Review of Xbox 360 - Charging Station

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This charging dock is excellent and comes with two batteries for use with it. The one thing that you should know prior to buying this is that it takes special battery packs. You cannot charge your existing battery packs on this charger because the charger has to make a connection with the back of the packs. There is a metal piece on the back of the batteries that must make contact to provide a charge. They work great and I love this product but I wanted to let people know what I found.

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I received an XBox 360 for Christmas 2010, and I quickly became weary of the idea of having to repeatedly buy AA batteries to keep my controllers functioning.

I purchased this product a year ago from a local electronic's store for $29.99 without knowing anything about the brand or the brand's products.

In no way do I regret the decision to buy this product. Intec took into consideration every possible factor that needs to be considered when purchasing a controller charger, and they greatly exceeded all of my expectations. A year later, this product is still running as great as it did with its first use, despite being used for nearly 100 charges.

The dock itself matches the aesthetic features of 360 controllers (the black and white ones at least), and the console itself. Though the entire shell is black, there is a silver lining adorning the front of the product, and the lights that illuminate when charging a controller glow in a green that matches the light that glows from the 360 console.

Underneath the dock is an indentation where the power cord can be stored if you are packing this item up and taking it on vacation or just to a friend's house, so there is no excuse to lose the cord. The end of the cord that you plug into an outlet is also small, and allows you to plug in other devices right next to it or on the top or bottom of it in a wall outlet or in a surge protector.

The back of the dock includes a power switch, which I thought was great for the power-saving aspect. Just remember to check and see if it is switched on when attempting to charge your controllers.

The top of the dock where the actual controller cradles are is crafted nicely, and the two slots serve as a great stand for controllers when you are not playing your console, whether your are charging them or not. Both controllers fit on the dock at the same time, though I must mention I only have OFFICIAL MICROSOFT controllers, and I never tried using off-brand controllers such as MADCATZ. I am not sure how this product fares as far as other controllers are concerned.

My favorite feature is the front of the product. When you charge the controllers, the green lights on the dock not only signal that the controllers are charging, but they also identify how many bars of power the batteries in the controllers have. I own many rechargeable docks for other consoles, such as the Wii and 3DS, and I must admit I wish this feature existed with those chargers as well. Of course, the dock also lets you know when the controllers are fully charged, which is when the bars on the front of the dock no longer flash and glow in a solid green.

The 2 battery packs that come with this dock feel exactly the same in the controller as the original battery packs that came with the controller. The charge lasts for what seems like 8-10 hours(I don't know the exact figure because I honestly never think about it since the charge lasts so long), and the batteries hold their charge for prolonged periods of inactivity as well. I once went an entire month without playing the 360, and when I turned on the controller for a few games of Madden, I still didn't need to charge the controller from the last time I played.

I appreciated this product so much that I purchased it for my brother in law this Christmas. This product is definitely worth the $30 price tag, especially when taking the price of batteries into consideration.

The reviewer who gave this product 2 stars must have received a faulty product. Trust me, this is a great deal. Although I did notice this seems to be more difficult to find, so I'm hoping Intec hasn't ceased production.

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Comes with everything you need to make wireless controllers into re-chargable wireless controllers. I was tired of going through so many batteries. This works great and was less expensive than many other chargers and this one came with the batteries to charge! Highly reccomended.

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This charging system really works nice and has saved alot of batteries.. I play games quite a bit and this works nicely....

This was a great purchase from Amazon.com

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Looked good enough quality wise, but the lower charging station quit working two weeks into the purchase. The lower charging station two weeks later. Cheap price, now I know why. Would not recommend this product.