HTC Vive Base Station

I’ve tried to update my base station and it will not update at all I wish to refund this item.

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I originally used these just for the HTC Vive Trackers when I had an Oculus Rift, but I have since purchased the Valve Index. They work perfectly with the Index. I have 2 of these Base stations, but my play area is large, so I am considering purchasing a third for that one corner in the room that doesnt track quite perfectly.

We got a used headset and needed the base stations and new controllers. Ordered these base stations and they work great except for one of them. The bottom inlet that you are supposed to be able to use to mount the base station to stands or wall hangs does not have threading. The back one has threading but we are unable to angle the base station if it is attached from the back. As it is now, with not being able to angle, we have deadspots when trying to map our room area.

Got my new Base station today. Plugged it in, updated it, and we were off to the VR races. I was replacing an original base station that screwed up after an update. (Thanks valve) Everything is now working as it should. Well see how it does after some milage.

One of my Vive Pre base stations failed. These were the earliest versions, so they dont automatically turn off. It had been running continuously for almost a year, and likely succumbed to vibration induced damage. It had spent some time attached to one of those extending floor to ceiling poles a lot of people have been recommending, but the outer housing of that pole wasnt snug against the inside part, allowing a bit of rattle. Anyway, even though they are vastly different versions, they seem to be working fine. I have them in Wireless mode right now, with no tracking issues after a week of testing.

You only need TWO base stations. If you buy THREE, you would have to learn how to connect the 3rd base station to VM aka Virtual Machine, which I learned/heard from others, is painstaking and a waste of time. Make you set the base stations high up on the corners, or you will deal with tons of tracking issues. So please understand that if you want 3 base stations, then just buy the 2.0 HTC VIVE base stations instead. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Worked like a new one

Came in tip top shape

After spending way more money than these things are truly worth, they randomly break entirely. HTC is aware that this is an issue but doesn’t do anything about it. Their solution is to buy new ones. I’ve been through about 3 of these in 6 months. They don’t even get touched so there is no misuse involved. Please don’t waste your money on HTC products. They don’t care.