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Xbox 360 Rechargeable Controller Battery Pack White

This Xbox 360 Rechargeable Battery Pack powers your Xbox 360 Wireless Controller with 25 hours of play per charge.

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4 Stars Limited Lifetime
Apparently Amazon thinks this is battery pack is a game, haha…

Oh well… the pack is good… But won’t last forever… mine lasted about a year and a half.

5 Stars Great
Must-have if you don’t feel like changing batteries every week or so saves alot of money in the long run.

5 Stars great product
I have 3 of these battery packs and the quick charger. Its the worst when you’re in the middle of a game (esp online) and your batteries die. For $12, these battery packs are pretty much a no-brainer. They’re solidly made (though I still hate the clam-shell packaging which makes it hard to open) and I’ve recharged a single pack, easily two dozen times. So far as I can tell, it still has full charge. Think about it this way – a package of AA batteries costs about $8-10 depending on where you go. You’ll burn through those batteries in a month or two, or shorter if you use the netflix feature on x-box live and forget to turn off your controller while watching. Your usage will obviously greatly vary, but you could be conceivably paying $30-40/year on batteries!

$12 for a battery pack.

1 Star Don’t buy the pink one
I have had a battery for my white controller for several years and havn’t had any problems. I bought a pink controller and i didn’t use it for a few weeks and it wouldn’t hold a charge anymore. So i bought another one which i uses on a more regular basis, and it stopped holding a charge and it’s only been a few months. I kept it plugged up for like a day, and it starting working again like normal. It worked for about two weeks and now it won’t charge again. I can keep it plugged up for hours and as soon as i unplug it it cuts off. I would give my white battery pack five stars, but the pink one is junk.

5 Stars Lasts Long Pink Battery
This was a great deal! The battery lasts very long before you have to charge it and it gets great distance. I recommend buying this if you have a pink controller and need a battery pack.

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Premium Gamers Bundle for Xbox 360

User Ratings and Reviews

1 Star ***AVOID THIS PRODUCT*** 2 Dead Boxes in 1 year, Xbox has only 3 months warranty!!!
Another bad product from Microsoft! I am dumb enough to buy another new box after the first one died within 5 months of purchase. The second one just went dead on me today! I haven’t played much at all (may be an hour max a week). The product has only 3 months warranty. I am gonna switch over to PS3 or Wii ASAP and will never buy Microsoft game console again.

3 Stars Terrible Deal for an amazing system
Ok, You could buy all of the folowing, completaly new:

Battlefield 2, Modern Combat- $29.00

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller- $38.00

Oblivion- $50.00

Xbox 360 Universal Media Remote- $20.00

64MB Memory Stick for Xbox 360- $30.00

Xbox 360 Rechargeable BAttery Pack- $15.00

Xbox 360 Play & Charge Kite- $15.00

Dynasty Warriors 5, Empires- $77.00 (Quite a Pricy Game)

Xbox 360 Pro Edition- $400.00

Total- $647.00

If you do buy this, you will waste $253.00-$493.00. This is assuming that the xbox 360 mentioned int he bundle is the pro edition, which comes with a silver xbox live 3 month subscription, 20gb hard drive, wireless controller, and a xbox live headset. However, it most likely is not a pro, just the xbox 360 with a 20gb hard drive, and a wireless controller. Go save a TON of money, you can order all of this from amazon for a MUCH cheeper price.

1 Star RIP OFF!!!!
You could go buy the xbox 360 for 400 plus the extra controller for 50 and the games for just under 200. So… that’s about 650. I’m writing this because all it takes is one person who doesn’t know anything about video games to buy this for someone and this guy gets his money. Don’t give him your money!

1 Star Wow talk about wasting your money…
You could buy all that at the store for so much cheaper that I think I’d slap myself for buying this.

Do yourself a favor, send me 200 bucks and buy these things at a store, you’ll STILL save money compared to this.

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Xbox 360 Play and Charge Kit

With the Xbox 360 Play and Charge Kit, you ensure that the XBox gaming will last you much longer. This special kit will keep your wireless controller’s batteries from running down while you play. Includes rechargeable battery pack and charging cable.

