Rechargeable battery pack life?

After a full charge, my controller doesn't seem to stay charged up very long. Within about 20 or 30 minutes of disconnecting the charge cable from the controller, it loses a bar. It doesn't take more than an hour or an hour and a half to get down to a half charge. Anyone else have this problem or know a remedy?

Yeah I always let it do that, but it still doesn't hold the charge for long.

i used the plug and play kit, and i dont know why, but it fried a new battery in less than 2 weeks, i allowed it to drain completely, but still killed it

At least your's charges my has to always be plugged in. The controller doesn't take charge. (this is the same controller and charger that came with the console when I bought it two years ago) Should I buy a new controller or charger? Has MS addressed this issuse?

All my battery packs died fast. My plug and play cable died. All of the black controllers I've owned have had a joystick go out, and my white ones had bumpers go out. None of it is made to last. The only one I have that still works good is my ODST controller.

All my battery packs died fast. My plug and play cable died. All of the black controllers I've owned have had a joystick go out, and my white ones had bumpers go out. None of it is made to last. The only one I have that still works good is my ODST controller.

Cloudslice

Maybe I'm just lucky but my recharge pack still works like new. I have had it for a little more than 2 years, has anyone else's rechageable packs lasted this long?

Did you buy the official, Microsoft rechargeable battery pack? I know this may sound silly, but in personal experience those have worked the best compared to the other random ones. The other ones seems to die within 3-4 months and the battery life doesn't last long on them at all (Mine went out with in 1-2 hours). Where as with the offical microsoft ones, for about 1-2 hours of charging, for me it lasts atleast 6-7 hours and iv'e currently had the microsoft one for about 2 years with no faults.

At least your's charges my has to always be plugged in. The controller doesn't take charge. (this is the same controller and charger that came with the console when I bought it two years ago) Should I buy a new controller or charger? Has MS addressed this issuse?

1uP_OnYou

You can connect and disconnect the controller until the light turns red instead of green and it will take charge. But don't plug the controller all the way in, just enough for the light to go on, then just keep repeating the process until the light stays red; when it stays red for more than about 20 seconds then you're good to go. (this can take a long time)

By the way, my 360 usually fails to charge my controllers but my laptop does it with less effort, so you might want to try that too.

(I have the official microsoft cable with two official batteries that were bought less than a year ago)

@chaoscougar1: you have made the right choice...never use the battery pack...its sh1t