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. I have no smart devices yet. Saving time and making life easier is the biggest advantage to me.

  4. 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

  6. I have 2 smart devices in my home and the biggest advantage to have the devices is that it makes my tasks much easier.

  7. I have two smart TV’s, a nest thermostat and a ring doorbell. Each of these items make controlling my home much easier. I am able to see who is at my door, I am able to turn up or down my heat or cooling if I am away and the temperatures change.

  15. I don’t think i have any smart devices. I only have a smart tv. Does that count? A great advantage to having a smart device or several is being able to control things from one location. I mean who wouldn’t want a smart washing machine or smart oven if you’ve decided to spend an evening in the backyard, or have a bruised nakle and can’t move much?

  17. We have some smart light bulbs in the house and it’s really handy to be able to change things when you’re not home.

  20. We have quite a few smart devices, but I don’t know the exact count. We have a smart thermostat, several different light bulbs and other lights, security cameras, and other things. They improve our lives by helping us maintain our lazy lifestyle lol

  22. I have a pile of smart devices! I have 2 Alexas, a ring system, and 7 phillips hue bulbs + an led strip and bridge! So maybe 12? The biggest advantage of having them is being able to control everything from your phone whole you’re not home

  23. We’ve got about 5 smart devices – I think smart devices are helpful because more than one person can use them and it’s easy to make changes when you are away from home.

  25. We’ve got about 5 smart devices – I think smart devices are helpful because more than one person can use them and it’s easy to make changes when you are away from home.

  26. I have a pile of smart devices! I have 2 Alexas, a ring system, and 7 phillips hue bulbs + an led strip and bridge! So maybe 12? The biggest advantage of having them is being able to control everything from your phone whole you’re not home

  29. Wow, I was waiting for this for years. My Alarm system has camera, I have smart doorbell, thermostat, smart alarm pad and I have CCTV inside and out side the home. I can view everything including my garage from my phone. This is a game changer, everything is so accessible now. I got get two garage door opener’s now though…

  31. We only have one in our home. I think that their biggest advantage is being able to monitor or adjust things remotely.

  33. I don’t have any!
    A big advantage would be to monitor the house when you’re not home and getting notifications if something is happening.

  35. I have a Smart thermostat, Smart TV, and smart sockets for my lights. The ability to use voice command when my hands are full or I am in another room is absolutely super helpful.

  36. zero smart devices in home. The app control and camera so I can tell if the door is closed would be a cool feature

  39. I have a Google Mini and a smart alarm clock. The security camera and the ability to use my phone or share the code with family.

  40. My favourite feature is the backup battery is also included so that you can still operate the unit if the power is out. I ;ive on a rural aream and our hydro is often out.

  41. I have a smart thermostat, and a camera at my front door. I love in a rural area and feel safer with the camera.

  44. I have what they call a smart Thermostat, but it has a mind of its own. Not sure how smart. Maybe a new one. I would also really like an integrated 1080p camera for safety purposes.

  47. I have a smart thermostat in my home but that’s about it. Its great, so convenient to be able to control it from my phone

  48. We have 3 Smart Devices in our home. I love remote smartphone operation options and an integrated 1080p camera for safety purposes.

  50. at this time, i have no smart devices in my house. I do like the security camera as a safety feature on this garage door opener.

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