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On the whole we’re quite impressed with the Steelseries Shift. We were expecting the removability of the keyset to have an impact on comfort or performance but it doesn’t affect either. In fact it feels almost identical to the SteelSeries Merc Stealth keyboard in terms of key action and feel. Like almost every SteelSeries product we’ve tested in the past, the Shift is built very well and should last a very long time.
When gaming, the Shift performed very well but unfortunately we didn’t have any of the additional keysets available to test at the time of review so cannot evaluate the complete experience. For those who are going to be doing a lot of typing, though, we would recommend looking at the SteelSeries 7G as we found it preferable.
As with all SteelSeries products, the Shift has quite a hefty price tag of £75 at Overclockers UK . We also have to consider the price of additional keysets which are £20 at Overclockers UK which brings the overall price to £95. We feel that only serious gamers will be willing to pay this as those who can only afford the keyboard alone would be better off buying a Merc Stealth which offers a very similar experience for less money.
KitGuru Says: An innovative keyboard that will provides a unique gaming experience.
Bought this last week, I really like it, but I dont think its a wonderful typists keyboard. not to the league of say the DAS or 7G.
WOW players should love this, with the addition of the WOW board. bit costly though, but I guess quality counts.
This was the first Steelseries item i bought, but I have been disapointed. First the keyboard looked awesome but it wouldn’t be recognised by the Engine. I then updated the firmware wich broke the keyboard completely. No response what so ever from it and the workaround released by Steelseries just plain don’t work. So now im stuck with a not working keyboard and a very bad feeling about it.
Really? shit thats bad. I had the update fail on me, but I managed to get their fix to work. Is the board completely dead man?
I wouldnt touch this board, not after reading a thread on anandtech about the failure rates after flashing the firmware. some serious under the hood issues with this product.
my brother bought one and its fine, no problems with the update, could it be related to a 64 bit os ?
Serious coinage, for a keyboard. but they seem to be well made. his this one got a steel chassis?
enteris, the exact same thing happened to me, im stuck with a keyboard that dosnt work!!! has anyone got any sujestions what to do? have heard of the “fix” for the board but not been given it off steelseries!! am really dissapointed, was hoping they’d get this sorted before putting it out there