A Battery Life Less Ordinary

Advantages: Great longevity
Disadvantages: Awkward and annoying

...The big problem with the battery of a PSP is that unlike the main competition (GBA, NDS) which have great battery life, the PSP does not; in fact you'll get barely more than 2 hours out of it. With this in mind I was quite intrigued by the powermaster battery that offers considerably more charge for your pound. Plus's often come with minus's and the first minus is the size of this battery; in short it's a damn size bigger than the one that comes as standard. So much bigger its sticks out considerably more too. This forms part of issue number two, it's now more awkward to hold. Once you got used to the size of the standard battery having this big monster sticking out the back comes as quite a shock. Shocks go hand in hand with annoyance, the battery pack now feels loose so loose that you often actually pull the battery off by accident...

sghawken 26.10.2006 · Read review
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Review of Trust PowerMaster PSP Battery Pack PW-2992p Lithium Ion

WIRELESS BATTERY PACKS!!!

Advantages: WILL SAVE YOU MONEY!!!
Disadvantages: COST!!!

...built into the controller. So microsoft came up with the idea of... NUCLEAR POWER CONTROLLERS. But then they probably realised this would be to dangerous and powerful so they just settled for double "A" batterys. : ) The batterys will last for around 12 - 20 continuous hours depending on the type you use, but changing batterys almost every day gets very annoying, and expensive. If you have rechargable batterys you will save money instead of always throwing batterys way but why wait for batterys to recharge? Microsoft then came up with the idea of the battery pack. On a full charge it will last around 24 hours of gaming and can be on charge while in use! It will add a small amound of extra weight to the controller but not so that you would notice. This is all good! you can now have a charging pack so you no longer need to buy batterys...

Roguey-117 04.12.2006 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Xbox 360 Rechargeable Battery Pack

MadCatz Wii Fit Battery Pack

Advantages: easy to use, great value for money, can be used during gameplay, USB connection
Disadvantages: cannot be charged from the mains

... MadCatz Wii Fit Battery Pack After months of searching we finally managed to get hold of a Nintendo Wii Fit board back in July which was hugely popular with the whole family and used almost every second that the house was occupied. For those who may be unfamiliar with the Nintendo Wii and the Wii fit balance board I will explain these briefly first. The Wii is a games console which uses a handheld remote for interactive play (simulating tennis etc). The Wii fit balance board is a rectangular board which the user stands on and it links up wirelessly to the Wii and is used to improve health through balance games, muscle and yoga poses and aerobic exercise games. The Wii fit balance board measures and monitors weight, centre of gravity etc and feeds this back wirelessly to the Wii console plugged into your television. Due...

ilusvm 25.10.2008 · Read review
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Review of MadCatz Wii Fit Battery Pack

A Battery that Packs some

Advantages: support for when you are court short, long life, high price
Disadvantages: not widely available and do you need an additional one?

...Well what can I say about this battery really except that it is an extremely useful piece of kit for a camera; my old camera (a DSC 600) ran on the old style AA batteries and was continually running out after an afternoons not very intensive shooting, even when I bought AA rechargeables it did not improve much and cost me quiet a bit; my new camera however (that I was forced to buy after someone knocking into me sending my camera skimming across concrete on it's lens!) came with this battery which is a huge improvement; chances are if your buying this you're going to need a charger and these are really easy to use with a simple light that goes off when charging is complete; this battery is extremely long lasting with on average 380 shots for every charge which is outstanding! however of course with the advantages of a specialised pack...

bobthebuilderrocks 24.05.2007 · Read review
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Review of Sony NP BG1 Lithium Ion

Sony Camcorder Battery

Advantages: It can hold a very good charge
Disadvantages: None

...In the past two years I have bought 4 of these batteries. I love these batteries because Sony have made most of their camcorders compatible with this battery. This meant that when I got my new camcorder for Christmas this year I was then able to transfer my old battery for a back-up. I have bought so many of these batteries because I do a lot of sightseeing. I have also choose this battery over any other because it holds an extremely good charge. I had came across times when I was standing in front of a beautiful landmark and I had no battery charge. After that experience any holidays, or events I got to I always bring at least one spare, charged battery as well as my own. I have never had any problems with these batteries and I only have good things to say about them. The battery can be purchased for around 15-20 pounds and this is...

