So I went to MLG Raleigh and bumped into Stu Grubbs who works in Marketing for Steelseries. I showed him my KBT Pure with PBT Keys and MX Reds in a oneproduct aluminum case and he absolutely loved it. We got to talking about future keyboards and he mentioned that he was starting to develop the next Steelseries high end keyboard for next year. Here are some of the details we talked about:

Probably MX Browns

full color change LED back lit

takes two USB ports to power it

USB Hub

Headphone/mic pass through

around $200



I told him to try and go for an ANSI layout instead of the bad layout with the bigass enter key that plagues the 7G and the 6Gv2. I also suggested PBT keys since they are durable, and told him a little about double shots as well. He mentioned that he occasionally lurks here and will some day ask the community some questions about what they would be looking for in a gaming keyboard. It could be interesting if this was the first keyboard not stuck with only one color of back lighting.



Also those with the Steelseries 7G or 6Gv2 with keys that got worn out too fast should go to the Steelseries web site and put in a ticket for replacement caps. Stu said Steelseries was not happy with how fast the keys became shiny and lost the characters on top and are sending out replacements upon request.