Skylink GM-318 Household Alert Garage Door Monitor Set

by Skylink

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Alerts you when a garage door is open

Product Description

Alerts you anywhere inside your house when your garage door is open! Garage door monitor set. Notifies you when a garage door is open. Supervised Sensor: monitors the sensors and their battery condition automatically. GM-318R can work with up to 4 sensors. (additional sensors sold separately) Both audio and visual indicators. Operating range: 300 feet. Best of all, the House Link Garage Door Alert System is easy to set up, with the sensor alerting the receiver wirelessly.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000ENAAYY
• Item model number: GM-318
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,917 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Comparison with Chamberlain CLDM1, February 8, 2010

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Alan Mayer (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Skylink GM-318 Household Alert Garage Door Monitor Set (Tools & Home Improvement)

I got Chamberlain first and it installed in 5 minutes. The transmitter attaches easily to door with provided double stick velcro. The receiver (with green/red LED indicators) has to be plugged in, which does limit the choices for mounting. In one month of usage I had to reset it once because it was showing the garage door open when it was closed. As another reviewer noted, simply unplugging the receiver and plugging it back in fixed the problem. If the door is closed a green LED shines, if open a red LED blinks. Odd that the red LED is dimmer than the green LED.

I thought it would be nice if it would also beep when the garage door is left open so I tried the Skylink GM-318. I got the Skylink today and it installed easily. I did have to fiddle with tiny dip switches on the transmitter and receiver, but it was pretty easy with the supplied tool. I think the receiver works from a bit farther away than the Chamberlain.

I was disappointed with the beep feature because it starts beeping constantly as soon as the door is opened. I don't think my family will appreciate the beep when I leave for work early in the morning. If Skylink (or Chamberlain) reads this, it would be really nice if the beep could be configured to start immediately, or to start beeping after the door has been open for 5 minutes. Beeping once per minute would be enough, instead of constant beep. The beep volume can be set to off, low, or high with a switch. It also has a mute feature which you can press if you know the garage door will be open for a while. When the garage door is closed, it automatically turns off the mute and goes back to normal operation. The Skylink uses a different kind of sensor than the Chamberlain that is mounted at the bottom of the door with two sided sticky tape and has a pencil shaped sensor that senses the floor of the garage pressing up on the pencil shaped sensor. The sensors for both units work well and appear to be well designed.

Overall both units work well. If the Skylink had a delay on the beep, I'd like it better, but I'll probably turn off the beep to keep from annoying my family and my dog. The Skylink can monitor up to 4 devices with a separate LED light for each, and a different beep pattern for each. Skylink has sensors that can monitor garage doors, motion sensors, water sensors, and other types of sensors.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Saved my marriage!, November 8, 2006

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D. Sanders (Irvine, CA) - See all my reviews
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It works well, accurately displaying the status of the garage door to the receiver on the opposite side of the house. I think this thing has helped save my marriage, since leaving the garage open over night was a big "issue"! Works great. I'd say my transmitter and receiver are about 100 feet apart, through walls and upstairs. Every once in a while it loses the signal (red LED flashes 3 times), but most of the time it gets it.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't work 30 feet away, nevermind 300, October 27, 2006

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Mark_A (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

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Don't waste your money. It just doesn;t work once you get about 30 feet away 9detached garage) specs say 300 feet range.