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Garageio, 1 Door - control your garage door with your phone, Works with Alexa

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WORKS WITH ALEXA
Add voice control by combining with an Alexa device
  • Works with Alexa for voice control (Alexa device sold separately).
  • Setup is quick and easy and requires no special tools
  • Open or close your garage door with a single swipe
  • Receive real-time alerts if your garage door has been left open
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Garageio, 1 Door - control your garage door with your phone, Works with Alexa

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Product Description

Product Description

Garageio is the simple and secure way to control and monitor your garage door from anywhere in the world, all without needing to replace your existing opener. The Garageio Blackbox can easily be installed in your home garage, allowing control of up to three separate garage doors.

From the Manufacturer

MONITOR AND CONTROL YOUR DOOR

Keypads and codes lead to questions — Who has my code? How secure is my garage? And one of the most common worries...did I forget to close the garage door?! Garageio answers all these questions and more, working from anywhere you have an internet connection. Control your garage door from as close as the next room or as far as the other side of the world, and monitor each door’s detailed activity through the Garageio Dashboard.

GRANT ACCESS TO OTHERS

Quickly and easily grant access to those closest in your life—or remove existing access instantly. Your kids, the babysitter, or even mom and dad can now easily open and close your garage door with a simple swipe. No limits on the number of users. No need to buy extra openers or share your existing codes.


QUICK AND EASY SETUP

Setup consists of three easy steps: Install the hardware device in your garage, connect the device to your home wireless connection, and download the Garageio app. That’s it!


REAL-TIME ALERTS

Leave home with absolute peace of mind. Garageio will alert you if your garage door has been left open, and allow you to close it immediately with a single swipe.


IFTTT ENABLED

Garageio works great with IFTTT (If This Then That), allowing you to make your life even simpler with custom recipes!

About the Startup

Describe your product in 3 words.

Smart. Universal. Connected.

Where did you get the inspiration for your product?

One rainy evening, Zak Dziczkowski discovered his garage door remote was missing. After getting soaked while using his garage keypad, he sought a replacement remote — only to discover they’re outlandishly overpriced. That same night, he called Dave Reif, and the two began their work developing Garageio — a simple idea to pair your smartphone with your garage.

What differentiates your product from similar products out there?

Garageio can not only monitor and control up to three separate garage door openers, but it also integrates with other great products such as Amazon Echo and IFTTT.

Tell us about the best and most challenging parts of the creation process.

There are a many different garage door openers to account for and we had to build something that would work well with all of them. The only thing more difficult than that is testing all of the different models as well. Each one is different in some way.

Customer reviews

3.3 out of 5 stars
3.3 out of 5
56 global ratings

Customers say

Customers like the performance and integration of the hardware. For example, they mention it works great and integrates with Alexa. That said, opinions are mixed on ease of use and quality.

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20 customers mention15 positive5 negative

Customers like the performance of the device. For example, they mention it works great, it's amazing with their model of opener, and it'll be well worth the install time.

"So far everything works well. Was easy to install, took me about 30 minutes start to finish...." Read more

"...Everything else works great. Using IFTTT to send updates and also set-up on Echo...." Read more

"It works well with the phone but with Amazon Dot it works for about a day and then loses it's connection." Read more

"This was a little harder to set up than I expected but works great. My wife gets home after me so I usually leave the garage down open for her...." Read more

6 customers mention6 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the integration of the garage door opener. For example, they mention that it works great with Alexa through the Garageio skills, and that the Echo skills have improved a bit. Some appreciate the simple app and the ability to control the garage with Alexia.

"...The Echo skills have improved a bit somewhat, as you can now say "Alexa, Tell Garageio to Open Garage" or "Alexa, Tell Garageio to Close..." Read more

"...Really like the integration with Alexa through the Garagio skills, no issue at all opening or closing my garage door with voice commands...." Read more

"...Works with Echo too !!" Read more

"...Now that is up and running it works amazing. Also included Amazon Echo support which is a nice feature asking Alexa if my garage door is open and..." Read more

24 customers mention15 positive9 negative

Customers are mixed about the ease of use of the hardware. Some mention that it was very easy to setup and well worth the install time. The instructions are entirely online. However, some say that it's a little harder to set up than expected and sloppy to do.

"I think that the Garageio is a very cool product. What it provides is simple piece of mind, remote control of your garage door, and combined with..." Read more

"...It worked with my model of opener. Install went easily -- you have to double-up the wire from the manual switch which is not obvious from the..." Read more

"...They are more difficult to work with than wireless, wireless batteries last for minimum 5 years, wireless contacts also report battery levels so..." Read more

"...The Instructions are all online, and I recommend reading through them and printing them out..." Read more

6 customers mention4 positive2 negative

Customers are mixed about the quality of the hardware. Some mention it's a nice product, while others say it'll sloppy install and is unpolished.

