Wii Charge Station

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced that certain Wii Charge Stations produced by Griffin International Companies are being recalled. Griffin International is offering FREE replacements for the recalled units.

Approximately 220,000 Wii Charge Stations have been found to potentially heat up and potentially cause a burning or fire hazard.

Not all Wii Charge Stations pose this risk. The charge stations effected by the recall are the Psyclone (PSE6501) and the React (RT530). You will be able to find the model number of your unit on the bottom of the dock station you plug your remotes into for charging.

The offending units were manufactured in China...yet another product out of China that is posing a risk to consumers.

From January 2008 and July 2009 the Psyclone units were distributed through Toys 'R' Us, Amazon.com and Target. While the React units were released through BestBuy stores.

The company has reported receiving six reports of overheating units and there have apparently been two consumers who received minor burns.

If you own one of these units you should immediately stop using the unit, unplug it from the wall and contact Griffin International for a FREE replacement unit. Griffin can be reached at 888-344-4702, or you can send them an email at productsafety@psyclonegamer.com, or visit www.psyclonegamer.com'/wii4dock.

There can be no doubt that the Nintendo Wii Gaming Console has taken the world by storm. Along with the awesome fun however, comes a dark side…BATTERIES. Those Wii remotes are great and a wonderful invention, but let’s face it, you are going to burn through some batteries.

The Facts

Each year, in America alone, there are over 84,000 TONS of alkaline batteries that are thrown away. Alkaline batteries make up 20% of the household hazardous materials that end up in landfills. No small percentage.

The Danger

So what’s the danger?

While we innocently use batteries at home with no fear of danger, lurking deep inside the household batteries are hazardous toxins and mercury that can be released into the environment once they begin to decay in a landfill.

There are huge initiatives around the country, and the world for that matter, to reduce and hopefully eliminate the number of batteries polluting our landfills. Keeping batteries out of landfills should be a goal for anyone claiming to be environmentally conscious.

The Solution

Heck, you just wanted to play some games; you didn’t want to have a negative effect on the environment! So, what’s a gamer to do? The obvious answer is to reduce the amount of batteries you consume while gaming. But how can you do that?

The solution to this moral dilemma is the Wii Charge Station. The Wii Charge Station allows you to recharge your Wii remote batteries with ease. One rechargeable battery can be recharged about 2000 times and can replace up to 300 throwaway batteries.

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If each Wii gamer used rechargeable batteries in their Wii remotes, there would be a huge reduction of poisonous materials seeping into and harming the land.

The Wii Charge Station saves your landfills, saves you money on batteries, and as a huge side bonus, it makes sure the next time you’re ready to pick up a remote and play, your batteries will have the juice to perform.