Review: Duracell Wii Charging Stand

Sweet. Sadlly, I'm selling my Wii.

compatible with wiiU? XD

We're keeping our Wii alive just long enough to buy a WiiU. I wish there were more charger reviews. We were bitten by a horrendous Energizer charger that completely failed after using it about twice, so I'd be interested in this if it wasn't also a stand which will be useless to us sometime later this year.

Anyone else have to unplug your Wii every time you are done using it or the startup won't get past a black screen? That's us. At least the unplug thing works. Nintendo better offer an easy way to transfer WiiPoint purchases to the Wii U, though, because I'm ready to take this thing off life support (I guess the Gamecube will come back out though).

Had no qualms about getting the Zelda-gold motion plus controller, though, since it looks like Wii U will be using the Wii controllers as-is quite extensively.

I should have bougten a charging stand years ago, who knows how many batteries I've wasted on my Wii. My Wii is going to continue going strong for a while. 36 games currently, and I plan to buy 20 more. Anyone have another recommendation for charging stands?

This looks like just the thing I need. Is there no White version though?Couldn't see one on the amazon link.Not sure I'd like the look of the batteries and stand on my white Wii/ motes.Seems crazy if not.Pretty sure there are more white Wii's than black ones out there.
please don't take this as any kind of racist slur, some of my best electronics are black _{looks at sexy black 3DS, love you 3DS}

I use rechargeable batteries. I have one set more than I need to fill my Wiimotes, so there's always a fully charged set waiting. No need to have this thing plugged in all the time.

I initially bought a Nyko? charger and it was a complete and utter garbage. I was holding out for a Energizer pad that held four remotes but I couldn't find one and had to settle for buying two that charge two at a time. They work perfectly for me and are subtle enough not to be intrusive. I just rotate my remotes and I always have one for me and a couple of spares if company drops in. I've never had a problem with the charging pads or my Wii, so maybe AaronSullivan has electrical problems? And Scissors, I'd be interested to know what games you have and what you intend to buy. An entire list might take awhile, but perhaps I could offer a few suggestions on titles or stores where you might find a bargain.

@Burning_Spear Same, except I use camera batteries.

@all Also, is the above charger able to charge without removing Nintendo's Wiimote jelly grips?

Edit: @aaronsullivan I had the same problem with my Wii over a year ago. It turned out that my mother board was partially fried (don't use 3rd party GameCube controllers) and I had to send it in for repairs. (a month after the extended warranty expired) XD

My advice: Try plugging it in to a different outlet and see if that makes a difference. At the time, Nintendo also recommended that I leave it unplugged for ten minutes (letting it completely discharge) when it experienced this issue. However, for me turning on the Wii almost always turned into a 15-minuite ritual.

I have no problem sticking our rechargeable batteries into a separate charger , so I will not likely get this.

I much prefer setting my Wii horizontally, and I'd have to give up using the foam shells on my Wiimotes, so no deal.

Word of advice: if you buy this make sure that you remove the wiimotes after they finish charging because if you don't it will overcharge instead of not allowing it to stop charging when it is complete. I do not own this stand but can speak from owning a duracell and the batteries fried from me forgetting them there for two days.

Duracell should make more re-charger products for home console controllers.

what with duracell all of a sudden i thought it was Nyko that made wii stuff and it dosent look very nice

I'll stick with my Energizer Wii Quad Induction Charger Mat. It's very nice you just lay the remote down (with or without jacket) and it charges.

Awwww, I initially thought it was a stand that kept the Wii system charged, allowing for the system to be played in a car or something =P

@Mario_Party_Fan_999 I saw that on Amazon, but they seem quite pricey. Always hesitant to get something that costs £30 only to find it doesn't work or the battery life is poor.

There sure are at lot of accessories for the Wii. I'm not sure if i can support a console that isn't so supportive of peripheral makers...
I don't support them myself though since i'm using rechargable batteries like a true Burning_Spear (6.).
@Luigi78(5.): At first i also wondered about it not being white. But looking at my the gray stand that came with the Wii i'd say it's an improvement.

I've stuck with my Nyko charger the whole life of my Wii. I've only had to replace one rechargeable battery pack once and about to do a 2nd one soon. I'll probably buy some more rechargeable Energizer battery since I have a recharger for that now. I'll just be glad when Nintendo actually decides to "include" rechargeable batteries for once. Between the Wavebird for GC and the Wiimotes I think we've all tired a bit of buying rechargeable "stuff" (though we've tolerated it).

@Joco84: I bought the Energizer dual induction charger a little over a year ago when it was on sale (about 10 or 15 dollars), overall it's a great product, it's neat, it's cool (it's magic, MAGIC I TELL YOU) and it works perfectly, on the downside it uses cheap AAA 500 mAh batteries (or 600, I can't remember) so don't expect a lot of life out of them (probably around 4 hours, tops), and after about 10 months one of the battery packs started sulfating (and from what I read that's not an unusual problem with those), so I opened it, cleaned it up, and replaced the batteries (I used 900 mAh batteries while I was at it, so now they last a little longer), and now it works like a charm again.