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Nyko Nintendo Wii Charge Station

Manufacturer: Nyko Technologies Part number: 87000

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Bottom Line:: If you don't mind a few minor annoyances, the Nyko Charge Station is a great way to recharge your Wii remotes.
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Nyko Nintendo Wii Charge Station

price range: $24.99 - $39.20

Reviewed by: Will Greenwald
Reviewed on: 03/07/2007
Released on: 02/28/2007

The good: Affordable battery charging station for two Wii remotes; rubberized battery covers add much-needed grip; charging dock is a handy place to store your Wii remotes.

The bad: Can't use Wii remote sleeves with it; may not provide enough juice for marathon game sessions; not the most attractive piece of gear.

The bottom line: If you don't mind a few minor annoyances, the Nyko Charge Station is a great way to recharge your Wii remotes.

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The remote for the Nintendo Wii is an innovative controller that puts a lot of technology into a small wireless device. Unfortunately, that wireless device eats up batteries like nobody's business. You can pick up a set of rechargeable nickel-metal-hydride batteries and a charger, but it still requires regular battery swaps. Fortunately, Nyko offers another choice in the Charge Station, a $30 accessory kit that offers the promise of never changing the batteries on your Wii remote (or Wiimote) ever again.

The Charge Station Wii consists of two battery packs, two rubberized battery covers, and a charging dock on which to rest up to two Wiimotes. (A similar Charge Station for the Xbox 360 juices up two batteries for that console's controllers.) Each battery pack snaps snugly into a Wiimote battery compartment, which is then covered by one of the included battery covers. The battery covers have a square hole through which the battery packs' electrical contacts can be accessed. When a Wiimote rests on the charging station itself, the battery packs charge through those exposed contacts.

The entire setup works just like a docking charger should. Keep the Wiimote on the base to charge the battery packs and pick it up whenever you want to play. The battery packs last several hours at a time, and the charging station gives you a convenient place to put your Wiimotes when they're not in use. As an added bonus, the rubberized grips on the battery covers help prevent screen-destroying Wii disasters.

Unfortunately, the design isn't perfect. Wiimote wrist straps, a necessity for safe Wii playing, have to hang limply off the sides of the charging station. If you drop your Wiimote into the charging station heedlessly, the wrist strap tends to get bunched up under the Wiimote and prevent the battery packs from making contact with the charger. Besides that, the charging station makes it almost impossible to use silicone Wiimote sleeves, which many players use to further improve their grip. The remote sleeves lack the hole necessary for the battery pack to reach the charger, and the silicone is simply too thick to let the remote rest in the dock. Thankfully, the Charge Station's rubberized battery covers make silicone sleeves far less necessary than the annoyingly slippery battery covers that come with Wiimotes.

The design also fails to take into account marathon game sessions. The battery packs must be inside the Wiimote to charge, meaning once you go through your battery packs, you'll be forced to either break out the AA batteries once again or put your Wiimote back on the charger for a while. Nyko claims that the battery packs can last up to 25 hours. They didn't die when we were playing, though we didn't play for 25 hours at a time. Of course, even if they can last 25 hours, I know some of you want to play 26 straight hours of Wii, and won't be happy when you have to pop in the old AA batteries. And while we're nitpicking, the Charge Station Wii isn't going to win any beauty contests--it won't be as welcome in the living room as the small and stylish Wii console itself.

Those issues notwithstanding, the Nyko Charge Station is still a must-have peripheral for the Wii. It powers two Wiimotes, gives them a nice rubber grip, and even offers a place to keep them so you don't lose them. Not bad for a $30 kit.

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Good product for the price for sure.

by rtpick1198 on February 22, 2008

Pros: One less "toy" to purchase AA batteries for

Cons: strap gets in the way of it sitting in the cradle correctly sometimes

Summary: It is a very good place to "hold" the remotes, I always know where they are. We have played the Wii at parties for hours like no less then 7 ...

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Summary: It is a very good place to "hold" the remotes, I always know where they are. We have played the Wii at parties for hours like no less then 7 or 8 hrs between people taking turns and never have had them die. You can't use the sleeve anymore but after using it without, Its hard to use the one I have with the sleeve now.

If you are worried about them getting scratched without the protective sleeve you can get covers from here http://www.invisibleshield.com/game-system/nintendo/wii-remote.php and I will also say these are the best covers I have seen that work for anything and they will even make custom covers which you would need to get the cut out @ the charge contact location.

I would recommend this to anyone that is getting a Wii, to me its just easier to put the remote on the charger than change the batteries every 3 or 4 days. (yes my Wii is played alot)

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Manufacturer: Nyko Technologies
Part number: 87000
Description: Easily charge and store your Wii Remotes with Nyko's Charge Station for Wii. The Charge Station includes 2 NiMH batteries, exclusively designed for the Wii Remote, each providing up to 25 hours of play time. Each battery is easily recharged by placing the Wii Remote in the charging dock. The charging dock conveniently plugs into any standard wall outlet, allowing for rapid recharging of both batteries in 8 hours. The Charge Station includes 2 custom battery covers with contact pass-through points so you can charge the batteries while they are still in the remote. Each battery cover is also rubberized for superior grip during intense gaming sessions. The Charge Station matches the decor and styling of the Wii, and is small enough to fit in any home entertainment center.

General
Product Type Remote control charging stand
Width 4.6 in
Depth 2.7 in
Height 3.4 in
Compatible Game Consoles Nintendo Wii

Battery
Technology Nickel metal hydride
Included Qty 2

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