There’s an class to effectivity. Doing as a lot as attainable with as few assets as you may requires developing with intelligent options that you just may not have in any other case wanted. That is a part of what makes Logitech’s G Professional X 60 keyboard so spectacular. It’s a 60 p.c variant of our high keyboard decide however manages to maintain practically every thing we like about its bigger sibling.
A 60 p.c keyboard is without doubt one of the smallest, most compact keyboard layouts you will discover. Along with lopping off the Numpad like most TKL boards (together with the G Professional X) do, the Professional X 60 additional compacts itself by eradicating the navigation keys like Web page Up, Web page Down, and many others., the arrow keys, and the row of operate keys alongside the highest.
For those who want any of those buttons, you may entry most of them by holding Fn and urgent one of many keys on the common keyboard. Small indicators on the entrance of the keys present you which of them buttons map to what operate, which is fairly typical for many 60 p.c keyboards. Nonetheless, a lot of what we appreciated in regards to the unique G Professional X TKL have been the additional options that Logitech added on high of the fundamentals. Absolutely, these must be minimize to suit into such a low profile. Proper? Not essentially.
Sensible Area Saving
One among my favourite keyboard options additionally occurs to be one that the majority keyboards minimize first when they should save house: the quantity wheel. The Professional X TKL had one within the high proper nook, simply accessible with my proper hand. At first, I used to be dissatisfied (if not shocked) to see that this characteristic was gone on the Professional X 60.
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That was till I observed a small dial on the left aspect of the Professional X 60. Just one different keyboard I’ve examined has put the quantity curler on the left aspect, and I liked it for that. Logitech’s keyboard takes a extra delicate method than the earlier NZXT mannequin I used, embedding the quantity curler into the aspect of the keyboard, the place it’s simply accessible however out of the way in which.
Equally, the Recreation Mode toggle is now a change embedded in the suitable aspect of the keyboard, whereas on the Professional X TKL it’s a button on the highest left. The Recreation Mode change enables you to simply disable keys just like the Home windows button or the context menu key that don’t have any actual use in a recreation other than interrupting your recreation proper earlier than you’re about to land a headshot. No, I’m not bitter.
Connection Comfort
I’m glad for the bodily buttons, as a result of one in every of my favourite elements of Logitech {hardware} is how simply they swap between gadgets. The Professional X 60 helps the corporate’s Lightspeed connection—by way of a 2.4-Ghz USB dongle—which dramatically reduces latency in comparison with protocols like Bluetooth.
Alongside the rear of the keyboard there are two buttons to modify between Bluetooth and Lightspeed connections. They’re straightforward to succeed in with out being in the way in which. Personally, I like this location higher than it being instantly on the floor of the keyboard. I often unintentionally swap gadgets on my fundamental keyboard, resulting in interruptions, however this placement retains the buttons handy with much less threat of errors.
The quicker connection actually issues solely whenever you’re taking part in fast-paced video games, however I play manner an excessive amount of Overwatch 2, in order that low latency issues to me. Nonetheless, I don’t care as a lot after I wish to change over to my laptop computer. So, for that, I can use the Bluetooth connection. With the devoted buttons on the Professional X 60, it’s one faucet to shortly change to typing on a special system.