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4 Stars An excellent product with one downside!
When I first got my 360, I was happy with it and I didn’t mind changing the AA batteries the first time when they died. However, I’m a serious gamer and it didn’t take long for the second to die too. No problem. Change the battery again, right? Yeah, sure but this got old quickly and I knew I had to do something so I found my way to Amazon and found this nifty little charger. 3 days, I got it and I have to say it has saved me MONEY on buying batteries all the time. It comes with a charging cable which connects to a USB port, preferably, on the front of your 360. It also comes with a rechargeable battery to start you off with. Another cool feature is that it also has a “trickle charge system”. Which means that you can even charge your controller while your console is off. Just make sure to plug in the controller BEFORE turning off the console or the charging will not be initiated. The only downside I found with this product was that the charging can be very inaccurate a few times. Sometimes, I would plug in my controller for a few hours and come back to game and no less than a few minutes or an hour, the low battery signal on the controller would start showing again. This only happened a few times but not enough to be annoying. What I do is simply plug it in every night when I’m done playing so when I come back the next day, I have a controller ready to go. However, there is currently another charging option called the “Quick Charge Kit”, I believe. The “Play and Charge” and the “Quick Charge” both have their advantages and disadvantages. Like the name suggests, the quick charge charges the batteries really fast in 2 hours average while the play and charge is not as fast. However, while charging your battery with the quick charge, you CANNOT use your controllers which to me KILLS the whole experience. Why spend time waiting for a battery to charge when you can be popping alien heads off? With the play and charge kit, you CAN play while charging. Also, taking out the batteries to charge every time quickly gets old and you face risk of losing them, damaging them, getting injured etc. So do I recommend this product? Yes, I do. I have had it for a long time now and I can attest that I have never had any technical problems with it or issues.

4 Stars Decide whether or not this is worth it to you
Basically, while the Li-ion batteries don’t last nearly as long as the AA’s, they do have the advantage of being almost infinitely rechargeable. If you’re hardcore, this is a necessity, otherwise, you might just be better off with AA’s… a single pair will easily last for weeks, especially without rumble enabled.

5 Stars Saved me money
I think I must have waisted about twenty dollars on batterys. This thing has saved me so much money its not even funny. The cool thing about it is that even if your not a hardcore gamer and just play maybe 3 or 4 hours a week it stays charged. I think I charged it maybe once in 3 months. Now that schools over I might acutally put this thing to the test.

4 Stars Charge kit
Works as advertised, the only thing I wanted it to have is the possibility to charge the battery with the console turned off. I don’t know if this actually happens but at least the charging LED doesn’t turn red when the Xbox is off.

5 Stars So useful
So much easier than changing batteries every few days! I don’t game a whole lot [yet] but the charge and play kits are just super convenient. They’re not expensive and will save you a ton on batteries. A+

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Xbox 360 Quick Charge Kit

Box Contents: Charging stand for two batteries, one Xbox 360 Rechargeable Battery Pack, and an AC adapter.

With the Xbox 360 Quick Charge Kit, you can recharge in a flash and kiss disposable batteries goodbye. Your Xbox 360 Wireless Controller needs a new battery? Swap in a fresh pack from the Quick Charge Kit. Multiple wireless controllers? Pick up a couple of extras, so you’ll always be ready with a fully charged battery that’s ready to go. Quickly recharge up to two battery packs at the same time.

User Ratings and Reviews

1 Star Worst blister pack I’ve ever encountered.
I am slouched in my computer chair as I type this… bloody, winded, and defeated. A mere shadow of my former, confident self. I have long known that it is folly to wrestle with a blister pack without the benefit of scissors, but just as I always feared… they’ve finally built a better blister pack.

I cut the top edge. Thinking the fell packaging bested like so many that preceded it, I laid down my scissors, placed my fingers into its open wound, and pulled apart with great force, barely suppressing an animalistic victory cry…

It is a good thing I supressed that victory cry, friends, for had I not I would have looked very foolish (in addition to stressing my intercostal cartilage) when the package refused to yield, and laughed off my efforts.

“Alright”, I thought. “I’ve some more tricks up my sleeve.” I reclaimed the scissors and set to work removing the left seam of the package. An unholy snap! My scissors lay broken, and my arm (not my hand, ladies and gentlemen, but my ARM) was slowly welling up dark, rich blood in the deep gouge left, presumably, by the flying bit of brittle plastic which the package had flung at me, to protect itself against my insistent slicing.

I retreated to the bathroom, treated and dressed my wound, and crept back, warily, to the field of battle. The package lay on my bed, looking quite battered, yet smug and very self-satisfied. I live alone. Today, there will be no reinforcements. Knowing that all the hopes of my discharged Xbox 360 controller batteries depended on my efforts and my efforts alone, I crawled to the scissors on the floor, and fell back immediately to a safe distance to plan my next attack.

I decided that where guile had failed, boldness might succeed. I would cut directly down the center of the front side of the package: straight through the heart of the renegade guardian of my Quick Charge Kit. I did so, with speed and precision comparable to that of a feline ninja… or at least a fat guy with a serious grudge against a plastic shell. The gash was glorious. No fewer than 4 inches long, and terminating below the product within, so that even if the package proves unusually hardy, I will almost certainly pry the fault apart far enough to retrieve the device within. I placed one hand on the right seam, and the other near the bottom of the new gash, of which I’d made a gift to my adversary, and pull will all my strength. My ribs glow white hot, filling the room with excruciating brightness and my consciousness with a pain the likes of which I hope never to know again. I drop the package onto the bed, and stumble back to my chair, falling backward into it.

