PSP Batteries

[owsf2000]

Normally they sell for about 40-50 bucks around here locally. So it wasn't that hard for me to decide to buy the last two batteries at Zellers the other day that they were selling for 20 each. One of them was a Stamina battery (2200mAh) while the other was one of the older standard batteries (1800mAh). With this, I can feel a bit more at ease with the PSP. Odds are the PSP itself will die before I run out of functional batteries.... which means I should see about getting a second PSP in the future!

I don't particularly like rechargeables since eventually you know it's going to die. This is one plus I had for the PSP (non-Go variants) since it has an easily replaceable battery. Sony would probably get me on the PS3 train a little easier if they had controllers that had easily replaceable batteries. (As it is, your PS3 controller is fit for the garbage when it's rechargeable battery no longer holds a charge. The instructions given for removal of the battery in the instruction manuals is for the purpose of recycling, not replacement. Essentially you're not likely, or expected, to get the controller back together afterwards.)

Comments

[alessar.livejournal.com]

I have a stamina battery and it's nice, except I started having issues where the psp would just instant off. My theory was that the battery was so heavy it was pulling away from the contacts when I gave it the wrong kind of jostle--like setting it down on the desk. So, watch that. I went back to the original for a while but went back to stamina when I got Persona 1. Haven't had that problem re-occur so maybe it was just not seated correctly.

[owsf2000.livejournal.com]

That might have been the case, but I'll keep it in mind whenever I need to switch the battery out. (Personally I'm hoping it'll be years before I have to worry about it!)