meross Smart WiFi Garage Door Opener Remote, App Control, Works with Alexa, Google Assistant and SmartThings, No Hub Needed（Non HomeKit Versions）Carbonfree Certified

This is the best smart home garage door opener. Over 10 years ago, I used a product called Garagio to do this and it was pretty good, but they got bought out by another company and that company forced the old product to stop working with the Alexa app so that you'd have to buy their new version. Their new version was expensive and it sucked. It required batteries, would only do one door and was twice as expensive as this, and after all that, the Alexa-integration was useless as Alexa would never understand the skill name. Both of those required telling Alexa the skill name, such as "Alexa tell Garagio to open the garage door".This product was really cheap, really easy to install, and works great, there are no useless batteries, it can do both garage doors, and you don't have to use the Alexa skill name, so the voice control is much more natural. You can just say "Alexa open the garage door" and she'll do it. Although if you use more than one door you'll need to give them unique names like "Alexa open the right door".There's nothing bad to say about this product, it is exactly what I wanted. The only thing I can say negative about it, is that you must give it a verbal PIN number to open the door. But that is not the fault of this product, that is a new requirement by Amazon Alexa for security. You can close the doors without a PIN, but you must give a PIN to open a door. Giving the PIN isn't horrible, I just wish there was an option to not do that like these products worked a decade ago, but like I said, that's not the product's fault, that's Amazon that is requiring that.If you want smart home garage opener, this is the one to get. They could double the price and I'd still say this is the one to get, because I've used others that are double the price and they sucked.

This is not a promotional, paid, or promised gift review; I am doing this because this product deserves a great review. I’ve had a My-Q system for several years, that kind of worked. Very much a pain to hook up, it would notify me that my doors were open when they weren’t, and changing batteries involved a ladder. But then one door failed, and customer service could not solve the problem without recommending replacing that $150 control board. Then I found this Meross product. I figured what do I have to lose with something so inexpensive. But this is amazing and should be selling for much more.The unit itself is about the size of a deck of cards with an antenna and some plug-in ports. One goes to the USB power supply. Then each door has its own long wire. [The unit can run 3 doors, the kit comes the wires for 2 doors.] One end plugs into the Meross. The other end is the door sensor, which is similar to most alarm system magnets. The wire is already attached to one end, and I screwed this to the wall just above the top of the garage door. I screwed the other magnet to the top of the garage door. It comes with double sided tape, but I felt better putting in screws. There are options, instructions and brackets to how to attach to the J-channel, but the method I used was super easy. Then the 2 wires in the middle of the long wire plug into the back of the door opening motor. I don’t know how this could be simpler.My case was slightly different in that I have two different kinds of Liftmaster motors. These needed accessory kits, that Meross sent right away. It took two different accessory kits for the different motors, but both were easy. The accessory kit is a small box that attaches to those two wires in the middle of the long wire. Then you program that box to the learn button for the garage door. Still, hooking up the accessory kit was maybe 2 minutes and incredibly easy.The app for my phone works perfectly to both tell me the status of the doors and also to allow me to open or close them. You can set times to be alerted, such as a reminder the door has been open for 15 minutes. You can tell the app to automatically close the doors at night just in case your forgot. You can also open/close the doors through Alexa. Note that the units starts beeping before it closes a door to warn anyone around that the door is closing.The Meross unit communicates to the app via your WiFi. This was no problem for me and my detached garage 50’ behind my house as I already use PowerLine to send WiFi to the garage for Nest cameras, TV streaming, etc. But if the distance to your WiFi router is too far, you might need an extender. What I definitely appreciated during setup is that it told me the strength of the WiFi signal it found, which was a very nice touch.I had a couple of occasions to contact customer support to make sure I had ordered the correct unit and arrange for the accessory kits. They always responded right away.In short, I simply do not know how you could find a better deal on a smart remote garage door system.

Although I have only had the opener installed for a few days, I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of the components and the ease of setup and usage. We have a five year old garage opener and the Meross unit worked perfectly with it. If you are handy, installation should go very smoothly. I suggest watching a few videos on the install and then you can take a look at you situation to get a better understanding of what you will need to do. In my case, I had to fabricate a small bracket to attach the wired sensor to at the front of the door. I recommend mocking up the two sensors first before permanent installation so that you can be sure the contacts are reading each other. If you hold the sensors close to each other and then move them apart you will see the light blink on the control unit signaling that it will work when the door opens or closes. Once I found the proper location for the sensors and ran the wiring to the closer, I connected the unit and found it on the app to connect to our wifi. You will need to download the app first but I had no connectivity issues at all. Also, it is recommended to check for firmware updates to insure the system is up to date.connecting the unit to the opener was simple as there are only two wires. Once I had the unit connected and the app going, I opened the door and the app recognized the garage position. I then was able to operate the door straight from the app. One tip is that if you have multiple users that you want to have access, you will need to have them sign on to the app using your email and the password that you create. There isn't an option for multiple users within the app so be sure to create a specific password unique to this application.Overall, this is an excellent value and it seems to be simple to operate. The app doesn't ask for any info that made me uncomfortable, nor does it ask for any payment.If you are looking to convert your garage opener into a Smart device, this is a great option!