Anyone Have a Wii Fit?

[Traveshamockery]

My hubby just ordered me a Wii Fit (I asked for it).  Maybe someone can tell me what else I need to really have some fun with this thing.  I already have the Wii balance board and battery pack on the way.

Should I go out and buy extra controllers, nunchuks, or the remote?  Do I need to buy games to use the Wii fit or does it come with one?  Are there better ones that don't come with it? 

I'm sure my husband and I will probably want to play some fun games with the Wii that don't have anything to do with the fit part of it.  I assume that means I will need to buy the extra controller - are there wireless controllers? 

The bowling game looks kind of fun - will we need to nunchuks or controllers for that? 

And the games - does anyone have any suggestions for fun games?  I don't really want the violent ones. 

[asdf2231]

I had a tiny tantrum.

 

The Wii Fit is supposed to be aces.  We have several friends that are using them with dieting to shed pounds.

[Traveshamockery]

My original Christmas present was going to be a gym setup in our upstairs but I heard about the Wii fit setup and that certainly looks like a lot more fun.  We got ours from E-Bay - couldn't find one in stock anywhere!  Same thing with the balance board. 

[jtyangel]

We have the outdoor challenge. It has running, canoeing type of activities in it...things you would do...umm..outdoors.  You need the pad thingie for hte ground for that. I think it comes in a pack with the game..about 59 bucks. We really like it. Some good sustained interval type work in that. I was the only one in my family who could do that hard training round thing for 5 minutes.  I love when the gym pays its dividends. We also like the boxing game...no blood or anything. I think it is on the same thing as the bowling game.

[Chris_]

I may be an old fuddy duddy, but there will be no such devices in our home.

Between the plane, the sailboat, the camping equipment and work, I've got plenty of stuff to entertain my family with, without making 'em all nearsighted, asthmatic, pasty-looking couch potatoes.

[jtyangel]

I may be an old fuddy duddy, but there will be no such devices in our home.

Between the plane, the sailboat, the camping equipment and work, I've got plenty of stuff to entertain my family with, without making 'em all nearsighted, asthmatic, pasty-looking couch potatoes.

I have a feeling you don't know how the WII system works. It's all good, different strokes. I'm not certain though why the need to use the disparaging terms though in the process of stating such preferences or the carrying a narrow view that it is all or nothing(ie outside recreation versus inside) for individuals who do own it. *shrug*

[Traveshamockery]

I may be an old fuddy duddy, but there will be no such devices in our home.

Between the plane, the sailboat, the camping equipment and work, I've got plenty of stuff to entertain my family with, without making 'em all nearsighted, asthmatic, pasty-looking couch potatoes.

You are not a fuddy duddy!  

You have a plane?  Wow!

I'm already nearsighted, asthmatic, and pasty-looking, and sometimes I'm a couch potato.  The point of Wii fitness is to get you off of the couch and have fun at the same time.  Anytime I can have fun doing something that improves my fitness level and have fun at the same time, I'm all for it.

Going to the gym and even doing a treadmill at home gets really, really old and boring.  I'm a little afraid of walking outdoors because I have a fear of dogs. 

Although it's not ideal and sending your kids outside to play is the better way to get them moving, I think it's one way to get kids off the couch if they can't go outside.  What kid could resist getting up and participating if they see that on their TV? 

[Toastedturningtidelegs]

I may be an old fuddy duddy, but there will be no such devices in our home.

Between the plane, the sailboat, the camping equipment and work, I've got plenty of stuff to entertain my family with, without making 'em all nearsighted, asthmatic, pasty-looking couch potatoes.

Actually DS the Wii is not something you can play while sitting on the couch.It's completely interactive and you have to move your body in order to play it. Btw...How do you use the sailboat and the camping equipment in winter in Colorado?

[Chris_]

Actually DS the Wii is not something you can play while sitting on the couch.It's completely interactive and you have to move your body in order to play it. Btw...How do you use the sailboat and the camping equipment in winter in Colorado?

We've got a good share of winter camping gear (even without it, ever do any snow caving? ), and should time permit, I could pull on a dry suit and drop the sailboat in the water.  Winter being what it is though, I spend most of my free time (not a lot of that to speak of, since the accident) building parts for my airplane.

[Toastedturningtidelegs]

We've got a good share of winter camping gear (even without it, ever do any snow caving? ), and should time permit, I could pull on a dry suit and drop the sailboat in the water.  Winter being what it is though, I spend most of my free time (not a lot of that to speak of, since the accident) building parts for my airplane.

Wow! your lakes don't freeze over then?

[Chris_]

I have a feeling you don't know how the WII system works. It's all good, different strokes. I'm not certain though why the need to use the disparaging terms though in the process of stating such preferences or the carrying a narrow view that it is all or nothing(ie outside recreation versus inside) for individuals who do own it. *shrug*

I've seen the ads for it.  I just don't have a lot of time in my life for video games.  Speaking as one who spent a portion of my early life as an "asthmatic, pasty-faced couch potato" (near-sightedness only caught up to me after 20 years of working behind a computer monitor), no matter what virtual reality has you getting off the couch to do, it can't compare to actually getting out and DOING whatever it is out here in real life.

Part of our problem in America these days is that we've allowed ourselves to be divided and pushed away from each other.  We don't interact with each other as commonly as our parents or their parents used to - even accounting for the greater distances and slower travelling times between them and their neighbors.  Instead of debating our points of difference, we find it easier to say "whatever" and withdraw deeper within our personal circles.  Video games and virtual reality divices facilitate that separation, and that makes the devices fairly low in my estimation of beneficial creations of mankind.

[Chris_]

Wow! your lakes don't freeze over then?

