Well, long story, but my BIL lost their home in the firestorms of 2017 here in Sonoma County, CA, no smoke detector warning, even though they had wired and battery detectors, only the light of their neighbors home going up woke them, all they had time to do was dress quick, grab wallet/purse, but with no power, they could barely open, lift the garage door, but his DW managed to hold it enough to get the car out, they drove through flames, ash, smoke and came to our door at about 3 AM… The lost the large home, Indian Art, rug collections, jewelry, 2 parrot, a cockateel, and various art glass, old glass, book collections…
Anyway, I tried our garage door, I can do it, but barely, DW cannot. It’s set up with double tracks because of a lowered ceiling space used for storage when we bough it in '74. The opener pulls it up on the tracks one, but manual opening is tough. I looked, didn’t like that most openers used lead/acid batteries, this one, a Ryobi uses a 5A Li-Ion battery, has other options, like a fan, bluetooth speaker, laser guide markers for paring, even a camera or compressor if wanted. Several ports for them. As weak as wifi links for opening remotely, checking on its open/close status, etc…
At the time HD was not stocking the main units, the GDO in their stores, but Direct Tools had them, so I ordered from them, installed it here, replacing an old Sears Craftsman chain opener with his belt drive model… Fun project, but much, much safer than before…
But, I see now they are discontinued!
And here is why:
So Chamberlain won the war, so can’t be sold until 2023, but I don’t see them in Direct tools, and they are marked Discontinued at the Ryobi website… My choice today would be via 1st, my local hardware chain. Friedman’s, or 2nd Lowes…
I’ve no need to replace my Ryobi GDO, pretty happy with it, and setting it up, if it failed, maybe Genie… But maybe Rybi will be back, I did buy the accessories at HD. Sorry to see their pulling it off the market…
That’s my story & I’m sticking to it! But still unhappy with my APC UPS unit…
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