Pickle Power PS3 Controller Battery, 2 Pack LIP1359 Battery for Sony PS3 PlayStation 3 Dualshock 3 CECHZC2E CECHZC2U Controller with USB Cable

I posted some pictures along with this review. Seems like a pretty solid deal to me. You get 2 batteries, the necessary tools to open the controller, and a replacement mini USB cable to charge your batteries once it's installed in the controllers. I also used the iFixIt website to guide me on what to do just to be sure. Last week I found out the battery was dead after wanting to connect it to my PC and use it. I installed a new battery and it works just like before. As you can see in the last picture, the battery works and the lights were on and flashing like it was trying to connect to something. The 1st picture shows the replacement battery on the left and the original (dead) one on the right. As for how long the battery lasts, I'm not sure. However, the listing makes it sound like it lasts longer than the original, which I'm not complaining about. Just be careful when lifting the back cover off the controller so that the buttons don't come flying off.Also happy to say that it connected to and works just fine on my PC, though downloading and installing the necessary drivers was also required to actually use it. In my case, I used DsHidMini after being redirected from ScpToolkit, though there is also DS4Windows if you want to go the button remapping route. Both of these are open-source too.

Seems to be great so far. Easy to install. This is going to be a great way to extend the overall life of my controller which is very old by now.

I haven't tested the actual battery life yet, but mine came charged and the controller I repaired worked right away. I had purchased a controller with a dead battery that paired and worked while plugged in with a charging cable, but the battery would no longer hold a charge. Accidentally hitting the PS button while putting the controller back together with the new battery unit even turned my PS3 on from another room.While I didn't particularly need another screwdriver or cable, the fact that those are included, along with a little spudger tool, is nice. If you don't have these things but need to replace a battery, you at least get everything in one box. You could probably do without the spudger, but it doesn't hurt to have one just in case, and the screwdriver has a magnetized tip which is always a handy feature. (Yes, you can magnetize your own screwdrivers, but again, with this kit you don't need to do or have anything extra.)It's overall a good price for what you get, I just hope the battery ends up lasting as long as an original one did since I used to get really good battery life from PS3 controls before. In the past I've had to change other parts before the battery itself ever went bad.

I bought these to replace the other replacement batteries I purchased years ago and these are much better. The lead wires are just the right length to have enough wiggle room but not so loose that i have to stuff it in the controller afterwards. I'm glad they included a charging cable because my old one from Sony had a short in it. The screwdriver and pry tool were also a plus because I misplaced my screwdriver a while back and the plastic pry tool made it so I wouldn't damage the controller's shell.

Battery is great and the included screwdriver and plastic spudger are quality which makes the job easier compared to other kits Ive used in the past.

Worked great at first….But 3 months later it will not charge. You can keep the cord in it and it will still play, but dies as soon as you unplug it.Seller wanted to make things right, and had no problem sending me a replacement. Wasn’t expecting them to do that three months later. Excellent customer service.I received my replacement in the mail and it turns out that my original batteries were fine, there was just something wrong with the charging cord that came with it. I tried the cord that came with the new batteries and they started charging again. I was very happy. Changed my review to 5 stars.

One of the batteries was "free" of it's plastic protective shell inside the box, and was loose in the package. There was a sizable "dent" in the battery that I observed but didn't think much of it.Turns out, that's REALLY BAD for LITHIUM BATTERIES.I installed this battery without issue, and my controller did not turn on when trying to power it up (discharged in storage or shipping?) I plugged in the controller and went on my day, installing the second pickle battery in another controller.About 30 minutes later I smelled something electrical - like the "magic smoke" we know of with electronics. The battery had went into thermal runaway and melted the controller housing and left scorch marks on the PCB near where the wires come out of the battery. I threw the controller outside in my fire pit (sand bottom) and just checked on it, did not go thermo-nuclear but I'm out of a controller when all I did was spend $14 on 2 replacement batteries. I'm not making this up. If I wasn't at home and caught this I might be filing an insurance claim.Do i think this will happen with every pickle power battery? Of course not, but it happened to me, and I am furious.