Chamberlain 1 1/4 Hp Led Wi Fi Belt Drive Garage Door Opener With Battery Backup

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I got this garage door opener to replace a unit that did not have a battery backup. The inconvenience of coming home in a storm and finding out you have lost power and have to get out in the rain to get in the house convinced me that this upgrade was worth it. This new unit is belt-driven so it is nice and quiet. It also comes with a motion sensing door control. Now when I walk into my garage from the house, the lights on the opener automatically illuminate! Nice little upgrade from my old unit. This opener also has the myQ remote access features so you can control the garage door opener with your phone, setup schedules and alerts, etc. Installation was pretty straight forward, especially if you are replacing an existing unit as I was. It took me about 1 hour and 45 minutes to get the bulk of the install done and then another 30 to 45 minutes to tidy-up all the wiring. Once the installation was completed, I tested the battery backup in the opener. It opened the garage fine but the battery was a bit low so I waited for a day before I tried the battery again. It worked great after it had the chance to charge back up. The built in LED lighting does a great job in my garage and I don't have to replace bulbs. Overall, I am very pleased with this upgraded opener.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Right from the unboxing, I was impressed with this garage door opener. The instruction manual included with the product was clear and detailed. I definitely recommend you read through the entire installation process prior to actually getting to work. You will want two people to install this, and their suggestion of using a ladder to support the rail as you work is great! The installation went smoothly until it was time to add the sensors at the bottom of the garage door track. After about 20 minutes of having problems, I realized that the one unit was not securely attached to the track and so was pointed at an ever-so-slight angle, causing the sensor eyes to be out of alignment. One thing that might be super helpful for this is to provide a small laser pointer clipped to these sensors for alignment purposes. I also had some trouble setting the up and down limits, but quickly discovered that if you accidentally hit a button, the easiest way to fix was to remove the plug, wait for the LEDs to go out, and start over. Wait until after setting the limits to install the battery backup so that you can do this! Other than these two small issues, set up was a breeze. I like that the wall-mounted pushbutton has a learn button in it so you don't have to climb up to the opener to program keypads and car remotes. After using the device for a week or so now, there's not too much to add. The LED lights on this unit are so much brighter than what I'm used to from my old opener. The warning beeps from the unit as it operates when you aren't using the hard-wired push button unit are also extremely helpful, as it can be controlled from across the world. Having a battery backup in the unit itself is also extremely handy and a feature that you wouldn't think you need until you actually do.