It's been a long time since I've said or written anything about the condition of some of the biggest needs for gamers worldwide. Personally, I believe third party recharge kits to be one of them. And since recently my old kit died off, I decided on a whim to buy 3rd Earth, which surprisingly satisfying, is no doubt flawed ever so slightly.
One of the key features I noticed straight off was the unique design of the battery pack itself. Coming from the first third party recharge kit from the Xbox One launch (That being the Energiser Power and Play Charger), I took note on their differences. While the PAP has old fashioned battery connectors, 3rd Earth has a mini USB port as its main power port, with the battery placed in the controller with the ability to plug directly into the charger itself.
As seen above, two controllers can be used at a time and recharging from empty to full takes about 2-3 hours, with the promised 20+ hours of gameplay from the controller. One of the smaller issues I've taken note from this is the battery time itself; in the earliest updates on the Xbox One, Microsoft allowed battery usage to be shown on the dashboard. Unfortunately the 3rd Earth batteries contradict that and constantly show a full battery on screen. Controller updating hasn't fixed this issue, which is a slight frustration reverting the update back to uselessness.
In short, for $35 dollars, the product itself is build to last and makes significant strides in this early advancement of Next (now current) Gen consoles. Although it has flaws, just like many other things in life, it is still well worth the asking price. Just remember to recharge often or perhaps the update will do better for you.
7/10
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