Back in September Logitech launched their updated Pro X Superlight 2 mouse and the Pro X TKL LIGHTSPEED Gaming Keyboard and I had the chance to get a feel for their latest gaming-focused wireless peripherals. The TKL keyboard is compact but smaller 60% keyboards have been growing in popularity and we are starting to see most of the big brands have their own versions except for Logitech. Well, that changed recently when they introduced their new G Pro X 60 LIGHTSPEED Gaming Keyboard. As usual with Logitech’s Pro lineup, they collaborated with a range of pro gamers to fine tune things but Logitech has also made significant changes to their G Hub software to help with the compact design as well. So today I’m going to see what Logitech’s take on a 60% keyboard is all about, let’s dive in!

Product Name: Logitech G Pro X 60 LIGHTSPEED Gaming Keyboard

Review Sample Provided by: Logitech

Written by: Wes Compton

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Packaging and Accessories

The box for the Logitech G Pro X 60 Lightspeed follows the same theme that all of their Pro lineup does. This means a black box and the PRO branding in the top left corner with the biggest font. Next to that, they have the full model name and the Logitech logo is down in the bottom left corner. Most of the front of the box however is filled with a picture of the keyboard which looks to be life size. Beyond that, the front of the box has the switch type in the top right corner letting you know that this specific keyboard has their GX Optical Linear switches. Around on the back of the box, you will see “Keep Playing” in blue and white. If the light hits the box just right though you will see black text printed on the black box, this lists out a few of the key features of the keyboard like its Lightspeed Wireless, Double Shot PBT keycaps, Optical Switches, and it having a standard layout.

Like with the Pro X TKL, the G Pro X 60 Lightspeed box opens up and you have a carrying case inside. They have used the underside of the lid to print instructions on how to connect the keyboard to your PC including a QR code for instructions and a link for the G Hub software download. Everything else is packed inside the carrying case. I love that the case is included and it doubles as a great way to keep everything protected for shipping, keeping packing materials to a minimum.

The carrying case has the same design as the case with the TKL. This is a hard case with a fabric-like texture on the outside. It has a loop on the end where you could attach a carabiner and clip the case to a bag if needed and two zippers that go around with easy to find grips attached to each.

When you get inside the keyboard itself comes wrapped up in a tissue paper with the Logitech G logo all across it. Then up on top, they have a sticker with the web address to download the Logitech G Hub software on top. Up under the keyboard Logitech has all of the accessories as well as a stack of the documentation.

For documentation, the G Pro X 60 Lightspeed comes with a user guide with lined drawings of where everything is on the keyboard. You also have a warranty paper and a safety paper which touches on how to remove the batter inside should you need to. Then for accessories, you just get a few things. You get a USB charging cable, a keycap, wireless dongle, and an adapter for the dongle. The included USB cable is standard USB Type-A on one end and Type-C on the other. Logitech kept the cable simple with no sleeving or anything fancy on it, it just has the regular rubber coating on it. It does at least have a Velcro strap pre-attached at least which they use to keep the cable bundled up and means that when you transport your keyboard you can tie up the cable as well to fit it back in the carrying case.

For the other accessories, Logitech includes a standard escape key which is there just in case you don’t like the white key with the G logo on it that comes installed on the G Pro X 60 Lightspeed. You then also get the small USB wireless dongle which is the same size as other Logitech wireless products. As someone with multiple Logitech devices though, I love that they print the device name on each dongle. The adapter that it comes plugged into is just there to let you plug the dongle into the end of the included Type-C cable. This lets you get the dongle up on your desk and closer to the mouse for a better connection if that is a concern.

