Gaming: New Gravastar Mercury V60 Pro Review 2026
Gravastar’s premium 60% gaming keyboard is a touch expensive for a small board, but for that money you get a lot of customisation and a solid build. The switches are smooth, the latency is low, and it has a look that will stand out on your desktop.
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There are a lot of compact gaming keyboards out there but none, so far, has been quite so organic. It’s aluminium, you know it is from the way it feels, but that doesn’t stop it having the look of Cronenbergian moulded flesh about it, one step away from being plugged into an unmentionable part of Jude Law so he can get his gaming jollies.
The only port you’ll find on the back of the Mercury V60 Pro, however, is a simple USB-C. There's a button at the other extreme, for switching between onboard profiles, and that’s it. It’s a commendable level of simplicity for something that looks so thoroughly sci-fi, the only added complications being the additional Mac modifier symbols printed on two of the keycaps, and the baffling word ‘Clutch’ written in a cursive font across the space bar.
You can use Fn with various punctuation keys to do things like adjust lighting modes, change brightness, and cycle through speed settings, but everything else is handled by the web interface. That is much better than having to install an app that starts in the background when your PC boots and constantly asks to be updated.
It’s easy enough to use, and automatically updated the board’s firmware before dropping us straight into the configurator. There are four profiles that can be saved onboard, and you can set the actuation point for each key individually, or set up rapid trigger for just WASD with a few clicks, or add it to every key if you like. You can set dead zones, remap keys, record macros and of course tinker with the lighting across 16 dynamic zones.
Teeth: 64Bodyplan: 60%Nerve ganglia: Gravastar UFO MagneticBio-port: USB-CREM rate: 8000 HzMeasurements: 325 x 125.8 x 41 mmMass: 1.9 lb (0.86 kg)Price: $220/£200
The board can also emulate a game controller, sending linear button signals and improving control in games that don’t do well with mechanical keyboards and when you’ve left your gamepad at Jude Law’s house.
There's also a switch for an ‘indicator’ light, which does nothing but light up the word ‘gaming’ in the top le
Source: PC Gamer
