PSP question (battery power)

[jeccaneko]

I have a PSP 3000, specifically the silver one that came in the Ratchet and Clank pack. I am having fun with it, but it feels like the power drains so fast in comparison to my DS Lite. Is it possible to buy a bigger battery or something?

[killer_roach]

Yes, there is an extended capacity battery that Sony sells. I paid $45 for mine, and it comes with a different battery door cover to accommodate the larger battery.

I still think you'll find that the DS gets better battery life, but with the extended capacity battery I'm getting about 7-10 hours of battery life on my 3000.

[onidragon]

Yeah, it's a well known fact that PSPs drain batteries alot faster than DSes. I still get about 6 hours out of my 3000 though.

[Bearclaw]

I get about 7 hours on my PSP on a single charge and only 4 hours on my DS (which is newer). Then gain, I only use my PSP for music so the screen is rarely on.

[jeccaneko]

I feel like I only get maybe 5 hours of battery life currently. Granted, I have been playing with the volume up as I'm playing Final Fantasy Tactics and I love that soundtrack. But that pretty much means I need to charge the PSP about every other day with the amount of gaming I do. It's getting annoying. :(

I might get that bigger battery. I'll especially want it starting in June when I'll be spending more time in airports and in airplanes.

[kiggidykev]

The larger batteries are an excellent investment, if you plan on being away from an outlet from a longer period of time.

There's always the option of turning down the light to save battery life.

[jeccaneko]

There's always the option of turning down the light to save battery life.

True. I should do that. I keep my DS Lite down to a lowerish setting and only boost it when I'm in an environment where it's hard to see. Thanks for the reminder on that.

[kiggidykev]

Thanks for the reminder on that.

Anytime! I'm rather partial to the brighest setting on mine, because it's a really old model of PSP, so it goes through the battery really fast.

It's funny because even though I call it a portable, I only play it when I'm near an outlet :D

[jeccaneko]

It's funny because even though I call it a portable, I only play it when I'm near an outlet :D

That's how I thought of every portable I owned before the GBA SP. If they took disposable batteries I didn't feel like buying batteries. So I sat by an outlet with the adapter in. Especially when it came to power sucking portables like Game Gear. Game Gear felt like it only got like 2 hours of gameplay on brand new batteries.

[killer_roach]

Yeah, the Game Gear was terrible with batteries...

I was getting about 5 hours off of the normal PSP battery as well.

[topperharley]

I only use my PSP for music so the screen is rarely on.

Isn't it the UMD drive that is the main power suck?