Photos and Features

With this being Logitech’s first 60% keyboard format, some people may have never seen this sized keyboard before so let’s start there. Similar to the difference between a full-sized keyboard and a TKL which removes the number pad. A 60% keyboard also has the number pad removed as well, but they continue from there and remove the entire F key row at the top and the direction pad and keys above it on the right side. You are left with just the main key section. The G Pro X 60 Lightspeed and most 60% keyboards keep the key layout standard making it possible to install aftermarket keycaps if you want. With all of the keys missing, there are keys that you will need to still use and most 60% keyboards use a function layer to still include that functionality and Logitech has done that with the G Pro X 60 Lightspeed. To help with that Logitech has printed legends on all of those keys on the bottom edge so you can see them when typing. Some of it is simple like the entire F key row is just the number row when using the function button. Delete is backspace which I love, that makes things simple. Logitech did pack in media controls and a mute button as well as all of your page up and down buttons. The direction pad is there as well on the right side starting with the M key. On the left side, there are just a few things. You can flip through lighting options and they have profile buttons where you can switch between different saved profiles. All of the main legends on top of the keys are translucent and have RGB backlighting. The font that Logitech went with is the same as what they have used on their other Pro keyboards and is easy to read. The only big noticeable difference here is on the top left there is one white keycap with the Logitech G logo for the escape key printed on the white in silver.

Working around the outside edges of the G Pro X 60 Lightspeed there is a lot more going on than you would expect. Most keyboards would maybe have a charging port and a power switch or button. Logitech has packed a few other things into the G Pro X 60 Lightspeed that surprised me. The biggest of those is on the left side where they have a wheel built into the side. This is a volume wheel. The TKL and larger Pro keyboards all had a wheel on top, it's nice to see that they found a way to keep that control. One of the only extra functions that a keyboard can have that I do use. This side also has a small status LED which you can barely see that sits next to the caps lock key as a status indicator. On the right side, they have a physical switch to turn on game mode. Most keyboards that have this feature have a button or a function layer button, this switch is solid and I wouldn’t mind seeing this on larger keyboards as well. The front edge that would face you when using the keyboard doesn’t have too much but it does have the Pro logo molded into the plastic housing. This view does let us see that the G Pro X 60 Lightspeed doesn’t have a bezel around it and anything that ends up up under the keys will be easy to blow out and keep clean. Then up on the top edge, there are a few things going on. One side has two buttons with status LEDs up on the top edge for each. One is the Bluetooth button to set up a Bluetooth connection and to switch to your Bluetooth connected device. The second is the wireless dongle button for Logitech’s Lightspeed wireless. On the other end, there is a small power switch. Next to that is a USB Type-C connection, this is for charging the G Pro X 60 Lightspeed back up or connecting wired to your PC as well.

The bottom of the G Pro X 60 Lightspeed has a black plastic finish across it. Each corner has a thin inch and a half wide rubber grip to keep the G Pro X 60 Lightspeed from moving around. Below the top two grips, there are also short flip-out feet to angle the keyboard as well. These do have rubber feet on the underside for when you flip them out to make sure you continue to have that grip. On the left side, there is a large recessed area. This is the hiding spot for the wireless USB dongle. In the center of the bottom of the G Pro X 60 Lightspeed, there is one large sticker. That sticker has all of the certification logos. You can also find the part number and serial number. It’s also interesting that while the sticker does cover up four screw holes, the sticker has small pictures letting you know where each screw is. This ties in with the safety instructions which show how to remove the battery inside should there be an issue with it in the future.

For key switches, the G Pro X 60 Lightspeed is available with two different switch options. They have linear and tactile versions of their GX Optical switches. The black switches we have here are the linear model. Both switches have the same 1.8mm actuation point and 4mm total travel distance. The black linear switches have a 50g force and the brown tactile switches require a touch more force at 60g total force. The switches have a clear housing which lets the RGB lighting shine through. The stems then have a square around them that helps keep the switches from twisting or moving around when you press them. I did pull the shift key off as well to check, that switch has its matching black stabilizers. They are linked together under the backplate, similar to a Cherry stabilizer design. For the keycaps, Logitech has gone with proper double shot PBT keycaps for the G Pro X 60 Lightspeed. PBT helps last significantly longer than your standard ABS plastic when it comes to wear. Even if you get wear though, with the caps being double shot it does mean that the translucent legends will still be visible as you wear the plastic down.

