Xbox Series X / S

Can anyone recommend some rechargeable AA Lithium batteries? I happened to have some of these on-hand: https://www.takealot.com/energizer-aa-ultimate-lithium-batteries/PLID15125837 and decided to test two of them in the controller. I am VERY impressed with what I'm seeing so far. Multiple multi-hour gaming sessions over the weekend and it's still reporting as full. On my normal rechargeables, I'm lucky to get two gaming sessions (of 1 - 2.5 hours) from the batteries and they're fairly newish.
 
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AlphaJohn said:
Gears (Anything with X/S in the logo) will have to stay internal, for the rest just make sure the external is SATA 3 else you will notice speed drop.

Oh and I use the rear USB slots, dont know if that has any impact but like to keep the front open for charge cable or such.
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That's a big help thanks. Just had a quick look at Tomb Raider and Rude off the external, both ran well :)
 
martin said:
Can anyone recommend some rechargeable AA Lithium batteries? I happened to have some of these on-hand: https://www.takealot.com/energizer-aa-ultimate-lithium-batteries/PLID15125837 and decided to test two of them in the controller. I am VERY impressed with what I'm seeing so far. Multiple multi-hour gaming sessions over the weekend and it's still reporting as full. On my normal rechargeables, I'm lucking to get two gaming sessions (of 1 - 2.5 hours) from the batteries and they're fairly newish.
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The green rechargeable Energisers have worked well for me for years.
 
martin said:
Can anyone recommend some rechargeable AA Lithium batteries? I happened to have some of these on-hand: https://www.takealot.com/energizer-aa-ultimate-lithium-batteries/PLID15125837 and decided to test two of them in the controller. I am VERY impressed with what I'm seeing so far. Multiple multi-hour gaming sessions over the weekend and it's still reporting as full. On my normal rechargeables, I'm lucking to get two gaming sessions (of 1 - 2.5 hours) from the batteries and they're fairly newish.
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I use these: https://www.takealot.com/energizer-aa-2300mah-rechargeable-batteries/PLID28058169

I now have 2 older energizer rechargables (I don't know how old these are, and when last they were used, so performance isn't great as they've been sitting for possibly years). The new ones are much more boss. I get a lot of life out of them. When the one set dies, I swap them out with charged ones and start charging the dead ones. So I always have at least one fully charged set waiting to go.
 
YM_80 said:
The green rechargeable Energisers have worked well for me for years.
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mr_norris said:
I use these: https://www.takealot.com/energizer-aa-2300mah-rechargeable-batteries/PLID28058169

I now have 2 older energizer rechargables (I don't know how old these are, and when last they were used, so performance isn't great as they've been sitting for possibly years). The new ones are much more boss. I get a lot of life out of them. When the one set dies, I swap them out with charged ones and start charging the dead ones. So I always have at least one fully charged set waiting to go.
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Thanks gents, these seem to be NiMH though? I would really like to get my hands on some rechargeable Lithium AA batteries if such a product exists.

(I was gifted what looks like a fairly decent Lithium charger that I would like to put to good use if possible)

EDIT: can't find anything available locally. While 14500s are the right size, they're not the right voltage. Amazon has some options available but as far as I know, shipping batteries internationally is not something they're fond of.
 
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mr_norris said:
I use these: https://www.takealot.com/energizer-aa-2300mah-rechargeable-batteries/PLID28058169

I now have 2 older energizer rechargables (I don't know how old these are, and when last they were used, so performance isn't great as they've been sitting for possibly years). The new ones are much more boss. I get a lot of life out of them. When the one set dies, I swap them out with charged ones and start charging the dead ones. So I always have at least one fully charged set waiting to go.
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I use the same ones. Get about 40-50 hours of use before I have to swap them out
 
martin said:
Thanks gents, these seem to be NiMH though? I would really like to get my hands on some rechargeable Lithium AA batteries if such a product exists.
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Have never seen rechargeable lithium batteries at retail level locally. The NiMH ones work just fine for us. Each set is marked so that they do not get mixed up, and there is always at least 4 charged batteries on stand-by.
 
AlphaJohn said:
Forgot to commend you on the clean white set-up. Not everyone can go that route and keep it neat.

Personally I opted to join the dark side
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Thanks, not entirely by choice. The lady insists on the floating shelf and no cables, which is a pain with the way everything is setup, pretty far away from the plug.

Plan on getting some white cable covers to neaten it up a bit, but that's about as far as I want to go. Need to plug my mecer inverter in too :)
 
theratman said:
Thanks, not entirely by choice. The lady insists on the floating shelf and no cables, which is a pain with the way everything is setup, pretty far away from the plug.

Plan on getting some white cable covers to neaten it up a bit, but that's about as far as I want to go. Need to plug my mecer inverter in too :)
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Open her bag, find your pair, and put them back on

We had the same fight though. In the end we settled that I get free reign over the lounge, and she gets the rest of the house...
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
Open her bag, find your pair, and put them back on

We had the same fight though. In the end we settled that I get free reign over the lounge, and she gets the rest of the house...
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Hahaha, I'm just glad to have it in the lounge, fortunately she plays on it a fair bit so it wasn't a long discussion, and it beats having to plug the laptop in.

But yeah, I'll take a TV stand over a floating shelf any day.
 
Pegasus said:
I'm playing AC IV on my Xbox 360 and 12 year old Plasma TV, thinking it looks awesome.
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AC 4 looked a lot better on the One, can't believe how long ago I finished it and never went to unity
 
They're decent. I went rechargeable at least ten years ago. One thing I would say is stick with the name brands, same with power packs. You might pay a bit more but it's worth it.
 
Gamos said:
Is Spiderman and Dark Souls finished? Bored with no Game Pass to tie you over? Then, my friend, you are in the right thread! For only R6999+R15 you can start enjoying Halo and Gears until you are absolutely sick of it! Play Jedi Fallen Order until you can choke out Vader, and be Leadfoot van der Merwe in Forza 4. You know you want to! Give your TV stand a break from carrying that heavy white monstrosety. Give it to charity. Join the GP cult. Resistance is futile. :)
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You can’t play Forza 4....

Yes I’m being difficult.
 
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