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Wii Battery Kit - Colors May Vary
 
Manufacturer: Nyko
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Product Description
Works With The Nintendo WiiTM Charge Station (Nyk87000); Provides Up To 25 Hours Of Playtime On 2-Hour Charge; Rubberized Battery Cover In 5 Custom Colors Provides Superior Grip ; Includes Nimh Rechargeable Battery Pack & Custom Battery Cover With Contact

Product Details
  • For use exclusively with Nyko?s Charge Station for Wii
  • Up to 25 hours of play time on a 2 hour charge
  • Rubberized grip provides superior grip
  • Includes NiMH rechargeable battery pack
  • Make all of your Wii-Remotes compatible with the Charge Station -sold separately

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Almost perfect
 
Review Date: October 26, 2007
Reviewer: El Geraldo, Texas, USA
I got the Nyko twin pack battery/charger plus one extra battery, since we have 3 kids and 3 Wii remotes.

Pros:

* Charging dock has built-in AC supply, so no clunky wall wart adapter to find a home for - just plug the dock into a convenient AC socket.
* Dock doesn't get warm (either while or while not charging batteries) which is unusual for cheap consumer electronic devices.
* Battery and cover are a perfect fit into the Wii remote.
* Comes with NiMH batteries (rather than the cheaper NiCd) so they should last a long time despite not being given 'good charging etiquette'.
* Looks like the designer put a proper charging circuit in, since the LEDs on the front go blue for 'charging' and green for 'finished'. I hate it when batteries are left roasting indefinitely.

Cons:

* Would have been nice if the supplied battery covers were of a different color - helps kids to know which are remotes 1, 2 and 3 before grabbing them. This is a constant source of squabbling in our house. There is a pecking order to who gets controller #1.
* There is no slot on the dock for the Wii remote strap to exit. You have to hold it awkwardly to the side while clicking the remote into the dock. This makes the charging contacts only just make contact. Any slight move and the remote stops charging. Tweeny kids are not very good at doing this.
Doesn't last!
 
Review Date: April 13, 2008
Reviewer: Nathalie Barnes-fichter, Miami, Florida USA
I purchased the Nyko charger and an extra battery kit and in the beginning it was great!! It saved us alot of money on disposable batteries and we had no complaints at all. Unfortunately, after only 3 months two of the rechargeable batteries stopped working. I wrote to Nyko to ask them if this was a normal occurrance or if I could purchase replacement batteries but I never received a response. I find that a 3 month life span is a bit short for the price that we paid and the lack of customer service is offensive.
Perfect for the Nyko Charger Set
 
Review Date: September 18, 2007
Reviewer: A. Lee, Oakland, California
This way you don't have to get another entire Nyko charger set. I'm not sure how long the rechargeable batteries last but i'm sure they eventually run out of juice. At $6.99 each you can't go wrong. I may even get some extras. Only bad thing is you cannot choose the color on the backing! I purchased one on 9/12/07 and rec'd a turquoise one.
Wii must have
 
Review Date: December 27, 2007
Reviewer: Adam,
These are a simple must have if you already own the Nyko charge station. The charge feature is very nice and I'm very pleased with the added grip, some of the grips that you can buy for the Wii controller are very big and make the controller almost unusable.

Though it appears that the site only has the one color you can actually find these in your local electronics store in multiple colors making it that much easier to designate who's is who's. Please know that because of how the controller charges you cannot have an additional grip or skin as it will not sit correctly in the base (unless of coarse you take the additional grip off before charging.)

Additionally some of you may have already read my post for the charger itself but I would like to repost some of it here as it will help extend the life of your charger.

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When it comes to rechargeable batteries of any type they are not meant to be left on the charger 24/7. Constant charging when the battery is at maximum charge will wear it down and make it so they can't hold a charge.

My advise is to place the controllers on the charger only when the controller is getting to the point of dying. Then place it on the charger and let it charge all the way before removing it. As soon as the light shows that it is charged take it off base.

I understand that at times you need to use more than one controller or one might be dying before the other is charged but I promise you that if you can follow these steps your battery life will last much longer.

Have fun everyone!
Good for the first couple of months
 
Review Date: May 29, 2008
Reviewer: T. Jarrett,
This product worked extremely well the first month but after a while it stopped working. You place the battery in the charger and it would say that it's charged even when it wasn't. I even kept it in the charger for days it would not charge but yet the charge light would be green. Tried to contact Nyko and got no response or help at all. I even recommended the product to some friends and family members and they all ran into the same issue.

Advice would be to charge it but keep it off the charging dock until it's completely drained before charging it again.
Essential for wiimoting
 
Review Date: November 6, 2007
Reviewer: phoenix, ohio United States
The rechargable battery is great because you needent keep dumping money on aa's but the real star of the show is the rubberised back which gives you a far greater grip on the slippery when sweaty wiimote.

PROBLEM SOLVED-you needent even use the strap with a rubberised battery cover.
Awesome Investment
 
Review Date: October 12, 2007
Reviewer: Emily G. Burkhardt, Dundalk, MD United States
I would just like to say that for all of you Nintendo Wii owners out there these rechargeable battery packs are a worthwhile investment. My fiancee and I were buying the rechargeable batteries but it was hard to keep them charged for long periods of time. WIth the Wii Chargestation and these battery packs and covers it makes life a whole lot easier and I would rather purchase this than have to go through a million batteries because it gets very expensive very quickly. So I say that you should definitely buy these if you are a gamer because they will dave you a lot of time and money.
nice product, odd colors
 
Review Date: October 10, 2007
Reviewer: H. Bradberg, MN
We already owned the charging station, but was unable to find the battery packs anywhere else! We are happy, and the life is long. The only this is the colors. We ordered 4, and got 1 grey, 1 pink and 2 green ones. Odd. It would be nice to pick your colors instead.
Great Buy
 
Review Date: October 18, 2007
Reviewer: Sujit Vattenky,
I was tired of having to use batteries in my Wii controllers. I have four controllers and two of them had rechargeable batteries from the charging station Wii Charge Station. So i purchased two more from amazon. The grips are great and the battery life is long. My only complaint is that one came in gray (which i wanted) and the other came in blue. I wish i knew ahead of time that they would ship different colors. It would be nice if we could select which color we wanted.
Nice accessory !
 
Review Date: September 29, 2008
Reviewer: Dominic Gendron, Québec, Canada
I already had a Nyko charge station before buying an extra battery kit and it is a great accessor. It was the end of old batteries at home !

A wiimote can work up to 8 hours with the power of this accessory. For sure the batteries duration diminush with the time but I can still use my old 1 year and a half batteries for 4-5 hours. (and I used them a lot : Maybe 250 recharges ! LOL)

It won't last for 5 years I think ... but I only had to open my wiimote 2 times after buying my wii ; 1 time for the batteries coming the wii remote (for 3 days) and the second time when I bought the nyko kit !
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