"I think that the Garageio is a very cool product...." Read more

"...Try hiding dark gray wires... you can't... looks like crap and hence why wireless contacts would be a huge plus...." Read more

"Nice product" Read more

"This thing is really cool! Easy to install, super simple app, great integration. Nice job folks!" Read more

3 customers mention0 positive3 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the value of the hardware. They say it's a waste of money, terrible, and made their garage door dumb.

"...smart home category, but the product (at least the one I received) was terrible...." Read more

"...the product to make my home more smart and safe, but it made the garage door dumb and made me feel unsafe...." Read more

"waste of money--still need to buy parts..." Read more

Great wifi garage door opener that can be controlled with Alexa!
5 Stars
Great wifi garage door opener that can be controlled with Alexa!
So far everything works well. Was easy to install, took me about 30 minutes start to finish. The app is pretty straight forward with the ability to open and close the door. The wiring is pretty simple, just follow the instructions specific to your door opener. The wires controlling the opener can sit on top of the wires for your existing wall controller, so you're not losing any functionality. Really like the integration with Alexa through the Garagio skills, no issue at all opening or closing my garage door with voice commands. It's even integrated with IFTTT, but so far the recipes are spotty when using geofencing. Overall this is a well made product and will only get better once the geofencing skills through IFTTT become more reliable. Highly recommend this product.
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BookLover
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent home automation tool
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2015
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I think that the Garageio is a very cool product. What it provides is simple piece of mind, remote control of your garage door, and combined with IFTTT notification of garage door events. If I want to know if I forgot to close my garage door, I can open the app and check the status of the door. If I forget to check the app, I am be notified that my garage has been open for longer than a specified amount of time. I don’t have to go back home if I forgot to close the door: I can simply close it from the app. Another situation we experience is my neighbor or contractor might need access to my house to help with something while I’m away. I can open and close my garage door from anywhere I have cell phone service. The notifications through IFTTT are awesome. I know when my family has made it home safely. I also know that I will be notified if someone opens the door for nefarious purposes. If I receive an alert at an unusual time, I can investigate. In my case, I have an inexpensive D-Link Wi-Fi camera in the garage I can visually check the status from. Once again, I think the Garageio is a very cool product.

Installation note: The instructions are entirely online, so if possible take a device to the garage with you before starting the process. The Garageio was very easy to install, and was completed in around 20 minutes from start to finish. The installation consisted of connecting 2 wires to the garage door opener to act as a trigger, and hooking up a magnetic sensor to the top portion of the garage door to indicate open or closed status. Then I ran those wires back to the Garageio and plugged them in. Next I created an account online and configure the app on our phones. You will need a screwdriver and a ladder to accomplish the installation. That’s basically it.
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Tim in Chicago
4.0 out of 5 stars Great early adopter product - nice job.
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2016
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Pretty cool product.
It is an early adopter gadget. Not everything was smooth, not every feature that you would expect, but a solid product. It worked with my model of opener. Install went easily -- you have to double-up the wire from the manual switch which is not obvious from the instructions, but pretty logical. And you have to do the online registration in a weird, forced order of sequence. In use, it appears to be very reliable -- always responds and seems to always get the open/closed detection right.

Biggest missing feature? The iPhone app has limited functionality. You would expect an open/close history - nope. You would expect settings for alert conditions and an alert history - nope. You want to know who opened the door using the app - can't find that feature. Looking forward to a lot more software updates.

Hey, Amazon Echo supports it, so it still gets that thumbs-up vote.
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Jeremy
1.0 out of 5 stars CAUTION: Alpha Product, NOT Ready For Purchase
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2016
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First, it works with Martin Garage Doors as advertised and does what it sets out to do... control via their Website or via a mobile application your garage doors. No problems there.

Just about everything else is unpolished and a hookie hack at this point. The good news is most of this is completely fixable on their end and after they read this they will probably improve some of my gripes... but read so you at least don't get surprised.

