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Monsgeek Fun60 Ultra review - incredible performance, even better price

The Monsgeek Fun60 Ultra is at the cutting edge when it comes to magnetic mini gaming keyboards, and it won’t break the bank either.

Verdict

Monsgeek has struck gold with the design of the Fun60 Ultra, not just with its ultra-responsive gaming performance, but also its multi-switch compatibility, software , and features like rapid trigger and snap key. It’s still a mini keyboard, however, so if you’re used to having more inputs available via a TKL or full-size layout, the adjustment could be difficult, as it doesn’t come with the easiest secondary layer of inputs as seen on other keyboards.

Pros
  • Magnetic/mechanical switch compatibility
  • Great software
  • Fantastic build quality
  • Unreal value
  • 8KHz Polling rate
Cons
  • Connection change switch under caps lock key
  • Lack of second-layer functionality out of the box
  • Poor battery life

The Fun60 Ultra is a TMR gaming keyboard with a fairly unique twist. You can mix and match both mechanical and magnetic switches on the same board, and any five-pin switches will work, according to Monsgeek. TMR stands for tunneling magnetoresistance, a technology that has been present in game controllers for a while now and is designed to bring heightened precision and accuracy compared to Hall Effect.

Monsgeek (a sub-brand of  best gaming keyboards your money can buy in the Fun60 Ultra. However, amongst the exciting features like rapid trigger, snap key, 8KHz polling, and mix-and-match switches, there are some flaws that prevent the Fun60 from reaching its full potential. Still, this keyboard's value is unrivaled even by the best boards from the likes of Razer, Logitech, and Steelseries.

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Specs

Monsgeek Fun60 Ultra
Connection USB-C, 2.4GHz, Bluetooth
Format Mini 60%
Switches Akko Glare
Max Polling Rate 8,000 Hz
Backlighting Per-key RGB
Dimensions (mm) 355 x 177 x 76
Additional Info Compatible with five-pin magnetic and mechanical switches

Fun60 Ultra RGB angled photo

Features

As I already mentioned in the intro, the big feature of the Fun60 Ultra is MagSwap, the ability to mix and match any five-pin mechanical and magnetic switches on the same board.

While it may not seem all that practical to mix your switches, there is a case to be made for having your most important gaming keys as magnetic switches and the rest as mechanical for the sake of having your critical gaming keys be the most responsive. However, this would be similar to the tactic of heightening the sensitivity of your gaming keys and lowering the sensitivity of everything else, just to make sure you don't accidentally activate an unwanted input.

Outside of this, the Fun60 Ultra also has key gaming features like per-key adjustable actuation, rapid trigger, dynamic keystrokes, and snap key. These are features that have become commonplace on Hall Effect gaming keyboards, and each is extremely useful, although I will warn that using snap key will earn you a ban in Counter-Strike 2, so beware.

The base switches are pre-lubed Akko Glare Magnetic with a total travel distance of 3.4mm and an actuation force of just 25gf. That actuation force is super sensitive, so if you plan to have the actuation point high up on the switch, be wary of accidental activations if, like me, you have a tendency to rest your fingers on keys rather than hovering over them. For reference, the most common linear keyswitch actuation force is 45gf, while tactile switches are 55gf.

You can adjust the actuation distance in increments of 0.01mm, with the rapid trigger response window also d as 0.01mm, although this is only guaranteed with the Akko Glare switches, meaning replacements or alternative switches may be less accurate.

Fun60 Ultra mode change switch

Design

Monsgeek has taken a minimalistic approach to the design of the Fun60 Ultra. There are no buttons, switches, or dials located around the edges of the board, or even underneath. Instead, a small mode change switch is situated underneath the caps lock, and I'm not a fan of the placement.

It's awkward having to use a keycap puller to remove the key every time you need to swap modes, although I can at least appreciate why it was placed here. Thankfully, if you're using the Fun60 Ultra via Bluetooth, you can switch between up to three devices using a simple function shortcut.

There is also a protruding section on the left side of the board that almost looks like you're supposed to attach something to the keyboard – a lanyard, perhaps? Whatever its purpose, it sticks out massively given how clean-cut the rest of the board is.

As a gaming keyboard in 2025, the Fun60 Ultra, of course, has RGB backlighting. This can be adjusted via the Monsgeek software or turned off entirely if you wish to save battery.

Otherwise, the general design of the Fun60 Ultra is clean and straightforward. Our white model came with shine-through PBT keycaps, although south-facing keycaps are also available and in a range of color gradients.

Performance and software

The Fun60 Ultra is incredibly responsive, and this is in part due to the super-low 0.01mm adjustments made possible by the Akko Glare switches. Its remarkably low response times, even for features like rapid trigger, are very impressive, and this translates to a super smooth experience across all games, be it single-player games that may require situational quick reactions, like Hitman 3, or competitive shooters such as Counter-Strike 2.

