tap. Click, click, click, click, click, tap, click, click, click, click, tap. Click, click, click, tap. Click, click, click, click, click, tap, click, click, click, click, tap.”

“Click, click, click, tap (return). Click, click, click, click, click, tap, tap, tap (backspacing), click, click, click, click, tap. Click, click, click,click, click, click, click tap. Click, click, click, click, click, tap, click, click, click, click, tap.”

You get the idea. It’s noisy, but typing isn’t really what the Logitech Pro X TKL is all about. It gets better, though, as you can adjust the distance of activation for each switch (from 0.1mm to 4mm) and you can adjust key sensitivity levels, too. That’s blown my mind – and I don’t really even know half of that means!

The Pro X TKL is probably the first proper mechanical keyboard I’ve used, too, and it just feels premium to a lot of the other keyboards I’ve used over the years. It has a real heft to it and you’d struggle to bend it – and you’d expect it to at not much change from $NZ300. It’s a sturdy keyboard. It also has nice wide fold-out feet at the rear that plant it firmly to the work surface and non-slip rubber pads at the front to keep it from sliding around.

It just feels premium.

Get ready for the technical specs Boffins…

Here are some tech specs if you’re interested: Pro-inspired tenkeyless design, magnetic analog switches, rapid trigger, keycontrol, Lightsync RGB, onboard lighting profiles, and a 1ms report rate. It’s 38mm high, 357mm wide and 150mm deep.

The Logitech Pro X TKL is first and fore most a gaming keyboard – it has the logos of various e-sports teams on the box just so you know – and you can use Logitech’s G Hub software to reassign key layouts to suit your preferred gaming style. It also had a whole heap of keyboard layouts that suited games in my Steam library and you can save your preferred layout to the keyboard’s onboard memory.

A nice feature for gamers is Game mode which disables certain key combinations so that you don’t accidentally hit them when you’re in the middle of a boss fight: Microsoft Windows key I’m looking at you!

You can also adjust and change the lighting pattern of the keyboard depending on your mood (Logitech calls it Lightsync RGB), having it gently pulsate between the colours of the rainbow (or my personal favourite: Blue lights with yellow accents on individual keys – like stars in the sky). You can also tone down the brightness of the lighting using a handy button on the top panel of the keyboard.

To sum up the Logitech Pro X TKL

If you’re a fan of wireless keyboards, then this bad boy isn’t for you: It’s tethered to your PC with a 1.8m USB-A to USB-C cable so if you fancy laying back in a comfy chair with the keyboard perched on your knees as you play Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2, Think again, chum.

I’m not a pro gamer by any stretch of the imagination and some would say that the Logitech Pro X TKL rapid keyboard is wasted on an ageing gamer like me but, frankly, it’s one of the best keyboards I’ve ever used – and gamed on – and it’ll be my go-to for some time to come.

Recommended for the PC gamer in your house. You can find more about it here