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Review on Genie 2055-LED Stealth 500 Essentials, LED Bulbs Included, Ultra-Quiet Belt Drive Garage Door Opener by Erik Wesley

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Quiet but has an significant flaw

I bought this to replace a 20+ year old genie screw drive opener. Never again.Good: much quieter, easy to put together, reasonable price.Bad: the electrical terminal block on the head unit is a terrible design. It is not the traditional metal screw terminals that are still used on the wall switch and safety eyes.The terminal strip is a stab-in style which forces you to press on a small plastic tab to open a spring loaded terminal. They chose the absolute cheapest, most fragile possible version of this. Of course, one of the plastic tabs broke off as I am finalizing a multi hour install.These terminals are not suited to multiple wires in the small opening supplied. Their design requires multiple wires in each hole.The extra 3 cents they saved on buying these terrible terminal blocks are not worth the risk of breakage.I would love to speak to the person who made this design choice and buy them a beer.

Pros
  • HOMELINK & CAR2U ENABLED: This garage door opener out of the box works with in-car remote systems such as Home link and Car2U without the need for repeaters or hubs
Cons
  • The instruction manual may be difficult to understand for non-technical users