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Glue pad lets you stick TVs to walls, holds up to 700 pounds

It does hold the TV on the apparatus, but a few questions remain. How well will it work on a flat wall? How long will it hold the TV to the wall? How do vibrations impact the adhesion? Do temperature variances have an impact? How about humidity?

Can the paint on the wall hold 700 lbs? It sounds too easy. You still have to have anchors into the wall studs to hold a 50-60 lb unit on a wall.

A former student spent the summer doing the research to identify the method geckos use. It was a small project with a small budget, but there have been a few other spin-offs as well.

You would still need some kind of mounting to prevent issues.
1) Child bumps up against it, hard, while running in room.
2) Earthquake or the like.
3) The glue may hold it to the wall, but does the wall have the ability to
support the weight or will the paint/dry wall just peel off over time?
4) Does humidity or temperature changes effect the adhesion properties?

two of your concerns are similar to mine plus all my concerns appear in a different order.
the humidity question.
will the wall "hold up" over time?
i, for one, would not worry about kids as i will elevate the mounting. (sound obscene?)
and earthquakes? the safety of my t v would be low priority in that scenario.

WILL YOUR PLASTER WALL COME DOWN, SURE. THIS TAPE BETTER COME WITH A WARRANTY THAT WILL REPLACE YOUR TV AND A MEDICAL PLAN IF THAT TV FALLS ON TOP OF YOUR CHILD. GOOD LUCK I'M NOT BUYING IT.

sorry, i missed the part about biodegradeable.
do we need more lazy and "convenient" glue or more recyclable metal and screws?
On the otherhand, can I wrap my kid up and stick him on the wall? Wait - only kidding!

"objects as heavy as 700 pounds on a smooth wall"

I don't know about your house, but the vast majority of houses in the United States use Drywall for interior walls...and the majority of this drywall comes from China...and is rather substandard when compared to drywall from the 60s and 70s...as such, I would not trust *ANYTHING* mounted on a wall unless it was anchored into a stud...and 700 pounds on sticky-tape on the average living room wall? Wow, I can't wait for those lawsuits to come!

Read the story people. This is not what the tape is made for, they used a tv glued to the wall as a demonstration to show it's holding power.

Will these pads let me climb buildings like Spiderman?