Anyone brought one of these > Pelican PlayStation 3 Charge Station

Things change I've changed · 28 Feb 2008 at 07:14

Pelican PlayStation 3 Charge Station, review by IGN here >http://uk.gear.ign.com/articles/828/828344p1.html

I was thinking of picking one up in town today, just wondering is anyone has brought one and can tell me if they think they are any good, build quality etc, @ £30 it's quite expensive but it looks pretty neat and it could save me plugging in that daft small charging cable you get with the PS3, basically before I go to bed at night I would just pop my controllers on there, what you think guys, worth 30 quid ?

Insanity · 28 Feb 2008 at 07:33

Looks pretty nifty actually. I reckon it'd serve its purpose well. Im interested to hear about the build quality too.

rp2000 · 28 Feb 2008 at 12:18

I hate things like this tbh. ripoffs when you can buy a long usb cable for a couple of quid.

My mate has bought 2 of the the ones that charge individual controllers (not sure which brand).

I wouldn't pay £30 for the convenience of "dropping" it into the docking station when I can just plug in a USB cable.

I can;t understand how companies can make money out of a recharging solution when the ps3 comes with one out of the box (albeit with only 1M suppressed USB cables).

rp2000

Nymins · 28 Feb 2008 at 12:20

Yea seems a bit of a rip for what it is. The mini usb cable that mine came with does the job fine.

rp2000 · 28 Feb 2008 at 12:30

If you really want something like this, my mate has 2 of these:

http://www.4gamers.net/sonyp3.htm

They can be had for about 7 quid each.

rp2000

Whappers · 28 Feb 2008 at 12:33

The problem with all these chargers is that the Playstation 3 needs to be fully powered on to charge them. It's a bit silly really. Why couldn't they have designed the console to charge controllers like the X360?

Spud21 · 28 Feb 2008 at 12:38

I like it, think it looks good, the fact that it charges from the mains would be useful as well. I'll probably look into getting one, more for the aesthetics than anything else as it buggs me hvaing a cable dangling out of my Ps3.

Streeteh · 28 Feb 2008 at 12:39

Whappers said:
The problem with all these chargers is that the Playstation 3 needs to be fully powered on to charge them. It's a bit silly really. Why couldn't they have designed the console to charge controllers like the X360?

The pelican one charges the controllers from an ac adapter - no need to plug it into your PS3.

Memphis · 28 Feb 2008 at 12:43

Whappers said:
The problem with all these chargers is that the Playstation 3 needs to be fully powered on to charge them. It's a bit silly really. Why couldn't they have designed the console to charge controllers like the X360?

Given the PS3 does sit in a standby mode, it's crazy that it doesn't charge the controllers really.

Whappers · 28 Feb 2008 at 12:47

Streeteh said:
The pelican one charges the controllers from an ac adapter - no need to plug it into your PS3.

In that case I'll br getting one. I've been looking for a solution to this problem for a while.

Memphis said:
Given the PS3 does sit in a standby mode, it's crazy that it doesn't charge the controllers really.

Do you think they could fix this in a future firmware upgrade or do you think it's a hardware limitation and therefore not possible?

Whappers.

Memphis · 28 Feb 2008 at 12:48

Whappers said:
Do you think they could fix this in a future firmware upgrade or do you think it's a hardware limitation and therefore not possible?

Whappers.

As a total and utter guess, I would like to think it could be done via firmware, but I couldn't say with any sort of fact.

Streeteh · 28 Feb 2008 at 12:51

I would say firmware updates would be possible. The reason for this guess is that it is possible to remotely turn on the PS3 via wifi using a PSP - if this is possible it suggests the PS3 is still half awake and power could possibly be supplied to the USB ports.

Still a guess tho.

Dutch Guy · 28 Feb 2008 at 13:03

Streeteh said:
I would say firmware updates would be possible. The reason for this guess is that it is possible to remotely turn on the PS3 via wifi using a PSP - if this is possible it suggests the PS3 is still half awake and power could possibly be supplied to the USB ports.

Still a guess tho.

Maybe it is possible now, I turned on the option of turning on my PS3 with my PSP but as it turns out that also means the fan on the PS3 keeps spinning when it is in standby which is annoying.
Maybe when it is standby like that there is alo power to the USB ports?

Anyway I also never found recharging a problem, whenever I am playing and get the message the power is low I grab a long USB cable, plug it in and continue playing and shut down the PS3 when it is recharged.

Margaret · 28 Feb 2008 at 13:04

I charge my PS3 controllers via PC.

rp2000 · 28 Feb 2008 at 13:46

Jihad said:
I charge my PS3 controllers via PC.

Me too. none of us in this forum have a shortage of powered devices that are left on I would have thought that can be used for charging? i guess it's more for convenience.

rp2000

da_mic_1530 · 28 Feb 2008 at 13:47

Nymins said:
Yea seems a bit of a rip for what it is. The mini usb cable that mine came with does the job fine.

yeah I can't understand why you can't just USB charge it, save yourself 30 quid and buy a new game

Wyrdo · 28 Feb 2008 at 16:42

da_mic_1530 said:
yeah I can't understand why you can't just USB charge it, save yourself 30 quid and buy a new game

What he said.

Inoshishi · 28 Feb 2008 at 16:46

Why does everyone on here say brought and not bought?

Wyrdo · 28 Feb 2008 at 16:49

Inoshishi said:
Why does everyone on here say brought and not bought?

Because they're badly educated louts.

Steedie · 28 Feb 2008 at 16:52

I think I'll be buying one of these

Looks really smart and is quite a good idea. I know there are other things out there that do the same job but I really like the look of this solution