HTC Vive Base Station

I bought my first base station from here after one of the two I received with my Vive died. It work fine for about a month and than started blinking red (internal fault error), after some troubleshooting I figured out it wasnt possible to fix on my end and ordered another one. The second one took nearly a month to arrive (even though I had prime delivery) and was dead on arrival. Im now looking into other options to purchase either these or the 2.0 versions because Ive had no luck here.

These lasted only a couple of months before I started having issues with them. Sadly, it was too late to return them. :(

Its impossible to properly review this item since two base stations are required for the system to work and one didnt work right out of the box.

These are fantastic for what they are but this generation does not work in compatibility with the first generation of base stations. These are a mid cycle refresh with a different led pattern and seemingly better tracking than my 2016 vive bs, but there was zero indication on this site that they would not be compatible, if you have the first gen Vive and need to replace one of your base stations you should get it repaired through HTC, because I bought this one I had to buy a second one to get a full setup working and now I have a useless base station sitting on my table. This does track what seems to be noticeably better than the first generation so I guess thats good but I still would rather have only bought one given there listed as the same product. I have a pretty huge room scale setup and they do the job well, there are basically no dead zones or problems tracking once you go through the hassle of getting it set up which for me required a lot of waiting since I had to buy another one. At least they work really well individually since Im sure some folks will be in the same situation as me but not have the funds to get the second one

Delivery was slow and the product was damaged. It works fine and the price was good but the bolt for attaching to a stand was broken off.

Literally had them for two months and they don’t work now...

I’ve been playing VR for about 2-3 years now and the base stations do exactly as they’re intended, they’re extremely easy to set up and in my experience they have decent durability considering one of my wallmounts had an issue of falling off the wall occasionally due to me using an alternative version that doesn’t require drilling into the walls and the base station sustained no damage and still worked perfectly fine though I do have carpet floors so results may be different when dropped on hard floors Only thing to remember though is only have them plugged in during VR sessions and when you’re done unplug them, I made the mistake of leaving one of my base stations on for an extremely long period of time which burnt out one of the lights or whatever on the inside which is required for it to function which lead to me having to buy a replacement for it Also you can play VR with just one singular base station however it’s extremely restricted in how much you can move around your playspace since you have to stay facing the in the base station’s direction the entire time, so i’d heavily recommend getting at least 2 of them which will allow you to at the very least have basic 360 degree tracking allowing you to move however you want as long as you’re still within both the base station’s view. And you can go up to 4 base stations if you have a big enough play area in order to get the maximum quality tracking ingame as possible Overall an amazing product despite being a bit pricey

Came in tip top shape

Quality products working great

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.