Software and Performance

With almost any product the software side of things plays an important role in the overall performance. But that is doubly so with the G Pro X 60 Lightspeed. Logitech uses their G Hub software on all of their gaming peripherals and for the G Pro X 60 Lightspeed, they dove in and made a few big changes that we will see used on other keyboards in the future as well. They did that because feedback from the pros when testing a compact board like this was that they wanted it to be easier to program for function layers to fine-tune key locations to the user. When you first get into GHub all of your Logitech G devices will show up with photos including the Pro X 60. The Pro X 60 will be greyed out anytime it isn’t connected so make sure it is powered up and not in idle mode. The main page has a picture of the keyboard and shows the wireless connection as well as the current battery life.

When you first open the page up they run through a few pages showing off some of the key features of the G Pro X 60 Lightspeed, not just from the software side but also the hardware making sure you know about the volume wheel and game mode for example. You also get a page that has you pick your first lighting profile but in my situation, I had Windows dynamic lighting on so the dropdown didn’t work.

There are three options on the top left and a fourth down in the bottom left corner with each being its own page of settings or information. The top icon looks a little like a sun and is the Lightsync page for controlling your lighting. If you have Windows dynamic lighting on none of these options will be available but it is good to know that if you want Windows will handle your lighting for you. Once I turned it off you get three tabs. The first is the presets tab where there is a drop-down menu of lighting effects. Each that you pick will have its own options for setting the colors, speed, direction, and more. The freestyle page is where you can control the lighting individually to set up your own design. I run static lighting often but sometimes I will use this to set all of the alpha keys to one color and the modifiers to another contrasting color. They make it simple, you pick a color and click on single keys or drag and select multiple. The last page is the animations page and these are similar to some of the effects on the presets page only these are longer and more intricate. You can also create your own animations here as well but by default, you have 5 other effects. 

I’ve mentioned it a few times, but part of making a small board like the G Pro X 60 Lightspeed possible for their Pro lineup was on the software side of things. The main feedback they received from the pro players was that they would need full control over not just what your main keys do but also for the function layers as well and G Hub would have to change to make that possible. For all of those new changes, Logitech has a specific walkthrough that pops up the first time you go to the programming keys section, just like when you first open up the G Pro X 60 Lightspeed in GHub. They run through what is new showing off the remapping, that you can assign up to 5 different things to just one key using modifiers and you can even pick which modifiers you get to use. It isn’t just locked to your function key. Because GHub works with other Logitech peripherals you can even bind that modifier to things like your mouse for its side buttons.

The Assignments section is what they call that section and when you get in there on the right you have a full picture of the G Pro X 60 Lightspeed. Then on the left, you have tabs for each of your layers. There are three, you have the base layer, the function layer, and the G-Shift layer and our G-Shift has a dot above it to let you know the G-Shift key or button hasn’t been set to anything yet. You can create your own profile here letting you toy around with something but to go back to a profile that you know works. From there you select a layer and on the right, you can go to a key and reprogram it. Remapping a key opens up a menu with what looks like a little math. You have modifier + Event Type = Assignment. Here you can pick a modifier, decide if it is the key press, hold, or release, and then pick what it does. Because of the different modifiers and event type you can set one key to do multiple actions. Then picking what action you want has a CRAZY number of options. You start with 6 different menus just to pick what type of action it will be. The actions menu for example opens up tie ins with other programs like OBS, Overwolf, Discord, and Streamlabs. Each has a list of default actions created but there are more options when you dive in, for example with Discord you can set it up to move to a specific voice channel or leave the channel in addition to muting yourself and deafening yourself. System actions can be things like mouse clicks, changing your mouse DPI, playing or pausing media, volume controls, and even fine tuning audio settings if you are using a Logitech based audio device. The commands section has yet another drop-down menu for productivity, editing, windows, and navigation. There are just too many options to show or talk about but just as an example with windows in addition to anything normal you might be able to think of, you can even open up the emoji panel. Then the lighting section lets you control lighting for a Litra Beam key/background like if you have one hooked up.

