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| Wii Fit Rechargeable Battery Pack for Balance Board | 
 enlarge | From: CTA Digital
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $4.99
You Save: $15.00 (75%)
Buy New/Used from $4.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  (43 reviews)
Sales Rank: 99
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: WI-BBP
Model: WI-BBP
UPC: 656777004897
EAN: 0656777004897
ASIN: B0015RWPWS
Release Date: May 20, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 short cord, and will only charge while unit is on! June 3, 2008
33 out of 35 found this review helpful
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.
 Killed both my Wii Fits June 1, 2008
7 out of 16 found this review helpful
This looks like the ones made by MadCatz. I bought 2 of these at Circuit City and by the next day after using them... both Wii Fits were dead. What are the odds of 2 boards dying at the same time so I could draw no other conclusion than it was the chargers. We had been using our boards for a week before this with no problem.
By the way, in regards to the review below...Assuming this is the MadCatz charger... When the battery pack is on the Wii Fit there is a hole over where the sync button is inside and you stick a small screwdriver or something in there to press the sync button.
idiots May 29, 2008
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
I bought this when I ordered the wii fit but am very disappointed. THere is a big design flaw with it. When I took my regular batteries out to put in the rechrgeable battery my board was no longer sync'd and you can not resync it with the rechargeable battery because the battery is part of the cover so you can't have access to the sync button with the battery in!!!!!!!!!! So I find this useless!!!!!
Recharger needed, but could be better value for the money. May 28, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Obviously, with anything Wii-related that takes batteries a rechargeable power supply is needed unless you own stock in Energizer. But, given the price for this unit, it would have been nice if the MFG had a USB cable that was at least 6ft. (more like 10ft.) instead of the measly 3ft. cable provided. Most people don't put their Wii console on the floor and would like to NOT have to take the battery pack unit out every time to charge it. I think the MFG was just cutting corners because they know that anything Wii-related will sell big for them. As always, the consumer is always the one to pay. I would get a USB extender online since Best Buy and others are high in price.
 Needs a longer usb cord May 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love that it is recharged via usb port on the Wii, but it would be even better if the cord included was at least 6 feet so you could have it plugged in while using the board.
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