1) The device only supports 2.4GHz WiFi (luckily my access point is backwards compatible but yours may not be).
2) I didn't want to setup all my garage doors only to find out that I didn't like or it didn't work so I only setup 1 door. However once you complete the setup, you can't reregister/resetup the other doors yourself... you must email their support and have them do it for you which will take about a day.
3) This leads into the next low mark, no phone support... only web based email... on EST so you will burn a day with every correspondence.
4) They don't state this clearly, but all Garageio units are 3-car capable... the only difference is the number of wire sets they sell you... so that is why the price difference is only $10 per door supported. It is a fair price for the wire sets and it would cost more to make them yourself, so no complaints here.
5) They are basically using the same contacts that an alarm would use to determine if the garage is open... which leads to my next complaint... there is absolutely no reason for wired contacts. They are more difficult to work with than wireless, wireless batteries last for minimum 5 years, wireless contacts also report battery levels so you know well in advance when they need replacing, and if they used wireless then they could use a "Tilt Sensor" instead of "Contact Sensor" which would be a breeze to install. A Tilt Sensor is just pointed on the top panel of your garage door and when the panel moves from vertical to horizontal... presto! You know your garage door is open. Much better than a contact sensor which has to crammed into the area where your rollers run and left cable is... and if you have a newer garage door which is metal then you have to rely on adhesive to hold the contacts in place which I guarantee will eventually fail. I recommend applying silicon calking to provide extra adhesive support.
6) Small gripe but the cables are Dark Gray. Half the population have unfinished garages, half have finished. If you garage is finished it is most likely white. Try hiding dark gray wires... you can't... looks like crap and hence why wireless contacts would be a huge plus.
7) Here comes the best part... the app... it only supports open/close, adding users, and a log (without notifications). Doesn't sound bad at first, right? Well how are you alerted to know when someone opened your garage? How do you disable a user without going to the extent of deleting them? How do you have all those cool automations they advertise with Garageio... it is hacked together with IFTTT.com. So playing with IF (The app for IFTTT) it isn't horrible, but it isn't polished either. I will go into some specific examples how good/bad IFTTT is:
a) If I have to program my garage door automation then I shouldn't pay such a premium for Garageio. I like having the option to create customization myself but I shouldn't have to just to get the damn thing to play nice.
b) So now you are going to have to have 2 accounts for ever user. One for Garageio and one for IFTTT. Each user is going to have to register with different email addresses, and there is no way to share. I am sure you will have as much fun as I did getting my whole family setup... some hours later.
c) There is only ONE TRIGGER/ACTION with Garageio right now through... Open/Close. Think about that for a second, not "if closed" or "if open" but a dumb... really dumb... "send open/close" command. That means that if you program something to say if "this" then send open/close it doesn't even take into account the state of the garage (if it is open or closed already). This will become real fun in a second.
d) The application does NOT refresh on its own, at least in any short amount of time that I am willing to wait. The best thing to do is to close the app down and then reopen it so you find out if your garage is opened or closed. This goes into the next gripe I have.
e) So let's say you "accidentally" swipe the garage door (which is stupid easy, too easy to do, and I have already done it by accident). What do you do? Well you better not swipe the door open/closed again until it has finished it cycle! Why? What happens when you garage door is opening or closing and you press the button on your wall/remote? On most I have played with the door STOPS right where it is. Okay so now you start to have some real fun if you are not at home. So now that you a frantically trying to figure out if you garage is open or closed, if people can get in or not, remember to close the app and reopen it to see if the door is open (no idea how much, it could be partially or completely) or closed. So if you accidentally open your garage, make sure to wait long enough to not accidentally stop it mid flight and get into this mess.
f) With this app, it is now super easy to open your garage door... too easy. The application needs a way to disable a user (without deleting them), there should be a way to apply some sort of basic password/keycode or something to prevent your children from "playing" with your garage door, and hopefully no one ever loses their phone.
g) So I wrote a IFTTT "Recipe" to send me an SMS every time the state of the garage door changes which was stupid easy and it eliminates having to have ANY app on your phone while still being alerted to people opening or closing it. I was surprised no one published one yet, but I published it if you like to use it: ifttt.com/recipes/394232-if-garageio-door-is-opened-or-closed-then-send-an-sms-text-message
h) Garageio wrote a few IFTTT "Recipes" too. Most require the "IF" app to be installed, such as notification, location, and some other stuff. Just more stuff to clog up your phone.
i) Here is the best one of all, it combines a few of the previous gripes for the absolute best "stupid" things about this. Okay, so you install the recipe to either the "Open your garage door when you arrive at home" or "Close your garage door when you leave your home". Wait, I thought you said that they don't have a state of "if open" or "if closed"... they don't! Okay... now you have your wife in the car when you leave, both of you are Garageio users. See where I am going yet? You drive away from your house and now both your phones as stupid as they are try to close your garage door (which might already be closed because you did so from your car or such). Let me just say it is probably the most retarded thing to watch as your door goes through an epileptic seizure going down from one of your phones, the next phone stopping the door mid-flight, then the door going back up as Garageio tries to get to a close state, then finally going back down to get to that magic closed state. Mind you, this IFTTT app was written by Garageio too, so I can't blame a hacker for not thinking this through enough.
8) Garageio App forgets password every other time it is launched. Huge annoyance, since you can use IF/DO to control the door, but only through Garageio app can you view the status.
9) Final straw, IFTTT’s monthly limit of 100 SMS messages. That is 100 total SMS for all your recipes combined, all your garage doors, every open and every close. What a POS.
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