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 enlarge | From: Nyko
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $21.49
You Save: $8.50 (28%)
New (72) Used (2) from $21.49
Avg. Customer Rating:  440 reviews
Sales Rank: 20
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 27 x 4.6 x 3.4
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 87000
Model: 87000
UPC: 743840870005
EAN: 0743840870005
ASIN: B000LFJNF2
Release Date: March 15, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Great Investment for a Wii User November 2, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
It's a Great item for a Wii System, since the Remote needs an energy source because of its wireless nature. I bought this charger since the beginning I had the Wii, because I heard some opinions of friends who mentioned that for a pretty extensive gameplay, regular "AA" Bateries get dead in a matter of Hours, so you need to keep buying batteries over and over again.
I decided for this Nyko Charger over other models ( of different Brands ) that are USB Based, basically because this one is plugged directly to the AC power of the wall; unlike USB Wii chargers that need to be plugged into something else, like the Wii Itself or a USB port of a Computer. For these cases if you buy a USB charger and you plug it into the Wii, the problem I see with this USB based Technology is that the USB charger demands extra power from the Wii meanwhile you are charging your Remotes, and that extra power means to over heat the Wii in one way or another and that's no good.
This doesn't happen if you connect it to the wall AC Power. It charges each remote in a matter of 3 - 4 hours and remember: as Well as a Cell phone Battery, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHARGE THE REMOTE EVERYTIME YOU PLAY JUST BECAUSE YOU WANT TO HAVE THE REMOTE ALWAYS CHARGED. You Will Kill the rechargable Battery before time. YOU MUST CHARGE THE BATTERY WHEN THE REMOTE HOME BUTTON DISPLAYS IT IS IN RED or YOU GET THE MESSAGE ON YOUR TV or IT JUST TURNS OFF. Then you can proceed to make a FULL CHARGE of the Battery, Ok?.
It's easy to use, Blue light means it is Charging and Green Light means the Remote is Fully Charged. You Save a lot of money by replacing "AA" Batteries, unless you have Rechargable "AA" Batteries.
Five stars is fair enough for Nyko and This Product.
Great product October 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
it is really easy to figure out if your remoters are fullfilled by just look at the color change of the LED light at the bottom of the charge staion
Wii Charge Station October 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This item keeps your Wii remotes always ready to use. The strap and rubber covers do make it a bit cumbersome to keep in the stand but it does work well.
Does the work, but design is not perfect October 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Have used this for months. It saves you from keeping changing battery on the Wii control which is very annoying and wasting. But there're defects on the mechanical design as pointed out by others. When put the controller on the slot, sometimes you have to adjust it mutiple times to make the contacts on the back have a good touch. What makes it difficult is that you can hardly tell what's the right pisition that makes the difference. A small guide or latch on mechanical would easily improve this one to a 5-star.
A great addition, but a few tweaks away from perfection October 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm much happier with the charge station over endlessly swapping out batteries in the Wii controllers, but there are a few minor tweaks I would make to the next revision:
1. Add a groove in the center of the remote cradle for the hand strap to rest. I can still charge with the handstrap attached, but it's a more tenuous way to place the charger in the dock. If I get bored one day a Dremel tool can fix that issue quickly :)
2. I don't use skins for my Wii controllers, but apparently they don't work well with the charge station. I wonder if creating the station to accommodate the skins and then having some snap-in sleeves for the naked controllers would work.
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