Like other Hall Effect or magnetic gaming keyboards, you can use a suite of features like rapid trigger, dynamic keystrokes, and snap key to supplement your gameplay. Rapid trigger is by far the highlight here, though, because the 0.01mm reactivation window is seriously impressive. This means that as soon as lift-off is detected in a key, you can reactivate with no delay. Other boards have a window of around 0.1mm, which is also impressive, but on pure numbers alone, the Fun60 Ultra is 10 times more responsive.

Snap key is a key priority feature like Razer's Snap Tap, where you can layer the A and D inputs while strafing in a game, so you never need to fully release keys in order for a new input to . I've already mentioned that this is banned in CS2, but other competitive games such as Fortnite and Valorant still haven't said anything about it… yet.

Dynamic keystrokes allow multiple inputs to be assigned to a single keypress. In the case of the Fun60 Ultra, you can set up inputs for a soft and hard press of a key, as well as the soft and hard release. The press inputs are useful, but I fail to see why release inputs would be needed, and it comes across as overkill. These keystrokes are also a bit of a pain to set up, with each one needing to be recorded like a macro, and it can be a long process recording them, then testing in games to make sure they work properly.

As for the typing experience, the Fun60 Ultra is surprisingly smooth and quiet, but far from silent. If you need your keyboard to be as quiet as possible, it's possible to crack open the Fun60 Ultra and apply mod tape to the back of the PCB.

There's also very little wobble. Recording the sound from 20cm above the keyboard, the Fun60 Ultra hit a max volume of 59dB, which typically came on strikes of the space or enter key, but the average volume was 53dB. This doesn't quite reach the lows of the Logitech Pro X TKL Rapid.

On the software front, it's becoming increasingly common for a web-based application to be used instead of able software. I almost always prefer to use a able application, but to my surprise, the Monsgeek web-based app was just as good in this case. So, if you prefer not to additional programs onto your PC, you can use the web-based app and save all of your settings to the onboard storage for future use. Naturally, you'll need an internet connection in order to access it, unlike a able app.

As annoying as it was to have to set up the secondary inputs myself, the Monsgeek software is intuitive and makes any and all adjustments a stress-free process. Sliders are used to adjust actuation distances, and all edits can be done key by key or with multiple keys selected at once.

Finally, the battery life of the Fun60 Ultra leaves a lot to be desired, even when using the board with no RGB. This is because the board is forced into 8kHz polling when in 2.4GHz wireless mode, so you can only expect up to five hours with the RGB turned off.

This is stretched in Bluetooth mode, where the polling rate is capped, meaning you can expect the battery life to reach up to 10 hours with the RGB disabled. Hopefully, a future update to the software will allow for the polling rate to be lowered in 2.4GHz wireless mode.

Price

The Monsgeek Fun60 Ultra costs $89.99 for the tri-mode connection model with the TMR sensor and MagMech . If you're only interested in the standard Hall Effect board, you can grab a board for as little as $59.99 for a wired board. There are also Pro and Max versions of

This price puts the Fun60 Ultra at an almost 'too good to be true' level, given that similar magnetic switch boards like the SteelSeries Apex Pro Mini Gen 3 cost $219.99. You could get almost two and a half Fun60 Ultras for this price.

Stock is often sold out on the Monsgeek website, but the boards can also be purchased on Amazon, albeit with a $5 added on making them $94.99.

Alternatives

SteelSeries Apex Pro Mini

It's hard to find any truly competitive boards when it comes to price and features, but the SteelSeries Apex Pro Mini does have the advantage of two-layer inputs from the moment you plug it in. They're also clearly labelled, making it much easier to adjust to using a mini form factor if you're more accustomed to TKL or full size.

Keydous NJ98-

An even more competitive board in of price, the NJ98- is also a full-size board, and even comes in just a mechanical spec if you want to save more money. This design also comes with a removable display, rotary knob, and has both a able and web-based customization app.

Fun60 Ultra with score and award

Verdict

Monsgeek isn't the most well-known brand in gaming keyboards, but it is steadily proving itself to be at the cutting edge of design, features, and value. Not only can the brand produce boards with stunning build quality, such as the Monsgeek M1W SP, but with the Fun60 Ultra, it has also shown it can deliver tons of features for an incredibly low price. Less than $100 for a keyboard with high-spec features and a sleek design is hard to come by right now.

If you want great gaming performance with a fast polling rate, simple-to-use software, adjustable actuation, rapid trigger, and even the ability to mix mechanical and magnetic switches, the Fun60 Ultra is for you.

However, if you're not a fan of the small form factor or at least need additional signposted layers of inputs available at all times, the Fun60 Ultra will fall short of your needs. Its oddly placed connection mode switch is also a strange design choice that causes headaches any time you need to switch between wired and wireless connections.