What it comes down to is this: if you buy this thing and it needs a repair then basically you will never get a refurbished one ever. This basically a throw-away product. If it's broken just throw it on the garbage pile. And that is exactly what this thing is. Garbage.
However the base needs to have a certain weight and size in order to make the unit relatively stable and not topple over anytime the neighbour opens the front door. So good thinking to put it in the base.