Xbox Play USB Charging Kit for vs Venom Twin Charging Dock with 2: Which Should You Buy?
Official Xbox battery kit or Venom's twin dock with two batteries, at practically the same price.
Xbox Xbox Play USB Charging Kit for Xbox Series
Venom Venom Twin Charging Dock with 2 x Rechargeable
Side by side
| Xbox Play USB Charging Kit for | Venom Twin Charging Dock with 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | £17.00 | £16.99 |
| Rating | ★★★★★ 4.5 | ★★★★★ 4.5 |
| Review count | 12,779 | 8,170 |
| Brand | Xbox | Venom |
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Our verdict
A single penny separates these at the time of writing, £17.00 versus £16.99, and both are rated 4.5, so the value calculation does the talking. Xbox's official kit gives you one rechargeable battery and a USB-C cable, letting you charge whilst playing, even with the console on standby. Venom's dock includes two 850mAh battery packs plus a charging stand with interchangeable covers for Series X, S and One pads. For a single-controller household that likes first-party reliability, the Xbox kit is tidy. For anyone with two controllers, Venom simply gives you double the batteries and a dock for the same money.
Which one is for you?
- Buy the Xbox charging kit if you run one controller and want the official play-and-charge experience with USB-C. Read our full look at the Xbox Play USB Charging Kit for →
- Buy the Venom twin dock if two controllers live in your house, because two batteries and a stand for the same price is plain arithmetic. Read our full look at the Venom Twin Charging Dock with 2 →
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