Duct tape for base stations?

[Goliath]

I heard that the little base stations are just 1.5 lbs. If instead of nailing the base stations' brackets to the wall (like at 2:43: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHei7r6sMao&t=166s), I duct taped them to the wall, are there any problems?

[BOLL]

I've seen people do similar things, and from what I can remember it can work well for months, but as they have a slight vibration while running it's not entirely risk free as they can work themselves loose over time. I haven't tried this myself though 🤔

[Libre]

Any vibration or movement will end in problems and if it falls to the floor it will break for sure. It is a very sensible piece of hardware, two motor running at 90 rounds per second in perfect synchronization.

[MaximeDelaroux]

I live in an apartment where there is a very costly fine for damaging the walls. I was able to secure the base stations using 3M's command strips. It was probably unnecessary, but I also added a little super glue around the border of the command strips that were placed on the base station to add extra strength.

Two command strips on the back of each base station work great.

https://www.command.com/3M/en_US/command/products/~/Command-Large-Picture-Hanging-Strips/?N=5924736+3294529207+3294737318&preselect=8706801+3293786499&rt=rud

The large strips work best for this, although I was still able to secure them with the small ones.

[Bdbtoys]

I would not do tape. I actually went with these...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CY0OPDQ

Although a spring pole and these would work too...
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CSMCPKQ

Or could even do a tripod... keep in mind the threading is the same as used on a camera... so think outside of the box.

[Morfium]

I duct taped the thing you are supposed to screw on my shelf.
So it's like a foot with the sole using double sided duct tape.
Been working since the day I bought the vive (pre order).
I even threw the base station to the floor once while taking my vive to a friends house. :D
And it didn't even get a scratch.
It fell on tiles, not carpet. So... yeah I wouldn't recommend doing it, but the lighthouses are pretty tough. :)

[OBLIVION]

So I did something borderline machiavelic.
I really don't condone doing it, and you're likely not gonna like hearing it.
But if it might give someone an idea for a situation that forces their hand (i.e my position), here's what I did.

Clean wall surface. Take a slightly longer than the base of the mount's worth of duck tape. The strongest and thickest you can find. Slap it onto the wall and press it in.
Layer at least 3 layers of double sided tape on the mount. Even better if it fits in-between the soft plastic pads.
Then unscrew the socket on the mount to be able to press the mount against that walled duck tape.
I then chose to use a mallet pressed against the unscrewed mount ring so that I could punch the other end to force all 4 components together. (Mount - > double sided tape - > duck tape - > wall).

It effectively carried my weight after that. I don't think I'll be seeing the forward facing part of the paint under that, but at least I was able to position my base station impeccably.

p.s. You will have much more success attaching to the ceiling. Duck tape won't hold as well vertically because of the pivot force. I have seen vertically mounted base stations fall. Never a ceiling mounted one though.
p.p.s. Base stations will take a beating in my experience (dozens of "fatal" drops).