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
Martin Renaud
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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.
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554 COMMENTS

  1. No smart devices yet, but love the fact that you could close the door if you forget on this one as well as the camera!

  3. It features a quiet DC motor to remotely open or shut the garage door.
    Fav. feature: a range of 457 meters for remotely opening and shutting the garage door

  5. No smart devices yet….this would be the first and would replace a garage door that opens randomly!!! And has a penchant for only doing it in the middle of the night!!

  7. No smart devices yet….this would be the first and would replace a garage door that opens randomly!!! And has a penchant for only doing it in the middle of the night!!

  9. The 4 smart devices we have (Alex, plugs, lightbulbs and thermostat) are all smarter than me. Advantages: cost efficient, reliability and ease of operation(that’s the devices, not me)

  11. I am hitting about 150 IOT devices. Besides the automation, the remote control is the best overall advantage..

  12. At the moment we have no smart devices, but I think the biggest advantage would be they are accessible anywhere and any time.

  14. I don’t have a lot of smart devices. I’m selective as to the ones I take in my house. No need for Google or Amazon to listen in.

  17. I have no smart devices, but I think the biggest advantage is that they are accessible if you are not at home.

  19. I have camera’s all around my place and in the house. The biggest advantage is being able to see who is around your house when you are not at home.

  20. We don’t have any but are thinking about getting some in the future. The biggest advantage is piece of mind that you can control things when you are not at home.

  21. We have none at the moment but are looking into it. The biggest advantage is controlling items when not at home.

  22. I have 3 devices currently, mainly speakers and a display but starting to add more. Being able to control things by phone or by voice is so much easier then fumbling with buttons on each individual device. Thermostat is next

  23. We don’t have that many smart devices yet — our home security system (no camera, but allows us to enable it on our phones) and a lighting system in my office is about it so far. Would definitely love to make our home smarter, as it just makes things easier and more accessible!

  24. I think we have 3 smart devices, plugs, lightbulb and thermostat. We love our chamberlain garage opener but it’s 10 years old and who would have thought having a smart garage opener too!

  25. I have a camera system including four cameras and a video doorbell as well as four smart media streaming AI devices. I realize the advantage of smart devices in your home is peace of mind. The video cams work 24/7 and offer notification alerts to all visitors, family, friends, or unwelcome trespassers.

  29. I have 3 smart devices one controls the alarm one controls the temperature and one controls the tv. the biggest advantage for me is the convenience and piece of mind

  30. I have about 6-7 smart devices a home ranging from smart plugs, smart power bars and lights/floodlight/camera.
    I find the biggest advantage of using them is the freedom to choose how you want to use them; from a remote location, from an app, from another smart device (hub) or directly on the device… and on top of it all, you can automate/program them to your liking. All this brings a peace of mind to me.

  32. I have 3 smart devices one controls the alarm one controls the temperature and one controls the tv. the biggest advantage for me is the convenience and piece of mind

  33. I have 2 smart devices one controls the temperature on the furnace at the lake and the other controls the UV lights for plants that I am over-wintering. The biggest advantages are convenience and peace of mind that I can check temperatures etc

  35. All I have is a smart phone. So it would be fun to try out other smart products! The biggest advantage would be convenience.

  36. I have 2 smart devices in my home. I think the biggest advantage to having smart devices is that you can control it remotely.

  39. I have about 6-7 smart devices a home ranging from smart plugs, smart power bars and lights/floodlight/camera.
    I find the biggest advantage of using them is the freedom to choose how you want to use them; from a remote location, from an app, from another smart device (hub) or directly on the device… and on top of it all, you can automate/program them to your liking. All this brings a peace of mind to me.

  40. we just install pot lights that we can control and we love the ability to have the lights be turned on remotely while we are not home

  42. It features a quiet DC motor to remotely open or shut the garage door.
    Fav. feature: a range of 457 meters for remotely opening and shutting the garage door

  44. There are so many wonderful features but my most loved is the remote smartphone operation options and an integrated 1080p camera. This presents as a great home security feature for me!

  45. Smart devices just make you life easier. Being able to program and control things through your phone is my fav part and is so useful!

  46. Just my thermostat. I moved in a couple of months ago and would love to start getting more smart devices as I have more money available. Everything is so expensive these days!

  47. We have about 4 smart devices and my favorite is the motion sensor lights both inside and outside the home. It’s great when one gets up in the middle of the night and my cat loves it too. He feels empowered that he can turn lights on and off!

  48. I have 3 smart devices and I think the biggest advantage is that they are accessible if you are not at home.

  50. How many smart devices do we have? 10 I think (including speakers, lights, cameras and doorbell) most of the time. Come Christmas though we add a few more smart sockets to control lights in each window and outside.

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