There is an elegance to efficiency. Doing as much as possible with as few resources as possible requires finding smart solutions that you might not otherwise need. That's part of what makes Logitech's G Pro X 60 keyboard so impressive. It is a 60 percent variation of our best keyboard pick but manages to retain almost everything we love about its big brother.
A 60 percent keyboard is one of the smallest, most compact keyboard layouts you can find. In addition to removing the number pad as most TKL cards do (including the G Pro arrows and the row of function keys at the top.
If you need any of these buttons, you can access most of them by holding down Fn and pressing one of the keys on the regular keyboard. Small indicators on the front of the keys tell you which buttons correspond to which function, which is pretty typical for most 60% keyboards. However, what we liked about the original G Pro X TKL were the extra features Logitech added on top of the basics. They would surely have to be reduced to fit such a low profile. RIGHT? Not necessarily.
Smart space saving
One of my favorite keyboard features is also the one that most keyboards cut off first when they need to save space: the volume wheel. The Pro X TKL had one in the upper right corner, easily accessible with my right hand. At first, I was disappointed (even surprised) to see that this feature had disappeared on the Pro X 60.
Photography: Éric Ravenscraft
That was until I noticed a small wheel on the left side of the Pro X 60. Only one other keyboard I tested placed the volume wheel on the left side, and I loved him for that. Logitech's keyboard takes a more subtle approach than the previous NZXT model I used, embedding the volume wheel on the side of the keyboard, where it's easily accessible but out of the way.
Likewise, the Game mode toggle is now a built-in switch on the right side of the keyboard, while on the Pro X TKL it's a button on the top left. The game mode switch lets you easily disable keys like the Windows button or context menu key that serve no real purpose in a game other than interrupting your game right before you're about to shoot in the head. No, I'm not bitter.
Connection convenience
I'm happy with the physical buttons, because one of my favorite aspects of Logitech hardware is how easily they switch between devices. The Pro X 60 supports business needs Connection at the speed of light-via a 2.4 GHz USB dongle, which significantly reduces latency compared to protocols like Bluetooth.
On the back of the keyboard are two buttons for switching between Bluetooth and Lightspeed connections. They are easy to reach without being in the way. Personally, I like this location better than having it directly on the keyboard surface. Sometimes I accidentally swap devices on my main keyboard, causing interruptions, but this location keeps the buttons convenient with less chance of errors.
The faster connection only really matters when playing fast-paced games, but I play way too much Monitoring 2, so this low latency is important to me. However, I don't care much when I want to switch to my laptop. So for this I can use Bluetooth connection. With the Pro X 60's dedicated buttons, it only takes a single click to quickly switch to typing on another device.