Wii remote charger

[mominwestlake]

I was wondering if it is worth the money to have a Wii charger? Is there a brand that is better than the others? I saw that Amazon has a dual charger and was thinking of getting one for my son. Will the remote hold the charge for a long time?

 

[Kies99]

We've been using this one since Christmas without any problems:

http://www.amazon.com/Wii-Charge-St..._1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1235477543&sr=8-1

Controllers don't get hot and seem to last fine. Granted, we generally use them for an hour or so at a time (maybe 2 hours now and again when I play it). So far we've had no problems.

 

[kmvand1]

I was going to post a Wii remote question, so maybe someone here can help me. We just bought our second remote and nunchuck. We are having trouble getting it to work. When we put the batteries in, the bottom lights flash and then cut off and nothing else lights up, no matter which buttons we push. What are we doing wrong?

 

[XYSRUS]

Yes, the charger is worth it. Have had ours since day 1. You have to sync the wiimote to the wii. Google it-really easy!

 

[mominwestlake]

Yes, the charger is worth it. Have had ours since day 1. You have to sync the wiimote to the wii. Google it-really easy!

XYSRUS- what brand is yours? Is here a Wii brand? I know when I bought the offbrand of remotes for our Gamecube they never worked so I don't want to do the same for the Wii charger.

 

[XYSRUS]

Same as PP-Nyko. I consider it a necessity-like a phone charger. You won't be disappointed. Only thing is that you need to tell the kids to make sure the wiimote is seated properly in the charger to charge, "make sure the light goes on". No biggie though.

 

[toothfairy4ever]

I was going to post a Wii remote question, so maybe someone here can help me. We just bought our second remote and nunchuck. We are having trouble getting it to work. When we put the batteries in, the bottom lights flash and then cut off and nothing else lights up, no matter which buttons we push. What are we doing wrong?

Did you sync it with the wii console? You have to press the button under the battery cover and then press the sync button under the cover on the front of the console. You had to do this when you set up your first remote, so check your owner's manual if you don't understand my response.

 

[jen22984]

Same as PP-Nyko. I consider it a necessity-like a phone charger. You won't be disappointed. Only thing is that you need to tell the kids to make sure the wiimote is seated properly in the charger to charge, "make sure the light goes on". No biggie though.

We have this same one as well. First accessory that we bought. We love it & have never had any problems with it.

 

[minniemair]

We also have the Nyko and love it. Only drawback is the rubber covers must be removed for the remotes to seat properly. We finally just gave up using the covers, my 2 daughters are pretty careful not to let the remotes go.

 

[DebMcDonald]

We have the Nyko one also. We love it, we actually bought a second around Christmas because we are a family of five and two of our remotes would be charged and two would be dead, so now we have all four charged . We purchased ours at BJ's.

 

[mnasmom3]

We just use rechargeable batteries.

 

[Crystal824]

I'm thinking of getting the dual charger sold at Sam's Club. I'm not sure of the brand, but it is the only one they sell at our Sam's. It is approx. $33.00. Anyone bought it?

 

[cnktruitt]

I was going to post a Wii remote question, so maybe someone here can help me. We just bought our second remote and nunchuck. We are having trouble getting it to work. When we put the batteries in, the bottom lights flash and then cut off and nothing else lights up, no matter which buttons we push. What are we doing wrong?

Okay the only thing popping in my mind was did you remember to sync the new remote? It won't work otherwise. Hope it is as simple as that.

 

[3boymthr]

We just use the rechargable batteries. They last several weeks in the remotes. I just have the energizer charger that you can get at target for $11. The batteries are about $11 a pack also but will last for years. Plus you can buy extra batteries and use the charger for other things like the digital camera or your kids toys.

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

We also have the Nyko and love it. Only drawback is the rubber covers must be removed for the remotes to seat properly. We finally just gave up using the covers, my 2 daughters are pretty careful not to let the remotes go.

Ditto.
I find the chargers to be a necessity and bought them from the get go. The only thing that annoys me is that we can't use the rubber covers- too much of a pain to remove them everytime we charge the remotes (which is all the time they aren't playing with them!) We still use the wrist strap though. I really wish they'd thought about this ahead of time and made the remotes able to sit in chargers while the rubber cover/skin is on.

 

[rcraw45425]

We also have the NYKO, but I find that I have to remove the wrist s trap to get them to seat properly.

 

[Calliaz]

Just don't buy a cheap one! I did not but the Nyko and the thing didn't ever work well. One side finally just stopped working after 4 months. We no longer use it.

 

[Kies99]

We also have the Nyko and love it. Only drawback is the rubber covers must be removed for the remotes to seat properly. We finally just gave up using the covers, my 2 daughters are pretty careful not to let the remotes go.

Ditto.
I find the chargers to be a necessity and bought them from the get go. The only thing that annoys me is that we can't use the rubber covers- too much of a pain to remove them everytime we charge the remotes (which is all the time they aren't playing with them!) We still use the wrist strap though. I really wish they'd thought about this ahead of time and made the remotes able to sit in chargers while the rubber cover/skin is on.

We also have the NYKO, but I find that I have to remove the wrist s trap to get them to seat properly.

I don't have any of these problems with mine. They seat properly and if I lay the strap to the side, then there's no issue with seating the correct way.

 

[girli565]

Mine is from Energizer, it's amazing!! I bought it at WalMart for $40.

 

[TiredX2]

We also just use rechargable batteries.

We have extras and just pop them in when we take them out and have them ready for the next time.