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

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

2700mah rechargeable AA batteries last about a month

love it

I have one ebayed official Play & Charge cable to charge my 2 packs, but one of those packs really heats up like a mofo. 4 hours charging time and a temperature of 80c just doesn't seem right. Thinking of moving to rechargeable AA's and a wall charger.

Eneloops and a good charger. I swap the batteries out in my controller and headset every time I play so they never run out - cheaper than the play and charge kit and doesn't quit working after a year.

i use NYKOs rechargeable 360 battery packs. i have had them for 2 years n still working like day 1. but one side of the charger went out, so i can only charge one batter a time, but no biggie xD



btw, i highly recommend these. I think i got them for like 20 bucks.

I used to use the official battery pack + quick charge kit.
But after the battery packs stopped charging, I cut them open, took out the 2100mah Sanyo batteries & used them in a standard charger

I also use 4x Sanyo eneloop's - got them for only £6.50 delivered from Amazon =D

rechargeable AA's are the easiest/cheapest...and from what i hear from all of you guys..the play and charge kit dies after 6 months to a year. i have some rechargeables that are over a year old and still last for days.

i paid $10 for my charger and 2 energizer nimh's

Official play and charge kit ! ;D

I use a wired controller, so I don't have to deal with buying/recharging batteries. Plus no need to buy the wireless adapter to use the controller with a computer, just plug it into the USB port and download the driver.

I use Sanyo Eneloop Rechargables. It's great because I run about 4 spare batteries.. so when anything runs out, I can just swap 'em.. never have to wait for a recharge.

eneloops last quite the while too.

i have 4 wireless controllers that i dont use, and 2 play and charge kits. i have one official wired one that i use most of the time as it is lighter and more comfortable. of course thats for the 360 in my room where i have it hooked up to a computer monitor. in the living room on the big screen, i use wireless - and i have 4 controllers for that console, and 2 play and charge kits. when one dies i plug that in, and let it charge overnight.

so yeah, 8 wireless, one wired, and 4 play and charge kits. i also have the standalone quick charger for the living room as well.

Official Play and Charge Kit!
You just can't beat the best!

I use the official battery pack however I DO NOT use the xbox to charge it. I use the Konnet Xbox 360 Power Pyramid Charger which is the best in my opinion. Too much problems with using the xbox to charge the controller. Since ive been using this dock/charger my controller lasts a good 3-4 days! when I was using the 360 to charge, it only lasted 1 day (2 days if lucky).

The Pyramid Charger looks good too and was a decent price to me $40 amazon, holds 4 controllers also.

Infact I bought my cousin one for X-mas and he doesnt stop talking about it since both his PS3 and Xbox controllers charge great with it. (Theres a version that holds both)

infact heres the link for it im so pleased with this purchase, perhaps someone else would benefit from it!

http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-Power-Pyram...6244&sr=8-2

I use the Charge Station so I can power two batteries at once.

I miss my Wired controller...

Traded for a Black Wireless for to match my Elite. Noticeable difference in response time. I'd say about 5-10ms.

£3.99 ebay crap that lasted 2 years
4800m with usb charger

I also use the stand alone quick charger for the standard 360 pad, but I also use wired for fighting games and some XBLA games, wired as in a joystick.

I use a AA recharger that plugs into the USB port of anything, so no need for a seperate power supply. $5 and been using it for 3 years.. can't imagine doing it any other way.

official play and charge kit.... because when i've bought it, it was the only option (but batteries)

Oh and I tought I could play on my PC too

Wife works at the hospital so .. they use there devices with batterys only once then replace the batterys. so yes.. I got tons of batts.

Regular AA's. Need to get another charger cable for my controller.

Got a good deal on a Duracell rechargable AA charger pack. Been using them since then.

Can't wait for the Razer Onza to come out at the end of the year. It's wired but I think it'll be the business!!!

I originally was using a Game brand unofficial kit, but a resistor inside it overheated and melted after only a few days use.

I took it back and got the official kit, barely gets warm and battery still working quite well considering its over a year old now.

I voted for rechargeable AAs

Microsoft Play and charge kits use cheep brand batteries. Took two apart because they stopped charging. They suck. High-end rechargeable AAs can be used in other devices as well + last longer!

i bought a usb rechargeable battery pack from a chinese ebayer and it only worked for 40 minutes then died, wouldn't hold a charge after that. he sent me another one and the same thing happened but it was 35 minutes. it recharged again but after that it ended up dying again completely like the first.

lesson learned, stop being so cheap.

i never used my wireless controller though cause i hate changing batteries mostly
but something about using a wired controller feels right. i bet its kinda like how some animals would be unbalanced without their tails

duracell rechargable AAAs have been money well spent they last ages. Paid £7.99 for 4 AAAs complete with 3 hour charger

I've never been able to use rechargeable AAs in my controllers. I've wanted to, but they won't work. Aside from the fact that they barely fit, the controller powers off after a few seconds!

I've used brand new Eneloops and Energizer rechargeables, right out of the charger and the controller powers off after a few seconds. How is it that 30% of the people on this poll use them on a regular basis? Am I missing something?

Honestly I hate buying batteries or recharging my controller so I use nothing but wired since I'm so lazy.

i gave up on the official one after it stopped holding it's charge (lasted a year or so). then i was just playing with it permanently connected via the play and charge cable.
eventually Upgraded to a wired controller

Original play and charge kit died so have been using the Nyko charger for the past 2 years without a problem.

I use this, the Nyko Xbox 360 Charge Base.

You can drop 2 controllers in (the charging contacts are on the back of the battery packs) and it acts as a stand for the controllers. Comes with 2 proprietary rechargable NiMH battery packs.

I got mine back in October 2006 and it still works fine with the battery packs that came with it. Charge time is pretty quick, but not as good as the very best rechargeable batteries. It's WAY more convenient though, you never have to open the battery packs or unplug/plug any cables. This is important for me as my Xbox 360 is in a closet in a separate room from my TV.

Rocketfish wireless charge pad from Best Buy, love it and the batteries last a long time and for only $30 for 2 batteries and the charger.

I use a wired controller. Using that play and charge kit seems to defeat the purpose of wireless....

time for a new poll? (maybe wait for the next banwave:P)

Official play and charge kit for me too.
I have a white one and a black one, but two black controllers! The white one was from my original 360, and is still going strong!

So, after 8 months of votes, we've determined that 39% of XS members are idiots, 31% aren't completely retarded, 16% are completely retarded, 9% are unknown, and 5% are lazy/cheap. Yeah, that sounds about right.

Enegizer Dual Rechargeables all the way. Kit comes with 4 AA or 4 AAA and charges both. Batteries are about $3.50 a piece but I get about 3 years out of them before they start to loose charge faster and even then it's just a about 30 minutes a month or so till dead. Why limit yourself to one device, I agree with that as well, I run all my battery powered electronics on rechargeables and have saved a fortune on batteries.
Now if we can just get hydrogen powered cells with chargers....

What's really sad is most of them don't even know how badly they're getting ripped off.



P. T. Barnum was right.