Wii Remote Quadruple Charge Station with 4 Rechargeable Batteries
Posted by admin | Posted in Wii Games | Posted on 14-03-2010-05-2008
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- Pack includes: Four 1800mAh Rechargeable Batteries, One base station to recharge two or four Wii Remotes, 30 inches USB cable device
- Charges up to four Wii Remotes
- LED charge indicator light
Product Description
Recharge four Wii Remotes simultaneously with the Quadruple Charger Station from CTA Digital. This charge station contains a four-space cradle that allows you to charge and rest four remotes in an upright position. Also … More >>
Wii Remote Quadruple Charge Station with 4 Rechargeable Batteries
I guess this item does what it is supposed to which is provide a place to put 4 controllers and gives you 4 rechargeable batteries. But,as others have mentioned it is tied to the Wii unit so it has to sit by it. The lights on it are REAL bright providing a distraction all the time. My main gripe is if you power down the Wii you also power down the recharger so you pretty much need to leave your Wii on all the time if you want charged controllers. I wouldn’t buy it again and wouldn’t recommend it, but I ain’t going through the hassle of sending it back.
Rating: 3 / 5
First of all, if you use the silicone cover on your Wii controllers you have to take it off to charge it. I was very aggravated by this.
Second the thing is powered via USB port which means you have to hook it up to a computer or the Wii system itself. I bought this product thinking I could plug it into the wall and keep it next to my sofa but no, I have to keep it by the computer instead.
Finally to top it off one of the ports does not work very well. I had to jiggle the controller around in it to get it to charge and it frequently would loose connection.
After a couple of days with this product the faulty port stopped working entirely leaving me with three charge ports and four controllers so I gave up and returned it.
Rating: 2 / 5
So far it works great, except that you often have to move/jiggle the cable to get it to make contact for all of the charging bays. You have to remove the gel sleeves and the motion-plus attachment, but not the wrist strap. We’ve found that if you just pull the wrist strap up tightly and place the wii-mote in the charging bays the contact is almost always good to go.
Rating: 5 / 5
Awesome addition to our Wii set up. Great for 4 person use.
Cons: USB designed to connect to back of Wii for charging…but only charges remote when Wii is ON. I bought a wall plug adapter at Radio Shack with 4 USB connectors ($19.95) to accomodate this issue. Maybe a “wall plug to USB” adapter should be included in this kit.
Rating: 4 / 5
We purchased this charger for the kids for Christmas, and after letting all of our wii conrollers charge for a full 12-14 hours, found that the batteries, on average, only lasted about 3-4 hours each before running out. We also found the charge times were approximately 6-8 hours when we had to recharge (which seemed like a very long time). We also were dissapointed in the battery ‘fit’ to the back of the controllers. Once in, they were very difficult to get out. We’re going to re-read the directions tomorrow to make sure we’re not doing something wrong, and if we determine that we are using the device correctly, we will be sending these back and asking for a refund.
Rating: 2 / 5