Wiimote Battery Packs Suck!

[MagitekAngel]

I have a Wii and a pile of games for it, but I play it only rarely because keeping the remotes powered is a royal pain in the ass. I've tried two different brands of battery packs and chargers for them: an Energizer one and a Rocketfish one (that one in particular I expected to be pretty good, given that it was Rocketfish). Both of them boasted miserable battery life (I'd kill a remote in 2-3 hours) and quickly degenerated to the point where they wouldn't hold a charge at all. FAIL.

 

I suppose there's nothing to it but to go back to standard rechargeable AA batteries. Has anybody else found success with a different brand of Wiimote battery packs?

[NinjaWarrior]

I'm looking to get battery packs ...I hate using Batteries, what are the best brand??

[bomberpunk]

we did rocketfish first. that lasted about 6 months. complete crap. we're doing the duracell ones now and they're okay if you play the system regularly.

[atarian63]

same experience for me. even left on the charger, they either dont work or short life.

[KrazyKaiju]

The Energizer induction battery packs have replacable cells. If you take off the inside sticker you can see the cells are held in by two screws. I replaced mine with Eneloop 1500s and have gotten much better performance (5-6 hours vs 2-3). The only bad thing is that there is only room for AAA cells, not AA.

[phaxda]

We have a NYKO one; works good. Had another one that I bought at radio shack and it stunk.

[Lord Helmet]

I just use regular AA Energizer rechargeables. Works in all of my controllers.

[CRTGAMER]

A large pack of regular Akalines are the way to go, rechargeable batteries cost more. Regular batteries have a one time LONGER runtime then a rechargeable and do not discharge as quickly when not in use. I buy RayoVac Alkaline batteries, cheaper then Duracell or Energizer Alkalines and last just as long.

[atarian63]

I used to use plain old duracell rechargeables. ,however my kids would steal the batteries for other things, that was why I switched to rechargable packs. Wish there was a duracell brand pack.

[nathanallan]

http://www.priceangels.com/3600mAh-Rechargeable-Battery-for-Wii-Controllers--Black--s71169.html

 

that is the ultimate way to go; why? Sit next to a plug and off you go. Works excellently for the 360 controller, too. Also needs an AC-USB adapter.

[atarian63]

That looks great! Doing an order now.

[Mendon]

A while ago I bought a Duracell rechargeable kit.... 4 AA batteries and the charger... for $10 from Walmart. At first I thought it wasn't a very good system as it seemed the batteries would run down pretty quickly. But as time has gone on, I swear they last as long as any regular Alkaline I've tried.

 

While playing Skyward Sword, I get around 4 hours on the batteries. Since I got 4 batteries with the kit, its easy to charge two while using the other two are in the Wii-mote, so I'm never without a fresh set.

 

 

Mendon

Edited December 12, 2011 by Mendon

[Mad Scientist]

My family's been using the Energizer ones for about a month with no problems. We use them quite a bit, recharge only sporadically, and haven't run out of charge yet. We actually kept playing on one that was putting up an onscreen low-battery notice for at least two hours, and it kept working. I don't know haw much to trust the Wiimote's reporting of the charge level, but performance has been good.