Wii Energizer Power & Play Charging Station

by PDP

Product Features

• COMPLETE Storage - 512MB of internal memory that allows transfer, storage, and playback of photo's, video, and music. Holds up to 3200 digital images.
• COMPLETE Connectivity - NO PC REQUIRED (but welcome if you have one). Mini USB and standard USB 2.0 high-speed ports for connection and file transfer directly from a digital camera or PC onto the internal memory.
• COMPLETE Compatibility - Built-in card reader accepts SD/MMC/MS/MS Pro/XD digital memory card formats
• COMPLETE Style - Stylish black domed wood frame included with each unit to fit any decor.
• COMPLETE Media Support - Supports JPG digital images, MP3 digital music & digital video. Thumbnail picture view, zoom, rotation and slide show with transition effects

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001H4PKB2
• Media: Accessory
• Release Date: October 2, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,638 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Save money and time with the Energizer Power & Play Charging System for Wii. Includes charging dock, 2 rechargeable battery packs, 2 battery covers for your Wii remote and a UL-approved AC power cord.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Charger for Wii-mote Controllers, January 10, 2009

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Mace Thomas (Orlando, Florida United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Wii Energizer Power & Play Charging Station (Accessory)

I am giving this product 5 stars, as it works perfectly for the way that I use the Wii controllers.

Basically, it is a stand charger that allows you to place two Wii controllers on it to charge without taking out your recharable batteries and placing them into a separate charger. The device is designed in the same fashion as the Wii, allowing it to blend right in next to it.

There are minor issues with this device that do not affect my review, but may make you think twice before buying it.

First of all, in order to charge the controllers, you need to replace the battery cover on the back of the remote with the included ones that have an access hole to allow the provided rechargable battery packs to make contact with the charger.

This means that you can not keep your Wii Controller cover sleeve in place during the charge.

Another minor thing, is that when you place the controller on the stand, the wrist strap attach string partially gets in the way.

There is a small channel provided at the bottom to allow the attachment string to be moved out of the way, but you have to be deliberate to make sure it stays that way.

Lastly, if you keep this charger in the room where you like to sleep, be aware that the two thin line charging lights on the front produce a noticeable amount of light (Orange or Green) that may keep you awake.

The batteries charge very quickly and easily provided a full day of game play. This is why those issues above are so minor, as it all depends on how you use your Wii.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars They keep going, and going, and going..., February 2, 2009

By 

TeeBob (Chicago) - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Wii Energizer Power & Play Charging Station (Accessory)

Bought this along with my Wii at Walmart. I really like having the batteries charged and "eveready" to go. (It's Energizer branded, but NOT made by Eveready BTW.) No hunting for batteries and environ friendly.

A few items of note. First, you have to make sure you're putting them in the correct pos/neg orientation. It's easy to get it backwards because the battery pack looks like it should go in one way, but it doesn't. Second, after put in initially, one of them wouldn't charge. So I switched the battery packs and they were fine.

And third, when you charge them you have to run the wiimote wrist cord out the side of the charger cradle (there's a little groove for it) and not out the back or it won't contact the charger properly. It lights up when it's charging (orange, and green when charged) so you can see right away whether it's right or wrong.

A minor inconvenience is that you have to remove the soft wiimote jacket before putting them in to charge. (My daughter says it's a major hassle, but... y'know... kids...) If playing Mario Kart with the Wii wheel frequently, not an issue.

Overall I'd recommend this if you use your Wii daily like we do.

*UPDATE*

More than a month later of daily use and these rechargeables are still going strong. They recharge in seemingly minutes and hold their charge all day. I've played Tiger Woods golf for several hours during the day and I don't think I've seen the battery indicator lights go down even one level. And we've bought NO batteries in all this time!

I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this unit to a Wii owner. We rarely use the Wiimote jackets now so the minor inconvenience cited above doesn't really apply to us now.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Worked great... at first, November 16, 2009

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C. Chaney (Bourbonnais, IL) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Wii Energizer Power & Play Charging Station (Accessory)

I bought this at Wal-Mart over the summer. For quite some time, it worked perfectly. Then yesterday morning, I went out to buy New Super Mario Bros. Wii and when we started playing it, my brother's controller would suddenly not respond, and when he'd look at it, the blue lights would be flashing, like they do when you first turn them on. This was only happening every 10-20 minutes at first, but then it started happening more and more frequently until it would just flash and do nothing else. We switched to AA batteries and there were no problems at all. We thought maybe it was because the battery pack wasn't charged, so we put it back in the Wii remote and put it on the charger and turned off the Wii. Later when my son went to play, he originally picked up the non-working remote and I told him to use the other one. When he set it back on the charger, the light went from green to orange and stayed quite awhile even though the battery had just finished charging. My son went to play, but then the other Wii remote started doing what the other one was, so now we have to go out and buy lots of AA batteries.

I really liked the idea of this charger. It looks great next to the console and I was saving quite a bit on batteries for the 5 months or so that I used it, but I don't think I'll be buying another one. I'm thinking maybe I'll just get some rechargeable AA batteries. But I'm definitely going with Duracell and not Energizer.