Advantages: lovely rooms, great food, good location, easily accessible Disadvantages: could be noisy at night
This week I stayed at the Holiday Inn Camden Lock for three nights while I was in London for work. My only previous trips to London have had me staying in the ExCel Novotel in Docklands so this was a new experience for me.
LOCATION
The hotel is located in Camden, next to (predictably!) Camden Lock. It is about a five minute walk from Camden Town tube station, which makes it fairly convenient if you?re having to use public transport to reach it. The website states that the hotel is also outwith the congestion zone, which I guess means you could drive down to the hotel and then use it as a base to get elsewhere using the tube or buses. (Although its worth noting that the website also states the car parking facility is 1km away!)
As it is right off the main street, it is very handy for all the shops, restaurants and bars too. Which ...
Advantages: Play for hours on end and just plug in and charge - good price Disadvantages: none
the xbox guide button and in the top corner on the menu on the screen it will show a level of battery in the controller. You will also be given a warning when the controller has 30 minutes of life left as it will flash all the lights around the middle several times.
Of course this kit has so many great benefits as it not only lasts for ages, it also has a relatively short chargetime of only a few hours and then gives you up to 30 hours of play. You can also play on it while it is charging and it won't disrupt your game when the controller runs out of battery as you can just carry on playing and it will be like using a wired controller for a short amount of time.
It also saves you on batteries. Instead of having to constantly change and buy new batteries which can cost up to several pounds for only a pack of something like 6 AA batteries ...
Advantages: Brilliant easy to use Disadvantages: unreliable
I have now bought two of these one of the Xbox versions and a cheaper version. The idea behind this is that the Xbox controller comes with a pack that fits two double A batteries but these are a bit of a waste of time because they run out of power so quickly.
When you buy this play and charge kit it has a power lead and a rechargeable battery. The idea is that you connect the power lead to the Xbox by a USB connection and the other end is attached to the controller. It charges the battery as you play The Xbox version is definitely a better quality than the other brands but I have had problems with the one I bought.
It only charges sporadically and I keep running out of charge. Very annoying! I won't criticise it to much because I bought it at Gamestation, it was pre owned. Unfortunately I didn't keep the receipt so I couldn ...
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