Features
If nothing else, the Habu is certainly a feature-rich mouse. Not only does the Habu sport the legendary IME3.0 shape, it takes the best of what Microsoft and Razer have developed over the last several years and combined it all into one package. Before taking a look at the physical/hardware features of the mouse, let’s see what the Habu software has to offer.


As you can see the Habu software is clearly developed by Razer. The functionality and overall look of the driver interface are very similar to those of the Razer Diamondback and Copperhead. In the base section of the drivers, there is a very intuitive button mapping area that works just as well as it does with any other mouse driver. This feature also gives you the option to map any of the buttons on the mouse to an “Advanced Feature”, a new section of the driver window will reveal itself. This area allows you to map the selected button to literally any basic Windows function. Unfortunately, using this feature could prove to be more of a detriment to gamers than a benefit, but for work-oriented multi-taskers, having Windows functions at your disposal in this manner could be an asset.

In the same base window of the Habu driver, you have the option to change the lighting effects on the mouse. If you are not a fan of the brilliant blue light coming from every crevice of the mouse, you can simply turn them off.

The final section of this window allows you to change the polling rate of the mouse to 1000Hz from the typical 125Hz. You can also adjust the dpi level of the mouse from here, although I am not sure why you would chose to do it this way when you could simply use the DPI UP and DOWN buttons on the mouse by the scroll wheel.

The Advanced settings pullout allows you to change the relative sensitivity in the X and Y coordinates. This feature will allow you to have less sensitivity in the up and down direction or the left and right direction, while the in-game setting remains the same for both. Useful? Perhaps. One cool feature that the Habu driver has is the ability to see and adjust the Windows pointer sensitivity from within the driver itself. You often have to navigate through the mouse properties in the control panel to adjust this sensitivity, and having it right there in the same window as the rest of your mouse settings is a time-saving feature. There is also a sensitivity adjuster within the Habu driver itself. It is common to have multiple sensitivity sliders to allow for superfine adjustment of sensitivity.

The next feature in the Habu driver concerns the double-clicking speed, and there is actually a little test area that tasks you with double clicking on a pane of glass to make it shatter. The last interesting thing about the Habu driver is that it displays both the current Driver and Firmware versions. This serves as a reference when downloading new software and also when troubleshooting the mouse.