Topic: Wireless Controllers, Battery Life? (Read 386 times)

Andy51 · « **Reply #15 on:** July 23, 2005, 08:53:00 AM »

QUOTE(twistedsymphony @ Jul 18 2005, 03:09 AM)

incoplete maybe... but in all due respect I myself I had never seen that charging bay you posted and I try to keep up with everything 360.

SickJoda · « **Reply #16 on:** July 23, 2005, 09:27:00 AM »

QUOTE(NightL1fe @ Jul 17 2005, 06:17 AM)

Okok, so we're all past the ooh and ahh of the next gen consoles controller designs.. but has anyone really sat down and thought about how much its gonna cost the average joe to keep his controllers running?

Carlo210 · « **Reply #17 on:** July 23, 2005, 12:30:00 PM »

QUOTE(NightL1fe @ Jul 17 2005, 02:17 PM)

has anyone really sat down and thought about how much its gonna cost the average joe to keep his controllers running?

Carlo210 · « **Reply #18 on:** July 23, 2005, 12:31:00 PM »

SickJoda · « **Reply #19 on:** July 23, 2005, 12:35:00 PM »

can u plug in and play though?

Carlo210 · « **Reply #20 on:** July 23, 2005, 12:55:00 PM »

You controller is dying. You say damnit, I'm still playing though. You plug in the charge and play kit (notice the name). Your controllers MS Rechargeable battery is trickle charged (usb) while you play. Obviously, your controller will charge up about twice as slow as it would if you weren't playing while it was charging.

SickJoda · « **Reply #21 on:** July 23, 2005, 01:37:00 PM »

wow thats asum. what the deal with this 360 being "unmoddable"?

M-K-E! · « **Reply #22 on:** July 23, 2005, 04:27:00 PM »

yeah, the 40 hours is with full vibration...

i get about 60 hours with rumble on with my current wireless controller...i got about 3 month's out of my old wireless controller with rumble disabled...

and im not sure what nintendo and sony are going to do about the problem, but ms is going to include a cable so you can plug in your controller's when the batteries die or get low...

Carlo210 · « **Reply #23 on:** July 23, 2005, 04:48:00 PM »

I guess they will have the same thing. It's not that hard to manufacture.

XBSC · « **Reply #24 on:** July 23, 2005, 07:04:00 PM »

im still not convinced the "rechargable" kits will hold their charge over time...as with any rechargable product - each time you recharge it the power is less - a laptop battery lasts about 6-8months then needs replacing.

If your going wireless i think you have to expect to replace the rechargable batteries on a 6 month basis.

SickJoda · « **Reply #25 on:** July 23, 2005, 07:22:00 PM »

havent you been reading? weve been speaking aboput the rechargable battery, its an accesory

XBSC · « **Reply #26 on:** July 23, 2005, 08:27:00 PM »

Ye, thats what im refering too - the rechargable battery given 30-40 recharges will last less and less time each time you rechanged eventually getting down to 30mins max which is pointless therefore you will need to get a new rechargable battery. I anticipate the period of time to reach a level of unusability to be 6-8months...

SickJoda · « **Reply #27 on:** July 23, 2005, 09:15:00 PM »

Carlo210 · « **Reply #28 on:** July 24, 2005, 10:55:00 AM »

QUOTE(XBSC @ Jul 24 2005, 04:38 AM)

Ye, thats what im refering too - the rechargable battery given 30-40 recharges will last less and less time each time you rechanged eventually getting down to 30mins max which is pointless therefore you will need to get a new rechargable battery. I anticipate the period of time to reach a level of unusability to be 6-8months...

XBSC · « **Reply #29 on:** July 24, 2005, 11:05:00 AM »

maybe, havent had much experience with rechargable AA Batteries.

But when you look at laptop, mobile phone and the original Ipod batteries all suffer from the above described problem.

The affects are more apparent when you charge the batteries continuously when not in use...if you wait for them to go completely flat and then give them a full charge they last for longer.

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