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[JAMMO]

wired all day long

[Martinchris23]

Used to use P&C kits but recently bought a load of 2800MAh AAs from Amazon and using these now. I found the P&C battery packs die too quickly and some won't charge on certain controllers of mine!

[Weirdjerz3y]

QUOTE(TheRealPeppers @ Mar 7 2010, 01:49 PM)

No, regular NIMH batterys without a feature to prevent it will break if you store them with a full charge, this can be prevented by ether putting then inside something that uses at least a very small amount of power at all times or by draining the charge b4 you put them away

Oh thats why mine still worked, they weren't charged when i stored them.

[jonesy827]

wired FTW

[paleNyar]

Sony 2500mAh. 2 pair for my 2 controllers. They last around 1 year of considerable use... can't say the same of the OP&C Kit. Although the kit is more comfortable because you can play while charging.

Cheers.

[DethManX]

I use the offical MS batteries with quick charge kit.  At first I was using that play and charge USB wire, but after a few charges that thing messes up the battery and it will only last a little while before you need to plug the cable back in.

With the quick charge, battery goes in the base and is fully charged in 5 minutes.  No complaints now.

[Guily6669]

I used to use duracell rechargable 2650mah batteries, now im using duracell active charge 2000mah, they are awesome and they don't lose the charge even if a year has passed...

And now duracell has a 15minute charger which is pretty awesome together with they'r active charge rechargable AA's, if u run out of batteries (I never run out of batteries), u fully charge them in 15 minutes..., but it's not recomended, because it will reduce the 1000 rechargable times to like 500 (i use the slow charger)...

ps: i have duracell 8x 2650 mah rechargable batteries, duracell 4x 2000mah active charge, and a few more of other marks, but for the gamepad i use only the active charge, they last very long and dont lose the charge for a long time...
Keep Cool

[alsybub]

Why isn't there an option for the quick charge kit?

It's a first party charger.

Any way, that's what I use. I have one battery in my controller and two in the quick charge kit. Makes it really easy and I never have to connect a cable to the controller. Just swap the batteries.

[Schweino]

Eneloops FTW

[sinister slipknot]

QUOTE(Grim187 @ Feb 21 2010, 10:36 PM)

if your not using a wired controller your not a true gamer.
Edit: you forgot M$ Quick Charge.

+1  haha i think im the only one using a white wired controller on an elite? the whole wireless controllers lost its appeal when i wore out 2 battery packs in the first year of the console's life...

[ThaCrip]

the wise choice is ... Rechargeable (NiMh) AA's.

because those are much cheaper and work just as good as official battery packs etc.

[bmwbmwbmw]

Official Play and Charge Kit   [39.40%]
Regular AAs   [16.09%]

Well, this certainly explains all the moronic posts in every news thread.

[welshy9]

gotta be all original stuff

[TheRealPeppers]

a battery is a battery, they can't ban those the way they do memory cards or hard drives so they can charge an insane premium for off the shelf parts

[omnislash]

I steal batteries from Wal-Mart cant go wrong when its FREE!