Asus ROG Strix Scope II 96 Wireless vs SteelSeries Apex Pro Mini Wireless

Buy the SteelSeries Apex Pro Mini Wireless if you want the fastest, most adjustable gaming keys and a tiny footprint; buy the Asus ROG Strix Scope II 96 Wireless if you need a numpad, function row and long wireless battery life for work and play. The Apex Pro's OmniPoint 2.0 switches let you set actuation per key from 0.2mm to 3.8mm and assign two actions to one key, which no fixed switch matches. The Scope II 96 keeps a near-full layout in a compact body, adds hot-swappable switches, a wrist rest and up to 1,500 hours of 2.4GHz battery, but owners call Armory Crate clunky and the wrist rest weak. The Apex Pro Mini rates higher with far more ratings, though its 60% layout drops the numpad, arrows and function row to side-printed layers.

• Choose the Asus ROG Strix Scope II 96 Wireless if you want a numpad, arrows and function keys in a compact body, hot-swappable switches and very long wireless battery life.
• Choose the SteelSeries Apex Pro Mini Wireless if gaming speed and per-key actuation tuning matter most and you can live without a numpad or dedicated arrow keys.