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was up guys it's Lou from unbox therapy and today we're taking a look at the DualShock 3 charging station now this is an official Sony accessory I've seen similar things from third-party manufacturers that have been out longer but I have not been impressed by the stuff they've put out there either too flimsy or there's too many flashing lights all over them and I'm not a big fan of flashing lights no offense Kanye but anyway let's see if we can get inside this box and check out Sony's offering this box is a little bit like Fort Knox I'm not going to make you sit through my struggle so the first thing we're going to see is the adapter plates for the controllers they're really light so you don't have to worry about leaving those on the controllers all the time it's not going to change them too much the next thing we've got is the power adapter and power cable and the nice thing about that is that you can plug these into the wall to charge them which is going to charge them a little bit faster and it's also going to free up those USB ports on your PlayStation the next thing we have is a little bit of paperwork from Sony we're going to go ahead and throw that into oblivion there is no need for instructions on such a simple device so the next thing we got is the unit the main unit and this thing feels like it's got some good way to it I mean it feels sturdy better than those aforementioned options and here's a closer look at the contacts and also where your power plug gets inserted so here's that power adapter a pretty small power brick should be easy enough to hide and you got a right angle connector on this side so you can slide it up in there and make sure it stays hidden so the next thing we've got is our adapter plates and these things basically convert your mini USB port into a set of contacts that then make contact with the charging station so you guys know what I'm talking about and as I mentioned they're really light and once you've got them inserted in the controller let's see if I can figure this out there's those contacts I was talking about so once you've got this inserted in the controller it doesn't add too much bulk at all in fact you can't even really tell it's on there as I turn the controller over here you'll see it exposes these contacts here and there's also a little clip on there so you can kind of tell when it's made proper contact in the dock and as you're using it as a controller it doesn't affect the usability at all as far as I can see so the charger you just drop that baby right on there and you'll hear a little tiny click and when you see those lights start flashing you'll know you're in business so I like the appearance overall it's understated you know basic straightforward industrial design the way it should be and here's what it looks like next to my gaming setup a lot better than the previous way I had it with USB cables going crazy all over the place anyway guys I hope you'll click that like and favorite button it's those two buttons that help to promote my content here on YouTube which in turn allows me to produce more stuff for you to watch anyway guys until next time thanks for watching