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I found a great alternative that works just like the Homelink and cost me less than $100. Check it out
I found a great alternative that works just like the Homelink and cost me less than $100. Check it out
showing open/closed status is dependent on the garage door opener, too. Not all are capable of it.Second the tailwind, works like a champ. Nice bonus that the app shows door open/closed and also let's you open/close via the app. And for less than $80 or so? Worth it.
The tailwind includes a sensor, not dependent on your opener for open/close status.showing open/closed status is dependent on the garage door opener, too. Not all are capable of it.
I use a regular garage door opener and it works fine. The range isn’t great, but is acceptable. I also have a MyQ which works perfectly through my phone but don’t use it because it makes a loud beeping noise when the door is closing (as a safety feature) and I leave early in the morning and would rather not bother my family or neighbors. So my question is, why Homelink? Why is this better than a regular garage door opener? Is it so no one can break into your car and steal your opener? Is it convenience of not pushing a simple button? Is it so you don’t have a garage door opener clipped to your visor? I feel like I am missing something here. Like most Tesla owners I’d be happy to pay $300 for a useful feature, but I just don’t get it. Please, help me to understand.
Wait. Why would I be parked out side my garage? Isnt homelink built into cars the mirror as well? So it’s basically less safe than a remote you can take in the house with you. It’s just a fancy auto opener. That can be emulated with the myQ app.It’s really nice to have the automatic feature that closes the door as you leave and opens it when you come home. Aside from that, a minor benefit is security. If your car is in the driveway, people can steal the garage door opener and/or use it to gain entry into the garage. Homelink is inactive unless the car is turned on.
Plenty of people park on their driveway. If you never do then the statement obviously doesn’t apply to you.Wait. Why would I be parked out side my garage? Isnt homelink built into cars the mirror as well? So it’s basically less safe than a remote you can take in the house with you. It’s just a fancy auto opener. That can be emulated with the myQ app.
I back into my garage exclusively and it works just fine. I don’t have a clue why anyone would believe it wouldn’t… ok…I “guess” if you’ve got a 1 mile long driveway and like to back in down it, then it might not be oriented in a way that would open it as you approach the geofence, but if you make a normal T maneuver to back into a garage, the built-in homelink “should” (or at least it does on mine) trigger as you approach the garage headed in…I like having homelink in my car but there is one major drawback for my particular model garage door opener: homelink doesn’t know if the garage is open or closed. So if the garage door is already open when I pull up the driveway, homelink will close it. So I find that I use it regularly but manually. Others are correct in that it also does not work automatically when reversing into the garage.
It just doesn’t work in reverse. Perhaps it is a function of the particular opener that I have at the house and other conditions like distance and interference.I back into my garage exclusively and it works just fine. I don’t have a clue why anyone would believe it wouldn’t…
What I do find stupid is that the "chime" on open/close happens when the signal is sent to activate the opener. Not when the "Skip’ option pops up that allows you to skip the auto-open/close for that approach/departure. The chime should sound when the pop up shows up to remind you to skip it if you don’t want it to activate.
Small gripe but it just makes no sense to me.