Glorious GMMK 3 Pro HE (Hall Effect) Wireless Keyboard
A 75% wireless Hall Effect board with rapid trigger and 8K polling — the rare HE keyboard you can actually use untethered at a real desk.
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What we like
- Wireless Hall Effect with rapid trigger — almost nobody else does this
- 8,000 Hz polling rate over wired, 1,000 Hz over 2.4 GHz wireless
- Adjustable per-key actuation from 0.1mm to 4.0mm
- CNC aluminum body feels closer to a custom build than a gaming keyboard
- Hotswap sockets accept both magnetic HE and standard MX switches
Could be better
- Glorious Core software is still rougher than Wooting's Wootility
- Polling drops to 1,000 Hz when wireless — competitive players will stay wired
- Battery life takes a real hit with RGB and 8K polling cranked
- $280 is a lot for a 75% board, and barebones-style customization adds up fast
Full Review
The GMMK 3 Pro HE is Glorious’s answer to the Wooting 60HE/80HE — except this one goes wireless, which is genuinely a first in the Hall Effect space. For anyone who games hard but also needs a keyboard that doesn’t require a USB cable snaking across a clean desk, it’s the most interesting board on the market right now.
Hall Effect, But Wireless
Magnetic switches let you set actuation per key from a feather-light 0.1mm to a full 4.0mm, and rapid trigger resets the moment you start lifting off. In practice that means tap-strafing in Apex, counter-strafing in CS2, and instant key spam in any rhythm game. The 4-in-1 Dynamic Keystroke feature, where one key fires up to four different inputs depending on press depth, is a gimmick for most people but a legitimate edge for fighting game players.
The wireless trick is the real story. 2.4 GHz drops you to 1,000 Hz polling — still totally fine for 240Hz monitors and serious play — and the connection has been stable across a week of Valorant with no noticeable stutter. Plug in the cable and you’re back to 8K polling for ranked sessions.
Build and Daily Driver Feel
The aluminum case is heavy and dense, with a gasket mount that gives it a softer typing feel than the GMMK 2’s stiff bottom-out. Doubleshot PBT keycaps come standard. It sounds clean — not custom-build clean, but clearly above any prebuilt gaming board in the price range. For someone working from home all day, the typing experience holds up. It’s quieter than Cherry MX Browns and the magnetic switches have a smooth, consistent travel.
Software and Quirks
Glorious Core is the weak point. It works, but Wooting’s Wootility is still a generation ahead in polish and feature depth. Per-key actuation, rapid trigger thresholds, and macros all live there, and you’ll need it open more than you’d like during initial setup. Battery life is also a function of how much RGB you want — full brightness with 8K polling tethered burns through it fast, but a calmer setup gets you through a workday on 2.4 GHz.
Who Should Buy This
Buy this if you want Hall Effect performance for gaming but refuse to give up wireless freedom for everyday work — that combination genuinely doesn’t exist anywhere else right now. If you only game on a wired competitive setup, the Wooting 80HE is more polished software-side for similar money. If you don’t care about Hall Effect at all and just want a great wireless 75%, the regular GMMK 3 Pro Wireless saves you about $80. But if “wireless HE” is the spec sheet you’ve been waiting for, this is the only real option.
