Recommend a Garage Door Opener

In reply to Appleseed :

I have this one on the 16' door in my shop. It's a super heavy door and this operator lifts it with zero issues. It's probably 8-10 years old. 

I installed 4 of these on the garage doors at my parent's house. Their doors are fairly light. This operator works on all of them with zero issues. They are 3 years old. These replaced 4 Chamberlain operators that had constant issues that I got tired of repairing. 

Appleseed said:

In reply to Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) :

Is there a possibility of adding on an outside keypad to either of those openers? That would be far more useful than WiFi.

I'm sure they do.  On the page for both it lists a $45 chamberlain keypad as a suggested accessory.

All I know it to get one that has an integration option. Being able to open and close my garage from an App anywhere in the world is great, and telling Alexa to close the door is nice too. 

i have a Liftmaster 9500W direct drive on the spring shaft, installed IIRC October 2018.

PRO:  does not attach to ceiling.  quiet.

CON:  Motherboard E36 M3 the bed less than a year old.  replaced about 4 years ago and it's been flawless since.

Liftmaster Jackshaft Opener is the way.  I will never have a house with a different style. 

• Zero maintenance
• Super clean wiring since its all on the wall
• 10 minute install and thats taking a break for a beer
• No alignment or other horsing around needed
• Zero maintenance
• Nothing in the middle of the bay to get in the way of your lift or other tall-roofed extravagances.  
• With proper solenoid deadbolt, super secure and can't be jimmied or forced open.  

Please note the commercial duty style do not have provisions to lock most standard panel style doors found in the midwest.  You need a separate solenoid lock or one can open them up just by prying at the bottom.

93gsxturbo said:

Liftmaster Jackshaft Opener is the way.  I will never have a house with a different style. 

• Zero maintenance
• Super clean wiring since its all on the wall
• 10 minute install and thats taking a break for a beer
• No alignment or other horsing around needed
• Zero maintenance
• Nothing in the middle of the bay to get in the way of your lift or other tall-roofed extravagances.  
• With proper solenoid deadbolt, super secure and can't be jimmied or forced open.  

Please note the commercial duty style do not have provisions to lock most standard panel style doors found in the midwest.  You need a separate solenoid lock or one can open them up just by prying at the bottom.

Totally in this camp.  Not sure the model, but put a Liftmaster jackshaft opener in the shop to not get in the way of the lift, and it's by far the quietest, smoothest opener I've ever had.  One thing to keep in mind is that your ceiling probably has an outlet for the chain style opener, and you need to get power to the wall for the jackshaft style.  Definitely worth stapling a cable to the ceiling in my experience.  When the chain openers on the other doors E36 M3 the bed, they're getting this style, too.

I don't care much about the brand. There are several decent ones. But I sure learned about some great features in my new house. They installed a unit that works through an app on my phone, and has a camera. That means I can remotely open the thing from anywhere, let a delivery man in my garage to drop something off, watch him on the camera, and close the door when he leaves. 
 

Awesome.