Play and Charge Kit

The charge kit for the 360 comes with two pieces of equipment, a charging cable and a battery pack. Helps to save money from buying countless aa batteries for a 360 controller.

The Xbox 360 console has been packaged with either a wireless or a wired controller. As time passed, the majority of 360's came packaged with the wireless controller. The one drawback with the wireless controller is that it requires two AA batteries. Microsoft state that two AA batteries will provide 30 hours of play time. Fine for the casual gamer, but a hardcore gamer will run through those batteries in a short space of time - and, in due course, plenty of cash. The answer to the problem is the Xbox Play and Charge Kit. Costing in the region of £10-20, it comes with a rechargeable battery pack and a charging cable. The charging cable plugs into the top of the Xbox wireless controller, and is inserted into the usb port of the 360. If you end up losing or breaking your rechargeable battery pack, the controller will still work while the charging cable is plugged into both it and the console.