Opener suggestions?

[HarveyLewis]

I've got my eyes set on 1-2 garage door openers I found here 17 Best Rated Garage Door Openers - 2020 Comparison & Reviews, and was looking for other suggestions from you guys. It should lift about 350-400 pounds, not necessarily interested in the latest features, cause I don't want to max out the card on it. Except for the rolling code feature, I'm not really interested in anything else. If you could give me some tips, maybe some of you have one, I'd be grateful. At least point me toward the more reliable brands, would help a lot.

 

[itr1275]

I've had Genie and Craftsman. Both lasted longer than the time I lived in the house with zero problems. Chamberlain and Lift Master have been around for while too. Ryobi is the Home Depot brand and designed by a 3rd party (Similar to Craftsman). I have never heard good nor bad about Atom, Decko, SOMMER or Synergy.

My recommendation is get something simple (aka reliable), quiet and secure.

I was amazed at my brother's door opener, I could barely hear it. I didn't catch the brand. I know the chain drives are loud and the screw drive openers tend to be quieter. The belt might be even quieter? Read the reviews.

I highly discourage anything with Bluetooth, Alexa, Google Home or Internet enabled. There are a number of potential issues with this. Keep it simple.

First off it's more technology, not better technology. The old fashion "clicker" or Home Link works best. One button and done. There will be a time when you want to open the door and your "smart opener" will need to do a "SW update".

Also it's simply not secure in any way, shape or form no matter what Amazon, Google or anybody else tells you. Even if it's sort of secure today it won't be in a year or two from now. The technology of security changes daily. When one hack is fixed, the hacker's find another.

Lastly all the fancy ones will break sooner. More complexity more points of failure. The other reliability issue is your phone is constantly changing SW revisions and eventually they will not be compatible. Right about the time you are leaving for work. In the end you will need to replace your opener sooner because it's no longer compatible with your refrigerator, then the washing machine runs off with the blender.

One feature that is a must. is the ability to disable the garage door opener easily. This is useful when you leave for vacation or you know the door shouldn't need to be opened for a period of time. I'm pretty sure that most every opener has this.

The last point on security is do not leave active remotes in your cars while parked in the driveway. Someone can break into your car and pop the garage door. I believe the integrated Home Link systems are disabled without the ignition on.

 

[cb1111]

I've had Genie and Craftsman. Both lasted longer than the time I lived in the house with zero problems. Chamberlain and Lift Master have been around for while too. Ryobi is the Home Depot brand and designed by a 3rd party (Similar to Craftsman). I have never heard good nor bad about Atom, Decko, SOMMER or Synergy.

My recommendation is get something simple (aka reliable), quiet and secure.

I was amazed at my brother's door opener, I could barely hear it. I didn't catch the brand. I know the chain drives are loud and the screw drive openers tend to be quieter. The belt might be even quieter? Read the reviews.

I highly discourage anything with Bluetooth, Alexa, Google Home or Internet enabled. There are a number of potential issues with this. Keep it simple.

First off it's more technology, not better technology. The old fashion "clicker" or Home Link works best. One button and done. There will be a time when you want to open the door and your "smart opener" will need to do a "SW update".

Also it's simply not secure in any way, shape or form no matter what Amazon, Google or anybody else tells you. Even if it's sort of secure today it won't be in a year or two from now. The technology of security changes daily. When one hack is fixed, the hacker's find another.

Lastly all the fancy ones will break sooner. More complexity more points of failure. The other reliability issue is your phone is constantly changing SW revisions and eventually they will not be compatible. Right about the time you are leaving for work. In the end you will need to replace your opener sooner because it's no longer compatible with your refrigerator, then the washing machine runs off with the blender.

One feature that is a must. is the ability to disable the garage door opener easily. This is useful when you leave for vacation or you know the door shouldn't need to be opened for a period of time. I'm pretty sure that most every opener has this.

The last point on security is do not leave active remotes in your cars while parked in the driveway. Someone can break into your car and pop the garage door. I believe the integrated Home Link systems are disabled without the ignition on.

You do know that there a 99.99999% chance that you responded to a bot, right? The indicators?

The link to some oddball (possibly malicious) site, but more importantly, wanting an opener that can lift 300-400lbs.

A garage door weighs between 150 and 200lbs (two car garage door is about 200) BUT, once installed, the opener needs to lift 10-15lbs (the weight of a properly balanced door)