As I lay here, maybe dying, I reflect on that final sequence of mistakes… which ONE, if any, could have saved my life and sanity, had I only not made it… Was it my choice to use scissors instead of fire? Was it my hubris-fueled insistence upon opening the package with my own efforts, just because I am 25 and an adult who should be able to fend for himself, where I might have simply left it aside until I next visited my parents four states away, and then, tail tucked firmly betwixt my thights, I could have asked mommy to do it. Was it my decision to buy this product in the first place? Who can say, for certain?

My musing continues… if I recover from my injuries, how will I respond? Do I launch another assault on the dread unopenable package? Do I crown it the prince of my home, swear eternal fealty, and begin designing a new flag to represent the sheer dominance and magnificence of this mighty blister pack?

But one thing, gentle reader, is certain: you can learn from my experience. Just say no to inaccessibly-packaged consumer goods! It’s not too late. *cough* *cough*

Avenge… me…

5 Stars Very handy and useful
Small, easy to store and very handy and it charges the battery packs very quickly. It’s a must have for anyone with the rechargeable battery packs. Highly recommend this item!

5 Stars nothing to complain about
I bought this after my dog chewed up the end of my charging cable. This charges the batteries much faster and it will charge two at the same time.

5 Stars Fast and reliable
The product is amazing: charges the batteries real fast and its easy to use. Excellent purchase

5 Stars Works and better than having cords
Works perfectly. Better than having those chargers with the cords. I just pop them in and out when the battery gets low.

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Xbox 360 Play and Charge Kit

With the Xbox 360 Play and Charge Kit, you ensure that the XBox gaming will last you much longer. This special kit will keep your wireless controller’s batteries from running down while you play. Includes rechargeable battery pack and charging cable.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Reliable yet slightly disillusioned
This product works GREAT! It recharges and lets me play without giving me lag or trouble. The only negative hit on it is that I bought it with the understanding that when I plug it in, I can turn my controller from wireless to wired. Using this thought, I thought maybe I might be able to use my wireless remote to play my games on my computer too. Unfortunately, when I plugged it in, it did not work. The wire is only used to charge the remote. I still have to get the wireless adapter to be able to use it on my computer. I thought that just by plugging it in, I could use it like a regular remote control. Oh well. At least it recharges when it’s attached to my computer.

3 Stars Charge time is too slow
Since this charger charges via usb the charge time is a little slow, you can conect the cable to a computer or charge it y while you play…

I didnt give it five stars or four because i never seen completly charge, never seend the light of the cable turn green or turned off…

The battery can lats like a week charged playing two hours daily, if it was me i would pay alittle more and go for the XBOX 360 QUICK CHARGE KIT that can cahrge teo batteries at once…

also agood thing of the play and charge kit it comes with a batterie

4 Stars Not exactly as advertised, but still a good purchase
First of all, despite what it says on the packaging, you will NOT get 25 hours of play on one charge; more like 5 or 6. Second, the charge indicator is inaccurate and inconsistent: sometimes it’ll say it’s full when it’s actually almost dry, and other times it’ll say it’s running low when the charge is actually okay.

Not that it’s too big of a problem, because when the controller is actually running low on charge, the lights around the Xbox Guide Button will begin flashing. As you’re playing, you’ll notice the flashing lights out of your peripheral vision. That’s when you pause your game, look down at your controller, and see it’s crying for more power. You simply plug the cord into either USB port on the 360 and you’re set! The light on the charger will be red as long as the controller is still charging, and when it turns green you know it’s full.

Overall, I’m very happy with my charger and it’s already paid for itself in all the money I’ve saved in not having to continuously buy more batteries. If you have a cordless controller, this product is pretty much a must-have.

1 Star This actually kills the batteries!
When I first got my 360 in 2006, I picked up 2 of these, and used them often. When I had the controllers plugged into the system with them, I noticed something.

A lot of times, after I turned off my console, the fans on the console would keep running if I had one of the play and charge kits plugged in. I thought it was just continuing to charge the controller. Little did I know, it was actually draining them.

In less than 6 months… neither of the batteries I got with the play and charge kits held a charge at all. These are bad news and a waste of money. The Xbox 360 Quick Charge Kit is a much better investment. I have been using this since then and have had no problems with it at all. Not to mention it charges the batteries much more quickly.

It’s a little more expensive, but well worth it.

5 Stars Happy with the Play and Charge kit!
The Play and Charge kits kick the crap out of using batteries. If you don’t have these buy two now! Unfortunately, the 360 only has 2 USB Ports so buying more than 2 is useless. Enjoy though!

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