expired Posted by cat_dad • May 19, 2023
May 19, 2023 7:27 PM
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Item 1 of 5
expired Posted by cat_dad • May 19, 2023
May 19, 2023 7:27 PM
Chamberlain B2405 myQ Smartphone Controlled Ultra Quiet Garage Door Opener
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I had a MyQ for a few years until I moved (no garage now). I despised how Chamberlain treated MyQ users and forced you to pay for (for example) IFTTT integration just to open the door. They would not provide any way to close it. They also don't (or didn't, unsure nowadays) provide a way to use any home assistant to control your door, under the guise of "security".
Long story short, if you're handy, get a push button for your opener, a smart two channel relay, and a simple magnetic contact switch. Then with some handy work you can have a door that responds to open/close in Alexa/Google, as well as responds to geofencing. I'd hit the top of my neighborhood and by the time I got to the driveway the door was just finishing opening.
I posted about this on their user forums. Then they shadow banned the post. I put it on my own website and that got shared around a lot by others.
Things in the forms got pretty contentious in general about Chamberlain and their "policies", and rather than being customer oriented to the complaints, they just shut down the whole thing down, lol.
Can you tell I'm bitter 😂
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But seriously, 1/2 HP
Too bad the chain version isn't also on sale.
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Too bad the chain version isn't also on sale.
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I already have a chain, and the belt drives I've experienced make a high-pitched electronic whine. They also tend to have plastic parts that break.
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No high pitched whine here. Waiting for my screw drive to die to replace it with the second belt drive I bought on sale a few years back.
Just upgraded to one with a camera -- and they do offer a cloud plan for saving that video, but it is not required.
This is the one I got, on sale at costco rn: https://www.costco.com/.product.400014
Just upgraded to one with a camera -- and they do offer a cloud plan for saving that video, but it is not required.
This is the one I got, on sale at costco rn: https://www.costco.com/.product.400014
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