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Was $29. They are selling the double pack of these for $39.
Cheaper than what I could find elsewhere.
PTX-5 Compatible Garage Door Remote $7.99 + Free Shipping @ Kogan
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I bought a few of these on eBay but despite changing the battery, they're nowhere near as reliable as a replacement manufacturer one. I often spend a minute or so trying repeatedly to press the button to open the garage.
Likewise. But I've also had instances where replacement battery costs have been more then these replacements….
Recently had one that just stopped working despite having a new battery.
Where as the original Gliderol remote, although way too sensitive, is working many many years later on original battery.
Same. Price represents build quality. Purchased two similar ones from Ebay for a Merlin garage door. One still working fine on original battery after a few years. Other required many presses of buttons before it worked and eventually stopped working not long after purchase. Even after replacing battery.
Same. I've given up on cheap replicas for these.
FWIW, I have a Merlin garage door and their genuine remotes are rubbish as well. They eventually start cracking and falling apart, and it becomes difficult to get the door to open.
I've gone through quite a few of them now…
What have you end up with??
I agree, Merlin's are rubbish also. In this case you don't always get what you pay for. So no, price doesn't always reflect build quality.
Hmm… my manufacturer ones (Seip) cost $80 each, fall apart when you drop them, and are 3 times as big as they need to be. I bought some small after-market ones and love them. But you need the right type.
There's a seller on day, remotepro that's really good. I had a problem with one of my remotes, sent him a video and he sent me out a new one. Cost about $12-$14 for 2 B&Ds
Be careful of remotepro. Had to return a remote and he was trying to stitch me up with extra fees to send it to the original manufacturer overseas to "test". He threatened to keep calling me. Ended up reporting him to ebay. I think the seller has problems
Oh wow, mine was about a year ago, he sent me one first then said if I wanted to send mine back it would be helpful (I didn't) and that was that. Maybe coz mine was a $7 cheapie.
I bought one that looked exactly like this off blast month for about $10.
Made sure it matched my garage door model and it took about 5 seconds for it to be synced.
Has worked fine ever since.
PS: I have a Gliderol garage door.
I use these as well however you need to buy the frequency for your setup… mine isnt in the kogan list.
I havent found them to be troublesome except when replacing batteries (fiddly 4 screws).
They do work quite well though and are cheap enough if they fail after 2 yrs just chuck 'em and start again.
Is there a 'here's everything you need to know about finding your replacement remote' guide anywhere on the web?
I know originals are expensive but its worth the money
This remote is not reliable, you may use for a good 6 months then you need to get a new one.
I went back to the original remote which national garage on eBay has sales every second month, it costs more but at least they work every time and last years, the battery is easy to replace.Got one, but I have not been able to get it work. Bought the actual ptx-5 remote and it works with an issue.
If you do not know whether this would work with yours, don't buy it. Frequency and protocol have to be right. Price seems fairly ordinary to me, for a fixed frequency remote. I have bought remotes for less. Mine requires hopping code.