One time I was in an intense Wii Sports Tennis game with my dad. He was winning but I was catching up. We were swinging the Wii remotes with all of our mights and we weren't realizing that we were getting closer.
Are you near sea/salt water, or in general they just don't last. Sounds like if you driving a mercedes, you need a garage. I get snow n ice here so nothing worse than clearing that shit off at 6am rushing to get to work.