Customer Reviews

Wii Fit Rechargeable Battery Pack for Balance Board

5 star:		(33)
4 star:		(17)
3 star:		(8)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(47)

 

 

I bought this in a bundle from a major retailer and had a problem with the fit board only to find out Nintendo says this voids your warrenty. Right now I am having to pay postage and repairs for the item. They did show me in the handbook where it states the use of NON-Wii items voids the warrenty. I think the retailers should back the warrenty as they are selling this in bundles and I don't think everyone would know it was wrong to use it.

I purchased this product at the same time I pre-ordered the Wii Fit.
I personally had no problems with the syncing of my board.
I initially used the enclosed batteries to set up the board as the charger needed to well, charge.

My first gripe is this: right on the packaging it states that you can charge while in game play.
Ummm no, the cord is too short!!!!
There is no way you can perform the excerise saftly with a short cord plugged into the Wii's usb, which now would need to be placed on the floor.
A completely ridiculous theory in my opinion, so do not buy it for this feature!
For an example to how short the cord is:
My tv is on a reletively low 2 shelf tv stand.
The Wii sits next to the tv.
I attatched charger to the usb port and to the board, which now has to be stood up.
I cannot even lay the board flat directly in front of the tv.

My second gripe is that it will only charge while the Wii unit is on.
I personally don't like running my unit for all those extra hours unnessasarily, I'm afraid of burning out the motor quite frankly.

I gave is three stars as it does actually charge the unit.

When I purchased the Wii Fit, I also purchased this pack at the same time.

It's definitely a good value, since the Wii Fit probably drains AA batteries quickly. I've used mine for 9 days with no problems. As long as the battery pack is charged, I can unplug the board and use it as far away as I'd like.

Unfortunately, the USB cord is pretty short and, in addition, the recharge pack covers the Sync button you use to setup the board.

Overall a good value, but those issues are minor annoyances.

I had the same problem as described in other reviews of Communication Lost. Just got off the phone with Nintendo & found out that it caused damage to the B. Board. Even after putting regular batteries in, it still lost commumication. I now have to send it in for repair,& wait approx. 2 wks. to get it back. Warranty is VOIDED for using a product that is not licensed by Nintendo. This also goes for the rechargeable batteries with a charging station for the controllers.

The wii fit, like the wiimotes comes with starter batteries. but it is pretty much a battery drainer. save your self some money in the long run and invest in this rechargable battery.

i've had the wii fit for a few days now and i spend 45 minutes doing the exercises, and additional time looking thru the menus. so that means i could only use the balance board about 20 times or 20 days before having to replace the batteries.

plus the rechargables are greener, since they dont have to go in a landfill :)

Being a Wii Fit owner and user and going through batteries rapidly in the first couple days I saw this product and said I must have it. It isn't expensive when you think of the $100s that would be spent on batteries. The batteries made for digital and games are even more costly than so called regular batteries.

This product is great, a requirement for hours of Wii fit use and simple USB connection for charging. Yes, the chord should be longer, however, just grab via Amazon the USB cable extension (9.8 feet) and you should have no issue with connection due to distance from Wii unit to computer or other USB powered device.

For me all of my Wii, HDTV, sound system, desktop, and laptop are all in close proxsimity living in a NYC apartment.

Simple fixes for the the short chord are as follows:
1) if you have a laptop and being they are quite mobile, keep it nearby and thus you can connect the charger to the laptop.
2) Or plug it directly into the Wii console as for me the console is close enough with the chord to do so.
3) for $4-$6 look for the "Cables To Go" brand of the USB 10Ft extension. Link here - Cables To Go - 26686 - 3M (9.8ft) USB A Male to A Female Extension Cable (White)

I have a few and the are great when you need to have equipment either further apart or guests are there and the extra length is needed etc.

In any case I suggest and recommend this product for all Wii fit owners, well worth the $20 price tag for the 100's saved over time with environment killing batteries.

I thought this would be great to use, instead of using rechargeable batteries and boy was I wrong. I followed the instructions to charge before first use. How can a battery pack charge off of the USB port in the back of the console??....that I wondered! Well, as soon as I was into the rhythm boxing, the 'communication was lost'...ugghhh. This happened A LOT!!! So, I tried using it while plugged in...still didn't register well. My last straw was to charge it by plugging it into the computer, so after 24 hours of charging it 'lost communication' almost instantly. I am now back to regular batteries for now while I recharge some and have shipped back this useless product!!!

I started having problems with my WII Fit balance board. It wasn't registering my weight correctly and I was having problems whan I was having it register when I was using my board. I call the Nintendo help line thinking I was just going to have reset my board. One of the first question they asked me was whether I was using a rechargeable battery pack, I was. They said that they have found these packs to cause issue with the WII balance boards. I had a choice of sending my board for repair or buying a new one. Beware don't use it......

Like the Wii remotes, the Wii FIT balance board is a battery drinker. I would strongly recommend this rechargable battery pack. The pack connects to the Wii system when not in use, standard charge lasts over 20 hours of play, longer (following future charges). The pack itself fits neatly into the bottom of the balance board, lid and all. The only product negative may be that some other brands may cost slightly less

Great Idea. I only wish it worked more than once.
We followed the directions charging it for the required amount of time before it's first use. We got a great first use out of it.
Now it doesn't work at all. It's not worth paying the money to ship the bad one and pay for the return shipping so we just ate the 20 bucks. Now I am going to go get a rechargeable set of AAA batteries.