The macro section is also there where you can create your own macros. You can set it up to repeat while holding the button, toggle it on or off, run a sequence or never repeat. In macros alone, you can do most of the same actions we saw in the previous section but with a macro, you can tie those in with other actions altogether. The simplest of these is recording your keystrokes and being able to play it back. You sometimes see this being used in games where someone will spam their Twitch channel or something similar. But you could set up a quick buy for your guns and ammo in CS:GO or a similar game or even program sequences for Helldivers 2 if you want to make it easier to promote democracy 

The third menu is just a settings page for the game mode which is a switch on the right side of the keyboard. They have a default setup that turns off the Windows keys on both sides but you can add to it by turning off any other keys as well if needed.

The gear in the bottom left is the settings page and there is a lot more going on than you might expect. In the top left corner, you have the current battery level and the power consumption which is broken down by the keyboard and the lighting. This also lets you know how many hours of battery life left you have and the total number of hours at max charge with your current power usage. On the top right, you have the current firmware for the keyboard and wireless dongle and an option to check for updates on those. In the bottom half, you have a few settings specific to how the Pro X 60 handles inactivity. You can pick the lighting effect when inactive, the brightness level, and when that goes into effect. By default it will switch to that with 1 minute of inactivity and all of the lighting turns off at 5 minutes. Then on the bottom right you can turn on the onboard memory mode which will save all of your settings and profiles to the keyboard and not require the software.

For actual testing on the Pro X 60, I have been using it as my main keyboard for two full months now. I’ve been a big 60% keyboard user for years now but most of that use had been focused on using it for my LAN setup and with our test benches because they save space in those situations. For my main keyboard, I have always preferred a full-sized keyboard, only because I spend a lot of time inputting numbers. Transitioning to the Pro X 60 full time did require some adjustment there but it has opened up a lot more space on my desk. It also means you have more flexibility on where you put your keyboard, especially when gaming. With the significantly smaller size, you can put it closer to your mouse or move your mouse and mousepad more to the left if that is what is comfortable. I’m a big guy so this has been less of an issue for me, in fact with the Pro X 60 I have found myself tilting it when gaming so it would line up better with my left hand whereas with a full-sized keyboard by default it was farther to the left so that wasn’t as needed. There were a few growing pains when gaming. For some reason when playing League of Legends and having my fingers on the QWER keys, I kept unknowingly pushing the control button down which I’ve never had that issue in the past. I also ran into issues where when moving the keyboard around I would accidentally crank the volume up with the volume knob on the left side. But over time I did adjust to both of those problems.

The GX Optical Linear switches on our Pro X 60 have performed well. There aren’t any rattles or issues and they don’t twist or move out of place. I am curious if the Tactile keyswitch option might have been a better option for me. I prefer something close to a Cherry Brown which is tactile but not clicky, they have that listed as tactile but I don’t know if that just means it is clicky. The linear switches have been smooth though. The big move with the 60% does mean that a lot of your normal keys are hidden in the function layer and for the most part those are easy to figure out because they are printed on the front edge of the keys. Logitech’s software improvements also made it easy to program your own key layers as well. For my use, that wasn’t needed but I know for some that has been the deal breaker for compact keyboards like this for years. The backlighting has been great with the only issue I run into is that because this is wireless the backlighting turns off when you stop using it and it is always a gamble when I start back up if I have my hands in the right place. This isn’t on Logitech, they still have the bumps on F and J I just still use looking at the legends to orient myself when I shouldn’t.

