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Saves You Money But Also Like Playing Russian Roulette
These rechargeable batteries have saved me a great deal of money and I like that a lot. But the problem is also that when I bought three of them only two truly worked the third wouldn't hold a charge so I bought another one and the same problem happened after I bought the fifth one which finally worked I had enough batteries for my controllers. That is probably the only annoyance I have with these batteries is that about 45% seem to be defective an that they won't hold a charge for either very long or not at all. So to the viewers who are interested in purchasing this while it will save you a lot on the cost of buying new batteries be prepared to have one or two to be defective...

nice replaces burning through batteries
this works and holds its charge for quite a while but you need to make sure that you get the play and charge wire to go along with it - one thing that is weird though if you have this charging while you are using it with the play and charge kit and then turn off the counsel the counsel really does not turn off and is still blowing hot air out of the back and drawing power. So I would unhook from the play and charge wire before turning off your counsel.

good bye AA's
this thing is a livesaver!!! i was really getting tired of buying batteries. this also holds a charge for quite some time!

No More Batteries
I love that this thing holds a charge way better than batteries. Saves money in the long run.

Great at first, but begins to diminish.
Like most people who own a 360, I got tired of constantly switching out dead batteries. I looked for an alternative and eventually settled on the Xbox 360 Rechargeable Battery Pack.

At first, it was a great decision. It worked like a charm. Only needed about an hour to charge and it lasted for a good 20 hours, give or take. This was much better than always buying new batteries to replace the old ones.

That only lasted a year though. After that, the time between charges began to shorten. It soon became apparent to me that with each charge, the lifespan of the charge was shrinking. Currently, my battery pack only lasts for about 2 hours and dies. It's very frustrating when I sit down to play and only after about five to ten minutes, I discover the battery needs to be charged up yet AGAIN.

For anyone looking for an alternative to just swapping batteries, you should look elsewhere. Unless you don't mind buying more than one battery pack, this isn't for you. This isn't the worst choice, but there are better things than this.