Rob Beschizza
Gear

Have You a Habu Gaming Mouse?

Microsoft’s Habu Mouse combines the ugly excellence of Razer’s gaming models with that vaguely beetle-like MS design aesthetic. The end result looks like the Alien’s head, but, if TechGage’s review is on the ball, games like an angel. Reviewer Rob Williams lauds MS for not ruining Razer’s well-respected standards of quality: From my experiences with […]

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Microsoft's Habu Mouse combines the ugly excellence of Razer's gaming models with that vaguely beetle-like MS design aesthetic. The end result looks like the Alien's head, but, if TechGage's review is on the ball, games like an angel.

Reviewer Rob Williams lauds MS for not ruining Razer's well-respected standards of quality:

From my experiences with the mouse, it's all about Razer. Microsoft simply has the benefit of slapping their own logo on there and shoving it into a red box. This is not to say it's a bad thing, as you are buying into Razers intuitive designs and quality.

Habu's been out a while, but I'm interested because I've had dreadful luck with wireless gaming. I have a perfectly serviceable Logitech MX500, but it's wired and I don't like wires. Wires are responsible for myriad ills, not least among them the sack of Rome, Cable TV and the continued success of Rod Stewart.

I've been told I need one of the following: Logitech's G5 or G7, or Razer's Copperhead or DeathAdder. All my MS mice having been poor performers, I'd never considered the Habu. Dear readers, which of these will get my Unreal Tournament PPH over 250?

Microsoft Habu Gaming Mouse [TechGage]