Speaking of wireless, the wireless performance has been flawless. This isn’t a surprise given how well Logitech’s wireless has been with even more latency-dependent things like mice. But you would never know you aren’t plugged directly in when it comes to latency. It only really was even a thought when the lighting turns off or when the battery dies and you have to plug it back in. But for me even that was each because it uses a standard USB Type-C connection so plugging in my phone charger was all that was needed. It charges at 2 watts, which isn’t fast but fast isn’t needed. Even using the Pro X 60 all day every day I haven’t needed to charge it very often. With my lighting settings, it projects 66 hours of battery life on a charge which is an hour more than the specifications list and I get every bit of that time. That is 66 hours of the keyboard being in use, all of the time where it powers down in between things adds up and I really only charge it once a week and I am at my PC ALL of the time.

Overall and Final Verdict

With all of my testing out of the way and having taken a closer look at the features of the Logitech G Pro X 60 as well as the updated G Hub software introduced to support the new compact keyboard we can step back and break down what you are getting and how it fits in the market. Logitech is very late to the 60% keyboard market, with even other mainstream gaming keyboard brands like Razer introducing them four years ago. Was the Pro X 60 worth the wait? Well if you are already in the Logitech ecosystem, having everything in one program can be huge. Beyond that though Logitech did set the Pro X 60 apart with a few key features. They kept the Pro X 60 compact with a bezel-less design like a lot of the 60% keyboards have but they didn’t sacrifice features like a built-in volume knob which they have had on their other Pro keyboards. For the Pro X 60, they have it hidden away on the side which is reachable, in fact too reachable for me initially until I adjusted to the keyboard. The other media controls are all there on the function layer along with the F keys, direction pad, and all of the other keys missing from a TKL or full-sized keyboard. Beyond that though Logitech stepped things up on the software side to give full control of programming your own function layers. There is so much control for programming macros and other functionality, the biggest problem is remembering what you have set to what key combination. It would be a shame if Logitech didn’t bring out their own version of a stream deck-like device to be able to do similar while being able to see what each button does given how much effort they put into the software side of things.

The Pro X 60 is wireless and like all Logitech wireless products, its wireless performance was perfect. We are no longer in the days where you need to be concerned at all with any latency that a wireless peripheral can introduce. With that, the battery life for the Pro X 60 was impressive at 66 hours of actual use between charges and when you need to charge you just need a USB Type-C charger. Logitech does of course include a charging cable that can also run as a wired connection, but if you have most modern phones you most likely already have a charger at your desk.

The Pro X 60 can come with linier or tactile optical key switches which performed well as well and all Pro X 60’s come with PBT double shot keycaps. This means that you won’t have to worry about key wear in the future as PBT holds up better and when you do eventually get wear the legends won’t rub off at all because they go all the way through the keycap. The Pro X 60 also has a standard key layout on the chance that you do want to change things up and run aftermarket keycaps. It also comes with a hard carrying case just like the Pro X TKL Lightspeed did. With this being wireless and so compact this will make transportation easy and you won’t have to worry about damaging your expensive keyboard.

Speaking of pricing, the Pro X 60 has an MSRP of $179.99 which isn’t exactly cheap. For competitors, there are other wireless 60% keyboards from mainstream brands like the Corsair K70 Pro Mini which did have a similar launch MSRP but is now $129.99, and Asus’s ROG Falchion NX 65%. Razer doesn’t have a wireless 60% but their Huntsman Mini is wired and is $119.99. In the end, you are paying a premium for the Pro X 60, but that isn’t to say that you aren’t getting features to justify the pricing. Especially with the hard carrying case. The Pro X 60 is available in black, white, and pink which means one option will fit your setup or style. In the end, I would still love to see something just a hair larger and a 65% keyboard that doesn’t sacrifice the direction pad. But this is a great setup, especially if you are taking your keyboard with you to events or work.

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You might call him obsessed or just a hardcore geek. Wes's obsession with gaming hardware and gadgets isn't anything new, he could be found taking things apart even as a child. When not poking around in PC's he can be found playing League of Legends, Awesomenauts, or Civilization 5 or watching a wide variety of TV shows and Movies. A car guy at heart, the same things that draw him into tweaking cars apply when building good looking fast computers. If you are interested in writing for Wes here at LanOC you can reach out to him directly using our contact form.