how long does the plug and play wire last

i had my plug and play wire for abut a year and now when ever i plug it in the light does not go on and it does not charge. i tryed it wiht a different recharageable battery pack and it stil dont work. how long does it last does it last only a year or so.

mine is doing the same thing.... i just use it as a wired controller now. the battery packs are crap.

Did you constantly plug it in? Battery can over charge you know.

It all depends on how you treat it. If you constantly over-charge it will probably not last long; the best way to charge is to let you batteries to completely drain and then charge them, this will give you maximum battery life out of your batteries (if you have the Official M$ they should last 2-5 years). Nyko batteries are NiMH (Nickerl-Metalhydride) the life on these even if you charge them properly is only 1-2 years, I do not know if Rocketfish are NiMH or Lithium but depending on what composite it is (NiMH will perform like a Nyko and Lithium Ion will perform like M$ official) you expect the respective life out of those also.

Edit: You also could have a bad cable, it isn't uncommon for the battery to outlast the cable. The only fix for this is to obviously buy a new cable.

I didnt want to start a new topic, so could anybody tell me that my play and charge kit(gigaware) work on any other controller that didnt come with the Xbox360 when you bought it.

lol.. i must be lucky on this recharge;e battery or something... i had it since halo came out same day as my console and the thing still gets me easy 30+ hrs on chargek2theswiss

I'm a new XBOX 360 slim owner and was wondering is it better to get this plug and play set or just get a regular duralcell or energizer rechargeble battery set?

Did you constantly plug it in? Battery can over charge you know.

kenchen23

I'm a new XBOX 360 slim owner and was wondering is it better to get this plug and play set or just get a regular duralcell or energizer rechargeble battery set?

3rdbass

It all depends on how you treat it. If you constantly over-charge it will probably not last long; the best way to charge is to let you batteries to completely drain and then charge them, this will give you maximum battery life out of your batteries (if you have the Official M$ they should last 2-5 years). Nyko batteries are NiMH (Nickerl-Metalhydride) the life on these even if you charge them properly is only 1-2 years, I do not know if Rocketfish are NiMH or Lithium but depending on what composite it is (NiMH will perform like a Nyko and Lithium Ion will perform like M$ official) you expect the respective life out of those also.

Edit: You also could have a bad cable, it isn't uncommon for the battery to outlast the cable. The only fix for this is to obviously buy a new cable.

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This is not true at all. The official Microsoft batteries are not Lithium... they're also NiMH. And if they were Lithium (which they're not) than completely draining them before recharging them would ruin them faster.

Why do people post about things which they obviously have no knowledge of?

Why do you all use these dang play n charge cables anyway? Just buy the charging stand which Ive seen now for $10 & comes with another rechareable battery. You never have to do anything but swap the battery & it lasts for days with heavy use for me.

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It all depends on how you treat it. If you constantly over-charge it will probably not last long; the best way to charge is to let you batteries to completely drain and then charge them, this will give you maximum battery life out of your batteries (if you have the Official M$ they should last 2-5 years). Nyko batteries are NiMH (Nickerl-Metalhydride) the life on these even if you charge them properly is only 1-2 years, I do not know if Rocketfish are NiMH or Lithium but depending on what composite it is (NiMH will perform like a Nyko and Lithium Ion will perform like M$ official) you expect the respective life out of those also.

Edit: You also could have a bad cable, it isn't uncommon for the battery to outlast the cable. The only fix for this is to obviously buy a new cable.

TrevorBG

This is not true at all. The official Microsoft batteries are not Lithium... they're also NiMH. And if they were Lithium (which they're not) than completely draining them before recharging them would ruin them faster.

Why do people post about things which they obviously have no knowledge of?

yea mine when i plug in doesnt do anything at all does anyone know if i need to get a new battery or a new chord