g-sus 20.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sony InfoLithium H Series NP-FH50 Lithium Ion

360 Rechargeable Battery

Advantages: battery life
Disadvantages: cost

...Here it is, the solution to the hassle of constantly swapping out batteries from the xbox 360 controller's battery pack. This product will definitely save you money as you'll be spending much less on AA batteries especially if you play your 360 a lot. This battery pack however is absolutely useless without the recharging chord or recharging dock. The rechargeable battery pack is very convenient but if you're playing with the controller while it's recharging the controller becomes a wired controller for a couple hours which is not necessarily a bad thing. Also I feel the price for this product is a little steep but I guess it does save you money in the long run. The batteries do last for a long time and I rarely recharge my batteries. This product is a must buy for hardcore 360 owners but for the casual gamer who only plays every...

clra2 23.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Xbox 360 Rechargeable Battery Pack

A normal battery

Advantages: long lasting
Disadvantages: might have problems when recharging it

...This lithium ion battery offers a long lasting video recording time for your cam recorder . It has the looks , the shape and the price as all other batteries and it is easy to use , just put it in the place for battery like the sketch shows on the camcorder . It is better and more of a high quality then the one that comes with the camera . Also by recycling it you can save the surronding enviroment . I reccomend also buying a new charger for the battery , because in my case the one that came with the cam recorder has let me down after two weeks from when i bought the camera. it just didn't want to charge the battery. what else should is say... it is just a normal battery...

TheGoldenOne 23.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of Panasonic CGA DU07E/1B Lithium Ion

Battery flattery

Advantages: reassurance of Nikon brand
Disadvantages: generic equivalents are cheaper

...This battery uses Li-ion technology which has been a great relief to me as I am the world's least disciplined battery charger, slapping batteries into chargers at any old state of charge. You can imagine that back in the days of NiCads and their dreaded memory effect, my batteries soon became useless. These are much more user-friendly. I would say that a spare battery like this is absolutely essential. On my Coolpix 4500 you get very little warning of imminent battery failure, it just tells you it's run out and shuts down. These only seem to take about 3-4 hours to charge and they're quite small. A nice feature of this battery is that Nikon provide a small snap-on plastic terminal cover so there's no risk of the spare shorting and discharging in your bag or pocket. It's best not to lose this cover because the terminals of this...

baublebag 08.07.2004 · Read review
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Review of Nikon EN EL1 Lithium Ion

For those with VERY deep pockets!

Advantages: Can't think of any - buy a third party battery at a tenth of the price!
Disadvantages: Disgustingly overpriced

...Original Equipment Manufacturer's (OEM) accessories are usually sold at a premium, but the price of this particular battery is verging on the excessive! Battery technology has improved almost beyond recognition, largely as a result of the mobile telephone industry demanding greater capacity cells in a smaller format - the knock on effect is that smaller volume products have been able to cash in on the research. Olympus have adopted the BLM-1 package as it's format of choice for it's latest range of mid to high priced cameras. With a nominal capacity of 1,500 mAh, using rechargeable lithium ion technology, this cell packs a considerable punch in a moderately small unit. Lithium Ion has distinct advantages over 'traditional' Nickel cadmium cells, being free of the dreaded 'memory effect' - where to maintain optimum capacity...

dobieg 10.11.2005 · Read review
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Review of Olympus BLM-1 Lithium Ion

More brilliance from sony.

Advantages: Brilliant battery life, looksa and size
Disadvantages: Probarably don't need a spare

...was not dry at the end of it. As for the size of it, it is only 35mmx41mmx8 mm and weighes a megre 300g. This size not only means that the camera is that much more compact but also a spare is very easy to transport as is the charger. I know that it gets concealed in the camera but for a battery it is pretty good looking and is a pleasure to use. As with most batteries, their life decreases in low temperature bsurroundings, which is fine if you constantly use it in England or the Med but if you holiday in the arctic or equivalent then a spare battery would be pretty important. One other important thing is that if you don't use the battery that often, then you have to make sure that you fully charge it up and drain it once a year. The only only battery pack i have experience is an olympus one in my dad's digital camera, which even...

MVP017 12.09.2007 · Read review
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Review of Sony NP BG1 Lithium Ion