Wii Lens Cleaning Kit

by Nintendo

Product Features

• Minimize disk read errors
• Keep your Wii running at peak performance
• Use regularly to help keep your disk reader lens clean

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B001GZT1UI
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches ; 1 ounces
• Media: Accessory
• Release Date: February 9, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (82 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #515 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #5 in Video Games > Wii > Hardware > Accessory Kits
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Reduce disk read errors and keep your Wii console running at peak performance with the Wii Lens Cleaning Kit. When used regularly, this kit will help keep your disc reader lens free of dust, dirt, or other contaminants, which can cause disk read errors. (This kit will not affect errors caused by damage to the Wii console or game discs.)

This cleaning kit is for adult use only and contains chemicals, and should be stored out of the reach of small children when not in use.

Product Description

Reduce disk read errors and keep your Wii System running at peak performance with the Wii Lens Cleaning Kit. When used regularly, this kit will help keep your disk reader lens free of dust, dirt, or other contaminants which can cause disk read errors (This kit will not affect errors caused by damage to the Wii console or game disks.)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

46 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fixed my "Press the Eject button and remove the disc" problem., May 24, 2009

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Pearson Wung (United States) - See all my reviews
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After a year and a half w/o any problems with my Wii console, I started getting "An error has occurred. Press the Eject button and remove the disc..." errors. These got more and more frequent until I was getting them a couple times an hour. (This usually happened while I was playing Mario Kart Wii online, so I was losing hundreds of VR points each time I got the error!) There was no visible damage to the game disc and cleaning the disc did not help. I was pretty much ready to either send in the Wii console for repairs or else buy a new Wii console when I came across this Wii Lens Cleaning Kit while searching online.

After using the cleaning kit, I have not gotten a single "Press the Eject button and remove the disc..." error. It's been about a month and half so far with no errors.

The cleaning kit is pretty simple. It consists of a plastic paddle with an attached cleaning pad. You put 2-3 drops of the supplied cleaning fluid on the pad, then insert the paddle into the Wii's disc slot. You wiggle the handle 10-20 times to clean the lens. Press the Eject button to remove the paddle, and you're done. The kit comes with an 8ml bottle of cleaning fluid and 5 adhesive replacement pads for when the current pad gets too dirty to use again.

Spending $10 on a cleaning kit was definitely better than sending in the Wii for repairs or buying a new Wii.

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wii SAVER - Just remember it may not me the fix for all, February 24, 2011

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irish121199 - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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As my 11 year old son came in the living room a week ago, face falling to the floor, he declares that the Wii is "broken". He just received a new game for Christmas and has been playing it happily since. I am usually pretty good at troubleshooting things so after a few mintues I see that it's a disc read error. The Wii is not reading any of our discs. Fortunately, with some patience I can get the Wii to recognize the disc after inserting and ejecting it multiple times, but obviously, this will not do. ( Eleven year olds do not have the patience to perform this action as needed, and I don't have the time to do this on a regular basis)

On Nintendo's site they offer up the advice of cleaning the lens on the Wii before offering to generously set up a pick up to fix your Wii for a small fortune (that as a single mom I can't fork out). In Nintendo's style they say that the only lens cleaning kit you can use is the one they make because, like all other products that are not Nintendo, they will ruin the Wii, destroy your lawn, and end the world (I have an Energizer Wii remote charger that works....please don't tell them). However, in this case....They are correct. And don't let anyone tell you different.

I thought that like any other lens on any other machine you should be able to just clean it. So did the folks at 3 of the stores I went to that did not carry the Nintendo Lens Cleaning Kit. Use anything they said. You can't. Leave it to Nintendo to come up with something so bizarre looking that no one on the planet would even bother duplicating it for bootleg purposes. Fortunately, it's cheap.

AND IT WORKS!!! It's weird to use. And I really thought it was going to be some gimmick before I shipped off the hard drive, but behold.......The discs are being read, the boy is happy, and Mom is free to write this review and get laundry done and complain that he's playing Nintendo too much.

It is probably not the fix for every disc read error that comes over a Wii players screen, but it DEFINITELY worth trying before you ship the Wii out for repairs. Gunk does build up in there (No smoking in the house but we do have one dog)....and with more then one cleaning pad, you get many passes at fixing the issue. And it makes you a superhero, if for that one moment before your child's eyes glaze over to the next Wii game.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worked a treat, June 22, 2009

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Kurt Hutchinson - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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Our Wii was giving a read error on any disc we tried, both Wii and Gamecube discs. This kit got us back up and running 100%. Both Wii and Gamecube games work perfectly again. Sure beats sending it back for repairs, especially since it's out of warranty. Definitely recommended.