Wii Sensor Bar - Is Wireless really better?

One profound part of the Digital Age is the ability to be wireless. We have wireless EVERYTHING! Personally, I'm a huge fan of the Wireless Revolution with most things, but there are just some things that you don't want to muck up by making it wireless.

Case in point, the Wireless Sensor Bar for Wii. My first thought on this Wii Accessory was that it is much larger than the Wired Sensor Bar that is included with your Nintendo Wii Game System. When we are always looking for smaller, faster, and better PLUS wireless, this automically missed the "bar" for me.

After a little research, I've found that the Sensor Bar isn't a very complicated thing...some have compared it to a flashlight which helps to put it in perspective for non-techies. Basically, it's a receiver and has no mind of it's own.

Beside being wireless, another benefit of the Wireless Sensor Bar is to allow you to play your Wii from further away. There doesn't seem to be any proof that the Wireless Sensor Bar works from further way - it seems to vary - works for some, not so much for others.

The complaints about the Wireless Sensor Bar are minor, but enough to wonder why you should bother spending about $15 + S&H on an item that seems to be pretty useless. Wireless = batteries which are an added expense, a hassle to change, and are not Green. Plus, that means you have a separate power switch for your Wireless Sensor Bar to turn off and on...as mentioned in a widely read review of a Wireless Sensor Bar for Wii, this wireless bar breaks the "elegance" of being able to power your Nintendo Wii on or off by simply using the Wii Controller.

Lastly, the reason I considered the Wireless Sensor Bar was the length of the cord from the Wii to the Sensor Bar...it wasn't long enough for our setup. In came a solution that doesn't require batteries, is pretty cheap at $25, and also solves my issue of where to put my Wii. Thanks to the HIDEit W Mount, a Wii Wall Mount, I have skipped purchasing a Wireless Sensor Bar AND have a tidy game area.

VERDICT: No, Wireless is not always better.