Have you considered making your garage smart using a Chamberlain Garage Door Opener? Perhaps you are like Matt who recently reviewed the new MyQ Garage Door Opener on the blog. He did a detailed installation video and discusses each step involved and shows all of the great features of this door opener. At the end of his post, he laments not having added one of these sooner for the convenience and safety it offers. Read on to learn more, then enter for a chance to make your garage smart with Chamberlain.

What are the advantages of a smart garage door opener

The term “smart” is often applied to devices we can control in several ways, including using an app on our phones. So the first advantage of the Chamberlain MyQ garage door opener is that you don’t need to look around for the remote to open the garage: your phone is always with you so you always can control the door. Share the app with members of your family and they always have the ability to get into the garage. Also the app is secure: likely much more secure than a keypad controller.

Smart devices also often have unique features built in to add convenience. The Chamberlain MyQ app will show if the door is open or closed. This is a nice feature if you left home and forgot to close it. Even better, the Chamberlain Garage Door opener has a camera. Imagine that you left home, notice on the app that the door is still open and want to close it. However, you know it’s not safe to close the door without checking that it’s safe. With the camera, you can watch it within the app as it closes, knowing 100% that nothing, and no adult or child, will be harmed.

Installing a smart device at this time of year makes perfect sense

Fall is the best season to install smart devices for several reasons. For most of us, travel season is over, the kids are in school and back into their regular sports practices, weekend games, piano lessons, and homework, homework, homework. You are running around from one location to another and will easily forget to lock doors or close the garage as you leave. These are the times when thieves thrive. But a smart home is a more secure home. A thieves worst nightmare. Cameras capture their images; smart lights scare them off; smart doors keep them out!

And most smart devices are quick and easy to install. Admittedly, there is a range of difficulty levels and a smart garage door opener is on the more complicated side of that range. In his review article and video, Matt explains the entire process. He didn’t do this alone, and you should consider asking a friend to help too. Follow the steps and you will soon have the garage door opener that homeowners dream of! Here is Matt’s video. Watch it, then return to this article to enter the contest for your chance to win one.

How to enter

Entering this contest is easy and you can enter in three different ways.

  1. In a comment below, tell us how many smart devices you have in your home and what you think it the biggest advantage to having smart devices in your home.
  2. In a comment below Matt’s review article, tell us what you like best about this smart garage door opener. What is your favourite feature?
  3. Visit the Chamberlain MyQ Smart Garage Door opener page on bestbuy.ca and go to the “Specifications” section of the page to find the information that is missing from the image shown here on the right. In an email to bestbuyblog@bestbuycanada.ca with the subject line Chamberlain contest, tells us what information is missing in this image.

What you can win

At the end of this contest, we will randomly select two (2) winners. Each will receive a new MyQ Smart Garage Door opener for their home.

This contest runs from Oct  31st to Nov 14th.

Remember, you can enter in three different ways as discussed above. Talk to your family and friends about this contest as some of them will have a garage and may be interested in upgrading to one of the best, and smartest, garage door openers available!

Win a Chamberlain Smart Garage Door Opener Rules and Regulations

Good Luck.

Martin Renaud
Editor in Chief
Martin loves working with the talented editors and writers on the Best Buy Blog as Editor-in-Chief. During his spare time he is either working on his next novel, cooking up a masterpiece in the kitchen, or adding some smart tech to his new home on Mayne Island in British Columbia.

554 COMMENTS

  1. We have google home, thermostat, outdoor cameras, and doorbell. appreciate the ability to check in on my house regardless of where I am.

  2. Unfortunately we do not have any smart devices however i do think that a smart garage door opener is a smart idea and would be very beneficial to any homeowner

  3. I have 2 smart home devices and the biggest advantage to having smart devices in my home is the ability for remote monitoring.

  4. I only have a google home mini. I think the biggest advantage is that all connected devices can be controlled by the voice assistant.

  5. I have two smart home tech devices and I love being able to control them with my phone even when I am away from home.

  6. I have 9 smart devices in my home. The biggest advantage is being able to set routines across my devices which can be turned on with one touch of a button, voice, or scheduled.

  7. The biggest advantage is to use the phone to open it. So don’t have to worry about it not being charged.

  8. We have smart assistants only – they are a great help but I think we could do so much more with more smart things like thermostats and locks etc.

  9. I have 3 smart tech devices in my home. I need a garage door opener desperately so to use my phone would be handy

  10. we have a smart thermostat and alex to play music, but my favourite feature would be the backup battery.

  11. I only have a couple of cost saving smart devices in my home now. I think that the best feature of the MyQ Smart Garage Door Opener would be the ability to know if it’s open or closed from the convenience if the app.

  12. My favourite feature is that it is an app on your phone which can be shared with trusted individuals.

  13. We have nine smart devices in our home. The biggest advantage is having access to the internet from them.

  14. Unfortunately we do not have any smart devices in our home yet but I would really like to install a smart doorbell and some smart surveillance cameras. These would make our home feel more secure especially when we are away.

  15. I don’t have any smart devices, in my home. The biggest advantage to having smart devices in one’s home is if you forget to do something, it’s easy to use an app, to direct a device to do it, even if you’re not there.

  16. I have my phone and a BBq cooking device. Smart devices are great for safety, time saving and general peace of mind.

  17. MY Favourite feature is being able to tell if my garage door is open or closed. I don’t know how many times we have gone out for the day , then started wondering if we closed the garage door when we left. Then we’d have to call a neighbour to check for us. It would be FABULOUS not to have to bother neighbours!!

  18. I ONLY Have one smart device, but would love to have more. One aspect is having control from my iPhone when I’m not at home

  19. I have a few smart products, mostly plugs. The biggest advantage I find is being able to turn off or on your lights wherever you have wifi or data. Which is helpful if you’ve forgotten to turn off a light or maybe you want something on before you get home.

  20. I have 2 smart devices in my home and the biggest advantage is that you can access them when you are not home.

  21. I have 3 or 4 smart tech items in my home right now.
    I love how you can be connected even while away.
    Controlling everything from my phone, or allowing the AC or Heat to turn on when my phone is close is awesome.

  22. I only have 4 smart tech items in my house currently , and I love it. Being able to control everything right from my phone is a gamechanger!

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