Some do, others don't.  The ones that don't would require a dry suit to jump into, but it's still do-able.

[Chris_]

You have a plane?  Wow!

Not yet.  I have a set of plans and a collection of assorted sheet metal parts slowly being assembled into an airplane (or at least a modern impressionist sculpture remotely resembling an airplane).  My son likes to "help daddy" with building it.

[thundley4]

Not yet.  I have a set of plans and a collection of assorted sheet metal parts slowly being assembled into an airplane (or at least a modern impressionist sculpture remotely resembling an airplane).  My son likes to "help daddy" with building it.

You aren't planning on being like John Denver, are you?

[Chris_]

You aren't planning on being like John Denver, are you?

If'n you mean allowing the number of my take-offs and the number of my landings to diverge, then no.

I've built two ultralights prior to this project and flown both for a long time.  This is just a ship designed to accomodate more than myself.  (5 years working as a designer and troubleshooter for Boeing gave me grounding in the other end of the spectrum as well.)

[thundley4]

If'n you mean allowing the number of my take-offs and the number of my landings to diverge, then no.

I've built two ultralights prior to this project and flown both for a long time.  This is just a ship designed to accomodate more than myself.  (5 years working as a designer and troubleshooter for Boeing gave me grounding in the other end of the spectrum as well.)

Myself, I'd worry about putting my life in my own hands like that. I'll stick with working around the house and on my computers.

[Chris_]

Myself, I'd worry about putting my life in my own hands like that. I'll stick with working around the house and on my computers.

BRS brings a whole lot of peace of mind.  I've never built a plane without one designed into it.

[thundley4]

BRS brings a whole lot of peace of mind.  I've never built a plane without one designed into it.

I remember them being talked about several years ago and possibly being mandated on all small craft. I think they even considered something similar for passenger jets.

[Chris_]

I remember them being talked about several years ago and possibly being mandated on all small craft. I think they even considered something similar for passenger jets.

There's one certified aircraft manufacturer - Sirrus - that installs them as standard equipment on all their airplanes.  Like I said, they get designed into all of mine, and if I were to ever seel my designs as a certified piece of equipment, it would only be with a BRS system in place

[Miss Mia]

I have a Wii and Wii Fit.  Since there's two of you, I'd recommend getting another nunchuk if you want to box each other, but you can get by without another controller for the other sports games. 

It comes with Wii Sports, which I think is fun and I enjoy the Wii Fit.  A co-worker told me that the lady trainer on The Biggest Loser (I don't watch that show, so I don't know her name) made a workout game to go along with the Wii too.  I was hoping to have some extra funds this weekend and I was gonna buy Mario Kart, but alas, it'll probably have to wait until next month. 

[RobJohnson]

I know of skilled care facilities that use the Wii for physical therapy and rehab. It makes the healing fun! Takes the patient's mind off the pain.

[Chris_]

If'n you mean allowing the number of my take-offs and the number of my landings to diverge, then no.

I've built two ultralights prior to this project and flown both for a long time.  This is just a ship designed to accomodate more than myself.  (5 years working as a designer and troubleshooter for Boeing gave me grounding in the other end of the spectrum as well.)

I have always wanted to get an ultra-light but my fear of heights sorta kicks in.

Do you think it would work for commuting?  I assume if you worked on it, then your personal craft are safe?  Any way I can ensure trhe dafety of mine should I buy one?

Thanks for any of these that you can answer, D6.

PS: How's the wifey?

[Chris_]

FAA restrictions make ultralights almost exclusively recreational craft.  It's been a while since I've hade to cite the pertenant regulations (FAR part 103) but they are daytime VFR only (1/2 before sunrise and 1/2 hour after sunset), and if I remember right, there are restrictions regarding operating them over urban (highly populated) areas (minimum 1,000 feet vertical clearance).

As far as ensuring the safety of an ultralight goes, when I built mine, before I would strap my tender pink tush into them I would always test them.  That means I'd assemble a copy of the wing, and then stack weight (cement bags) equal to 5x the actual max load (254 lbs (mandated maximum empty weight of the aircraft) of plane, plus 30 lbs of fuel, plus 250 - 300 lbs of my tender pink tush) the wing would have to carry: if it held that weight, I felt better about it.  I'd also borrow my friend's plumbing truck, strap the thing to the pipe rack, and make runs up and down the taxiways of the (Chandler, AZ Municipal) airport to check the control surfaces for balance and controllability at operating speeds (drag racing a plumbing truck with an airplane strapped in it's cargo area, at 80 mph up and down a taxiway at 20:30 at night sure leaves an unforgettable impression on the airport manager).  After that it was safe enough for taxi tests (taxiing just the airplane up and down the taxiway this time, testing the airplane's response to the engine, and breaking in the engine).  Then "crow hops" along the runway.  Then (and only then) was it safe enough to take off, fly the airport pattern, and land again.  I'd log about 40-50 hours of flight testing the craft before I'd try anything else with it.

[Chris_]

PS: How's the wifey?

DefiantSix (actual) is living on Percoset these days, but she's doing a lot better now that she's out of the hospital.  Says that no matter what she was "resting" on while she was there, every single stick of hospital furniture was absolutely uncomfortable to be on.  The bed(s) - they had those "Select Comfort" style air mattresses on the beds - the chairs, the commodes; all of it was painful to rest on for any duration.

Give her a dose of happy drugs and a heating pad on her bed at home though, and she's slept through the night ever since we brought her home last Saturday.  She keeps getting chastised by the in-home physical therapist; her doctor's orders call for ZERO load on the left side of her pelvis for the next 3 weeks at least, and she keeps getting caught being impatient and trying to sneak in use of her left leg when she's on the walker.