I have the Play & Charge brought me because I wanted simple and unproblematic to charge the battery. First, this has also worked wonderfully. The battery life was decent. After about a year of battery, however, has not stopped working at once, so I only can play with cables with the kit. Therefore, I advise all to the purchase of good normal batteries (min. 2500). You have to change from time to time, but they hold even longer and are not as änfällig.