Recharge your PS3 Wireless Contoller the loading dock
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Maybe they should rename this...
Perhaps they need to rename this product to something more appropriate. Like, instead of calling it the "Psyclone Recharge Station for PlayStation 3" they should call it the "Psyclone Lights Up When It's Holding a PlayStation 3 Controller."
What do I mean? I mean that yes, all this product seems to do for me is light up its little blue lights when the PS3 controllers are docked into it properly. These lights are presumably how this product lets you know that your controllers are recharging. Well, if you presumed that, you would be incorrect. These little blue lights that only light up when a controller is docked into the product seem to only be for show.
After I bought this, I broke the packaging open and plugged in the Recharge Station and dropped in two new controllers hoping they'd be ready to go for some multiplayer gaming I had planned for later that evening. Lo and behold, the controllers had no charge come game time. At first I blamed myself for this error, but after further checking I discovered that no, it was the Recharge Station.
Even when controllers are docked with the blue light on, the PS3 does not say that your controller is charging as it does when you simply plug a USB cable directly into the controller. No matter what configuration I tried this was the case.
Basically, all I'm really trying to say is that this isn't worth buying. It's not even worth the cost to ship it if you buy it here, or the cost of gas to go buy it if you pick it up at a local store. The only reason this MIGHT be worth buying is if you need somewhere to set your controllers while they discharge that looks halfway cool and lights up with little blue lights.
Waste of money
Rather than reiterate, I am referring you the Nathaniel's Excellent post above. I had the same experience. Save your money and your time.
Not bad, could be better
This charger has worked flawlessly for me for several months. I think the problem the people in these other reviews are having is that this charger gets its power via usb. If these other people are plugging this charger into their playstation, this might be the issue. This is because the PS3 does not supply power to it's USB ports when the PS3 is turned off. So, if they plug the charger into the ps3, with it turned off and walk away, hoping for it to be charged, it isn't going to work. You'll either have to leave your ps3 on all the time in order to charge these controllers, which, lets face it, is -not- why we buy a charging base. If we wanted to charge our controllers via the usb ports on the front of the ps3, we could just use the usb cables included with the controllers (but we'd still have to leave the ps3 on). Luckily, my cable box has a usb port in front of it that does nothing at all, but does supply power enough for my controllers to be charged when I am ready to use them.
On top of it, the design of this unit does nothing to guide the controllers onto the usb port, or protect them from getting bent if the controller should happen to get removed at an angle. While my charger is still working well, I think it is only a matter of time before the usb ports break off. It took a long while before I got the hang of plugging in the controllers properly on a first attempt.
In short, this charger works well if you have a usb port that is always on to plug it into (NOT the PS3 usb ports). And the design isn't that great, as therre could/should be guides to ease plugging in controllers and to protect the charing ports. My suggestion would be to find a different charger, one powered by an ac adapter to ensure your controllers get charged when your ps3 is turned on. and something that helps to protect the usb ports and ease plugging the controller in.
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