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A Review of the Most Popular Garage Door Openers -
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by:
Richard Romando
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Genie, Chamberlain, Sears, Wayne-Dalton,
Linear, and Universal (SkyLink) make some of the best garage door
openers on the market. The following product reviews should be useful
for those in the market for a garage door opener.
The Genie® Company is one of the most well-known and trusted
companies in the US. Founded in 1923 under the name of the Alliance
Manufacturing company, Genie manufactures consumer, industrial as well
as military products. The Genie® brand of garage door openers
are very popular for their high power remote-controlled garage door
opening systems.
Genie produces a wide range of garage door openers and the most popular
brands from Genie are: the Excelerator, the Screw Drive and the Chain
Glide. Other brands include the Alliance, the Blue Max, the Crusader,
Python, Pro-Max, Lift-a-door, OverHead Door, Norelco, Code-Dodger and
Intellicode.
Genie uses state-of-the-art technology in its garage door openers. The
Intellicode® remote access security system changes the security
code to one of billions of combinations each time the transmitter is
used, thus making it one of the safest systems in the world. Its
Sate-T-Beam™ infrared beam system can sense the presence of
objects in the door’s path and can thus prevent damage to
equipment. Genie garage door openers can be installed on both single as
well as double doors. They use ½ horsepower and can work on
doors that are up to 8 feet high. Genie garage door openers open twice
as fast as other garage door openers but close at normal speeds. They
are very quiet, have a bright, wide-angle lighting and powerful motor
design and can work in any weather conditions. Such advanced
technologies make the Genie brand of garage door openers most popular
in the world.
Chamberlain GmbH based in Saarwellingen, Germany is a principal
supplier of residential garage door openers, commercial and residential
gate operators, and remote controls in the world. The company has
offices in France, England, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovak Republic
and Singapore. Chamberlain products are available almost across the
whole world.
Chamberlain offers garage door openers in commercial as well as
residential varieties. Chamberlain®, Whisper Drive® and
Power Drive® Garage Door Openers are the most popular brands
from Chamberlain.
LiftMaster® is the most popular brand from Chamberlain. This
range also includes the Liftmaster garage door opener remotes,
replacement parts, mini transmitters, keychain remotes and other
accessories. LiftMaster garage door openers are available in different
drive and horsepower modes and are combined with a wide range of
accessories and options. The LiftMaster range contains: the Estate
Series, the Premium series and the Contractor series. These are
available in the belt drive; screw drive as well as in chain drive
models.
Chamberlain’s Power Drive® and Whisper Drive®
belong to the residential garage door opener category in the
do-it-yourself range. The Elite™ range contains premier
residential and commercial gate operators and access control systems.
The Sentex® range is for secure residential and commercial
garages.
Sears Holdings Corporation, parent of Kmart and Sears, Roebuck and Co.,
is the third largest broad line retailer in the US. Sears Holdings is a
leading supplier of tools, lawn and garden, home electronics, and
automotive repair and maintenance. It supplies the Craftsman range of
garage door openers.
Craftsman supplies power tools, storage chests and cabinets, bench
power tools, mechanics tools, power tool accessories, general hand
tools, compressor tools, carpentry tools and home security and garage
door openers and accessories. The Craftsman range of garage door
openers consist of simple ½ hp garage door opener,
¾ hp garage door opener in chain drive models. Other
products include the universal remote control conversion kit with 1
remote, the 10ft chain drive extension kit, the 10ft extension kit for
garage door opener, the 8ft extension kit for garage door opener, the
8ft rail extension kit, the Remote control, 3-function security,
keyless entry pad, plug-in light control for garage door opener, the
wireless garage door monitor and the extension kit (screw drive).
Wayne Dalton, established in 1954, is the producer and supplier of the
safest residential and commercial garage doors and garage door openers
in the US. Wayne Dalton supplies two kinds of garage door openers: wall
mount and ceiling mount. The wall mount openers, an exclusive product
from Wayne Dalton, can be mounted on the wall beside the door. This
helps to eliminate the chains, belts, screw drive and tract that
usually clutter the garage ceiling. This model also helps to eliminate
noise and vibration to a large extent.
The Linear Corporate is a major producer of security systems like
garage door and garage door openers. Linear produces garage door
openers accessories like the Linear Act 21 key chain transmitter,
Linear DR3A Linear Moore-O-Matic gate or garage opener receiver, Linear
DT2A gate or garage door opener replacement transmitter, Linear DTC
Moore-O-Matic Delta 3 Remote (same as DTD or DT) gate or garage door
opener replacement transmitter, Linear DTKP wireless keypad, Linear MDR
Megacode System single channel receiver, Linear MDT-1 and MDT-2
Megacode gate or garage door openers, Linear MDTK wireless keypad
model, Linear MT-1B channel visor block coded transmitter, Linear MT-2B
channel visor block coded transmitter etc.
Linear also makes the Stanley range of garage door opener parts and
accessories like Vemco, Quiet Glide, LightMaker, Home Innovative,
Whistler, Popular Mechanics, SecureCode.
About the author:
Garage
Door Openers Info provides detailed information about best
garage door openers, as well as garage door opener parts and repair
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