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Nintendo DS Lite Charger Grip | 
 enlarge | From: NYKO Technologies
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $10.99
You Save: $9.00 (45%)
New (7) from $10.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 2379
Platform: Nintendo Ds
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7 x 6 x 2.5
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 82053
Model: 82053
UPC: 743840820536
EAN: 0743840820536
ASIN: B000NKPE4E
Release Date: July 9, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery provides up to 8 hours of additional play time | | • | Ergonomic design provides user with a more comfortable, less strenuous grip, enabling longer gaming sessions | | • | Existing DS Lite AC adaptor simultaneously charges handheld and Charger Grip | | • | Easy installation and removal |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
With this ergonomic rechargeable Power Grip for Nintendo DS Lite, you'll enjoy longer periods of gaming without having to recharge. It's great for road trips or flights.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
Second one works fine August 18, 2008
The first Charger Grip we received wouldn't charge. NYKO customer service advised exchanging it for a new unit. Returning it through Amazon was very easy as postage and mailing label printed easily from the Amazon website. The replacement Charger Grip arrived faster than the first and has worked flawlessly to provide on the fly recharges to my son's Nintendo DS lite. It was definitely a better choice than buying a generic replacement battery for the aging original equipment Nintendo rechargeable battery. I have no hesitation in recommending this product. Excellent value.
 Works pretty well as a grip -- bad as a battery July 24, 2008
Upon someone's suggestion I decided to try one of these. I didn't see any other similar products that didn't look to be of a really low quality, so I went ahead with this.
First of all, as you'll note others saying, there are issues with the built in battery. It doesn't charge well (and gets worse very quickly over time.) More importantly though, it tries to force too much power through at once or shorts out or something, so drains the battery even faster (and getting it even hotter) and even has been reported in some cases to damage chargers (I did not test this much, so can't comment on how true this is or is not.) In the case of mine, it was already so bad by the time I got it as to make the charger part useless. It would not even hold enough charge to power the DS for more than a second after the orange light came on before it would quit (and this is even with the DS turned off.) After some deliberation I decided it wasn't worth trying to send back as I bought this for the grip rather than the charger and simply cut that part off (though if you have the security screwdriver it would be better simply to disable it as that part works very nicely to help hold the DS in place -- despite that it seems to have been intended for that though, my DS seems to stay in well. If I need an emergency charger, I have a USB charging cable and there are many devices that can power USB devices via a battery. Now I just use it as a grip. Which brings me to my second point.
As a grip, it's not so bad. I wish it were a little thinner in the middle to give the sides more roundness. Also, it still doesn't perfectly solve the problem that some games can be a little rough on the hands (particularly Mario Kart) so it may not be ideal for everyone (but then it doesn't help that my hands are just the wrong size apparently -- small for an adult, but large for a child.) I do still get some discomfort from time to time and can see some room for improvement here and there, but, overall it does succeed in making using a DS Lite easier on the hands by a fair margin. One thing I like is how it uses the stylus holder to help hold the DS in and provides a stylus holder in itself to compensate. Sadly though, the stylus can be really hard to pull out of the provided holder with this grip which might be a problem in some games requiring one to work quickly.
PS. Remember people, even lithium ion batteries loose capacity as you use more recharge cycles. If your DS has been used for a long time, you may just need a new battery more than you need any sort of backup charger. I would suggest that if you are considering this product, you should consider it more on the merits as a grip than any sort of backup power system. I do rate it a 3/5 because it has a decent amount of room for improvement as a grip, but overall I feel like it's worth the relatively small amount I spent on it.
 Everything I was expecting! July 1, 2008
My NDS is my number one companion on trips, specially per plane. So this has turned out to be an excellent purchase for my ever growing collection. It will give me extra battery when I'm unable to charge my DS making it much easier to carry around without worries
5 to 8 extra charge hours? Who could ask for anything more?!?!?
Great stuff June 24, 2008
It combines very well to things that I was looking for my DS: more time to play and in a comfortable way.
Ok grip, charger, not so good May 29, 2008
I bought this so I could play some games like Mario Kart or Metroid without getting cramps, the extra battery was a plus.
I can play better when I'm using this and my hands don't hurt anymore, I'm 28 I have big hands.
The extra battery was good at first but the position of the on/off switch made it easy to turn it on accidentaly while traveling. I'm not sure if that was the only reason but suddenly I couldn't get the thing to give me more than a few minutes of extra charge.
If I had to buy another, I would probably go for wider grips for more comfort and no battery option.
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