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Chamberlain B970T 1.25 HP Belt Drive Smart Garage Door Opener w/ Battery Backup

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Home Depot has the Chamberlain 1.25 HP B970 Belt Drive Smart Garage Door Opener w/ Battery Backup on sale for $195. Shipping is free or select free store pickup where available.

Thanks to community member QuEeNyGuRl for finding this deal.

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  • Smart garage door opener comes with built-in myQ technology to keep you connected and protected: Open, close, and know the status of your garage door from anywhere with a smartphone with the myQ app
  • Battery backup: Ensures safe replacement ins-and-outs even during power failures. Radio Frequencies: 310, 315, 390
  • Ultra-quiet & strong belt drive: Steel-reinforced belt drive and constructed with high-grade materials for years of reliability and quiet, smooth performance - perfect for attached garages
  • Powered by Chamberlain's Max Lift Power System, the B970 delivers lifting force equivalent to 1 1 by 4 HP, the highest lifting capacity in the category for superior performance in extreme conditions
  • Superior range: Includes 2 3-button remote controls that let you control up to 3 openers. Exclusive Triband technology boosts remote range up to 1,500 feet for a quicker entrance and exit

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  • About this deal:
    • This Chamberlain 1-1/4 HP Belt Drive Smart Garage Door Opener w/ Battery Backup (B970T) is $74 less (28% savings) than the retail list price of $269.
    • Refer to the forum thread for additional deal discussion.
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Amazon has the Chamberlain B970T 1.25 HP Belt Drive Smart Garage Door Opener w/ Battery Backup on sale for $195Shipping is free.

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Home Depot has the Chamberlain 1.25 HP B970 Belt Drive Smart Garage Door Opener w/ Battery Backup on sale for $195. Shipping is free or select free store pickup where available.

Thanks to community member QuEeNyGuRl for finding this deal.

Product Info:
  • Smart garage door opener comes with built-in myQ technology to keep you connected and protected: Open, close, and know the status of your garage door from anywhere with a smartphone with the myQ app
  • Battery backup: Ensures safe replacement ins-and-outs even during power failures. Radio Frequencies: 310, 315, 390
  • Ultra-quiet & strong belt drive: Steel-reinforced belt drive and constructed with high-grade materials for years of reliability and quiet, smooth performance - perfect for attached garages
  • Powered by Chamberlain's Max Lift Power System, the B970 delivers lifting force equivalent to 1 1 by 4 HP, the highest lifting capacity in the category for superior performance in extreme conditions
  • Superior range: Includes 2 3-button remote controls that let you control up to 3 openers. Exclusive Triband technology boosts remote range up to 1,500 feet for a quicker entrance and exit

Editor's Notes

Written by SlickDealio | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This Chamberlain 1-1/4 HP Belt Drive Smart Garage Door Opener w/ Battery Backup (B970T) is $74 less (28% savings) than the retail list price of $269.
    • Refer to the forum thread for additional deal discussion.
  • About this store:
Expired:

Amazon has the Chamberlain B970T 1.25 HP Belt Drive Smart Garage Door Opener w/ Battery Backup on sale for $195Shipping is free.

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QuEeNyGuRl
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CA requires a back-up battery because of wild fires. If you need to evacuate quickly, you'll want to use your car. Some people may only have an accessible car in the garage but if the power is out, how will they open the garage open? Yes, there's the emergency cord to manually open and close the door. But not many know about it, know how to operate it or even have the strength to operate it. Imagine your elderly parents in a panic trying to evacuate quickly and but don't have arm strength to pull on the emergency cord or not tall enough or the car is in the way of getting access to it. Then the real panic and irrational thinking starts to set in. But if the garage door can operate with just a backup battery in case of emergency, that's a great peace of mind to have for a little extra $. CA firefighters have found people who died in their garage trying to get out, especially the elderly. Hence the CA law requires backup battery.
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Until your power goes out. It's my main entrance to my house. Power goes off while I am not there it gets tricky. It's happened more than once here in the midwest
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I think they're being technically proper is all it is: horsepower is always an equivalency measurement. The power of motor "X" is equivalent to "Y" horsepower - which is a measurement devised by James Watt to compare steam engines to work previously done by horses.

