As much as I love my PS5, hot dang does the battery on both the DualSense and DualSence Edge controllers run out fast. Hell, somehow, the $199 premium PlayStation gamepad actually runs out of juice more quickly than its $69 sibling! Thankfully, I’ve found an excellent little gizmo that’s currently on sale that changes the game when it comes to boosting your controller’s battery life.
Right now, the NexiGo PS4 Rechargeable DualSense Controller Battery Pack is on sale for $17 at Amazon. Alright, so this is only a 10% discount that equates to a $2 compared to this charger pack normal list price of $19. But hey, a saving is a saving, right? And considering this gadget is already so cheap and has proven to be a genuine game-changer for my PlayStation peripherals, it’s worth every last cent.
Sony claims both the DualSense and the much more expensive DualSense Edge should provide between 6-12 hours of battery life before they’re completely drained. From my experience, my DualSense is out of power after about 6, while I’m lucky if I even get that from the Edge.
Enter NexiGo’s inexpensive and reliable battery pack NexioGo’s battery pack — which works with both versions of the DualSense — to save my bacon when I’m playing some of the best PS5 games.
As a quick aside from bigging up NexiGo’s awesome gamepad gadget, if you’re reading this piece, there’s a good chance you own a PS5. In which case, you absolutely need to check out PlayStation’s massive Labor Day sale, with offers on games from as little as $4.
Here are three of my favorite deals you can currently snap up...
Circling back to Nexico's rechargeable pack, the other night, I was playing the excellent Star Wars Outlaws and I had the dreaded “The battery on your controller is running low” message pop on my screen.
Before I bought NexiCo’s accessory, I would have been forced to either stick my controller into the charger stand that sits next to my LG G3 OLED (which is about 10ft away from my sofa), or connect my Edge to a 10ft USB-C charging cable If I wanted to keep kicking ass as the Han Solo-like Kay Vess.
With a fully charged NexiGo DualSense battery pack ready to go though, all I have to do is plug said pack into my controller’s USB-C connection, and hey presto, I’ve just extended my DuelSense Edge’s battery life by another five hours. That's basically double, based on my experience with the duo of "way too expensive" Edges I own.
Handily, the battery pack also shows you when its charge is beginning to drop via four LED lights, meaning there’s no danger of your pad turning off before that last light switches off.
Honestly, the NexiGo rechargeable battery pack is probably the best PS5 accessory I’ve bought. If you find your DualShock is draining faster than you'd like, NexiGo's charger is as an absolutely necessity.
