Garage Door opener recommendations

anon94785555
Thu, 25 Apr 2019 05:57:05 +0000

We had a Genie opener for several years but after paying shipping for an under warranty (5 year, failed in 3) heavy motor replacement, plus labor when it was faulty again we jumped ship. Had bought that one quickly when it broke and window replacing guys were there and able to immediately install that noisier chain drive one. Given our problems within a few years and the noise I will not get another Genie opener.

Did my due diligence this time and got a Chamberlain belt drive- model B970 from Home Depot and had a good local firm do the install a year ago. Could have gotten the slightly less fancy one but the price difference was small. Quieter. There is a back up battery but when it needs replacement can just disconnect it so it won’t alarm. I like the button near the house that shows time, temp and can be changed. The outside keypad is good- don’t need a code to close (had to get neighbor’s once when hers was left open). The Genie one never quite worked- battery placement or something.

The disadvantage- now my 2011 car’s opener button won’t work and I use the supplied remote. H’s older car did not work with the past opener. Extra security in 2012 resulted in coding changes older cars can’t handle easily. Small issue. Regular LED bulbs did work. There are expensive ones specifically made but we have no interference problems.

Regarding the back up battery. It is a supplied big battery that will work a few times- you can read online manuals. (Our old Verizon FIOS box came with one that could not be disabled- actually tried and broke wiring, Frontier replaced for free and chose option not to replace the expensive battery, quit them later). It takes a lot of power so it is a big, heavy battery that is preinstalled (or easy to do so).

Pay attention to the horsepower- undersized and the motor works harder. Went a bit more than needed to to get features.