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Hi OP, this is very interesting. How do you get the professional installation for $87 on the Home Depot website?

[Update 1] I've found the $87 offer and people have linked to it below but here it is again as I am the 1st reply: https://www.homedepot.com/service...5wBsSMQX80

[Update 2] Has anyone used Home Depot (HD) installation services before? Is it an HD employee or a 3rd party coming over? I am considering getting more installation done from them, but might not want to buy the material from HD if I can find it cheaper elsewhere. Do they check that indeed it was purchase via HD?
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Quote from Brounoh :
Hi OP, this is very interesting. How do you get the professional installation for $87 on the Home Depot website?
Seconded. I have the same question. TIA!
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Quote from SeriousDirt618 :
Chain will last longer for heavy doors
I wonder what they mean by equivalent hp
I think they're being technically proper is all it is: horsepower is always an equivalency measurement. The power of motor "X" is equivalent to "Y" horsepower - which is a measurement devised by James Watt to compare steam engines to work previously done by horses.
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Quote from Brounoh :
Hi OP, this is very interesting. How do you get the professional installation for $87 on the Home Depot website?
Quote from risktaker84 :
Seconded. I have the same question. TIA!
Go to the services menu, installation, garage door. Scroll down and there is a link to an $87 special on opener installation.
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I walked through the Install services and its coming out to $87 for me for the selected options in PA.


https://www.homedepot.com/service...drawer&hp=


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thanks! I had to buy some extras (new home installation kit and 8foot extension), but this price with installation ends up being the same price my contractor would have charged me for a much better opener.
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This is what I use to install mine https://youtu.be/ekPy7w9UIdY
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Quote from TenseNarwhal228 :
If you can spend the 5 minutes to learn how to open your garage door manually I'd probably skip anything with a "battery backup" and just get a cheaper one. Unless you live in a state where the legislature decided you're too stupid to handle this.
Until your power goes out. It's my main entrance to my house. Power goes off while I am not there it gets tricky. It's happened more than once here in the midwest
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Just wanted to chime in. I got this regular price about 8 months ago, didn't want to wait for a deal when the old one broke, and have been really happy with it. Install took a couple hours between removing the old broken one and rerunning wires since the old one had the wires within the track.
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Quote from SeriousDirt618 :
Chain will last longer for heavy doors
I wonder what they mean by equivalent hp
Its not the chain or belt that wears out first. Its the cheap nylon/plastic gears they use in the drive mechanisms these days. If the door spring is counter balanced correctly chain or belt makes no difference except for noise. I opened mine and it was full of gear shavings from normal wear. Either that or the control board craps out. Either way its cheaper to replace the whole thing than fix it. Battery backup is just another maintenace problem down the road when the battery craps out.
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Quote from TenseNarwhal228 :
If you can spend the 5 minutes to learn how to open your garage door manually I'd probably skip anything with a "battery backup" and just get a cheaper one. Unless you live in a state where the legislature decided you're too stupid to handle this.
California forced me to buy one with backup battery!
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I bought this before it was advertised. Only the 1.25 HP is on sale so it's the same price as the 3/4 HP.

I wish I saw the installation for $80 however overall it's no a hard install in replacing a motor. Literally it's bolting the new motor and replacing the bar….however what took me the longest was trying to retrofit it into my setup. If it is just $80 do it for me it took 3 hours of trial and error.

Our garage ceiling/drywall is sagging a little so it look me removing and installing the beam and motor until I could figure out how to make it fit.

Love the distance for the remote too. We knew it was time to replace when we had to be right next to the garage door waving our clicker around until it hit just right to open our garage door.

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