Craftsman DC Belt Drive Garage Door Opener with DieHard Battery Back-Up (53918) $184.50 + Free In-Store Pick Up

Reviews of this opener report that the "3 year warranty" for parts or the "10 year warranty" on the motor, requires paying for a service call ($65 to $165 were reported) to have a technician come to your home to "confirm" something is broken, even something that could easily be sent it, such as a remote control. To quote a review

"The wall controller is junk!! When it fails, and it will, Sears won't honor their 3 year parts warranty. The controller will cost you $81.49 and Sears won't warranty anything without charging you a minimum $65 charge to have a technician come out."

Please don't support companies that treat customers like this, or at least realize you're only really getting a 90 day warranty.

Quote from teggy6 : this coupon is SEARS35OFF300AFFILIATEDEALS

Yup sorry about the typo.

Why would I need a battery backup for my garage door opener?

Oh crap honey the power is out, what will the kids do for entertainment?
Just have them go play with the garage door opener, it's the only electronic device that we have that has battery backup!

Seriously though, if the power is out, I pull the cord and lift the door. Unless your are disabled or old, I don't get it.

Quote from Scrubulum : Why would I need a battery backup for my garage door opener? Oh crap honey the power is out, what will the kids do for entertainment? Just have them go play with the garage door opener, it's the only electronic device that we have that has battery backup! Seriously though, if the power is out, I pull the cord and lift the door. Unless your are disabled or old, I don't get it.

Could possibly make some sense in homes with detached garage and no side-door to get in.

Yes,, I bought it two year ago and had problem with unit and when called after 4 months.. they saud it has 90 days warranty

Quote from Scrubulum : Why would I need a battery backup for my garage door opener? Oh crap honey the power is out, what will the kids do for entertainment? Just have them go play with the garage door opener, it's the only electronic device that we have that has battery backup! Seriously though, if the power is out, I pull the cord and lift the door. Unless your are disabled or old, I don't get it.

Not very bright, huh? If you pull up in your car and it's raining, you probably want to open the garage door without getting wet.

Anyone know how this compares to Chamberlain WD962KEV Whisper Drive Garage Door Opener with MyQ Technology and Battery Backup?

for some elderly folks, opening the door by hand could potentially damage their back, and even kill them.

this guy down the street tried to help the moving company with a box full of his treasure collection, the old gent hurt/broke his back, went to ER, never made into his new home, and RIP

can this units remote control be used for a genie opener?

Quote from dtmamg : for some elderly folks, opening the door by hand could potentially damage their back, and even kill them. this guy down the street tried to help the moving company with a box full of his treasure collection, the old gent hurt/broke his back, went to ER, never made into his new home, and RIP

Quote from Scrubulum : Why would I need a battery backup for my garage door opener? Oh crap honey the power is out, what will the kids do for entertainment? Just have them go play with the garage door opener, it's the only electronic device that we have that has battery backup! Seriously though, if the power is out, I pull the cord and lift the door. Unless your are disabled or old, I don't get it.

Some people don't take their front door keys out. So when they lose power, they end up locked out of their houses....Also we have a double garage attached under the house. If we lose power we would have to walk to either the front or rear of the house to get in.

I had the exact same one for 5 years. No problems except one annoying issue with the lights. The lights don't work very well. It would go out every month and I would have to replace it.

Quote from Scrubulum : Seriously though, if the power is out, I pull the cord and lift the door. Unless your are disabled or old, I don't get it.

You pull what cord? You're in your car outside the house, the garage door is locked down by the opener and you don't carry keys to your front door in your car.


Just because something doesn't make sense to you that doesn't mean it isn't sensible and desired by others. As far as battery backups in homes they are all over the place. Sump pumps, garage door openers, HVAC systems, fire/smoke alarms, etc.

anyone know if this remote can be used to replace Genie garage door opener? thx

Quote : So I ordered this back in December and then completely forgot about it. When I remembered I figured they would just cancel the order and credit my account but it turns out they never did. Not only that, they marked it as picked up in their system! I'm off to go (potentially) argue with them now.

same thing happened to me at toys r us for some batteries. What a hassle. When I confronted manager about it they wouldn't give me straight answer. Took 15 min. be4 getting refund. Hassle.

The Garage open itself is great but the controller is junk. I had it replaced under warranty I though until it failed again against the original warrenty time. The lights are also an issue but seem to be an issue on my past Sears openen that I wired to bulb sockets mounted to the ceiling above the opener. This is something you MUST get the exteneded warranty if you purchase!