Chamberlain Clicker Garage Door Monitor #CLDM1

Customer Reviews

Well worth the price...

2008-05-05
I have now been using the Chamberlain garage door monitor for ~6 months and it works great.

I have a detached garage and the base unit works anywhere in the house. I really wasn't expecting the range to be that good. The only other worry I had when installing it was having to reapply tape to the back of the sensor unit on the garage door, but to my surprise it has stayed in position now through extreme temperature variations (from -20 F to 95 F).

The only reason I didn't give it a 5/5 is because I agree with some of the other reviews, aesthetically the design could have been better...

piece of junk

2008-04-08
One star is too many for this piece of junk. Only product I've ever bought on Amazon that did not work. Very disappointed.

Works great

2008-03-27
I HAD to get one of this after my local police called me at 4:00am to let me know my garage door was opened! I have the receiver on the second floor and it picks up the signal from the garage.

Great product !!!

2008-02-22
Easy to use and simple to install. Works great. I bought 2 and am using only one receiver. The receivers can handle up to 4 door transmitters. REAL easy to program additional units. It was cheaper here than anyplace else to buy one receiver and two transmitters AND I have a backup receiver if I ever need one.

Works as advertised

2008-02-14
The short answer is: It works. My receiver is about 30' from the garage door's transmitter.

The longer answer is this:

The transmitter comes with adhesive-backed velcro to attach it to the garage door. (I added a staple through it to guard agaist it pulling off my older wooden door.) Being still quite new, I don't know how long the battery will last in the door-mounted transmitter (it's a large button battery). Hopefully it will have a long life.

The receiver, though perfectly functional, could stand some improvements:
(a) A simple paper template with markings for where to drill the holes in the wall to mount it sure would have been handy.
(b) It doesn't even come with screws to mount it to the wall!
(c) The AC adapter ("wall wart") is black. The color of the receiver is neutral, and looks decent on the wall, but the black wire running up to it is rather ugly. White would have been much better. I ran it along the baseboard and up the door trim (both white) so it at least isn't running straight up the wall.

I think a neat feature would have been to have it beep as the "open" LED flashes -- with a switch to enable/disable the beep. It would serve as a mini-alarm if someone opened the garage at night, or if a child snuck out through the garage.

But as I said at the beginning....It works.

No Support If It Doesn't Work!

2008-02-02
GARAGE DOOR MONITOR Indicates if the garage door is open or closed Security for the largest door to your home Works with any garage door When light flashes red, door is open Fast, easy installation; no tools needed Signals to any room in the home CLDM1 GARAGE DOOR MONITOR

No contact with transmitters is a recurring issue

2008-01-22
Went ahead and purchased this inspite of past stated concerns about range issues.I purchased two units and both work equally poorly.I tried several locations but if the receivers and transmitters are not in the same room together there is the flashing green and red signals indicating no contact with the transmitter. I frankly think that it is more likely an electrical interference problem with these units than a range problem.We have a fairly high tech house with multiple wireless items eg.Security System,Internet,Cable etc. I think that if you have multiple signals being transmitted in your home that it simply interferes with the operation of the 'hook up' between the transmitter and receiving unit.I suggest that you take this into careful consideration BEFORE you purchase one of these units.Mine are both going back to Amazon today.

Works as advertised!

2007-12-07
My garage is a separate building about 15' away from my house, so I needed something to tell me if I left the door open. I'm using this about 100' away from the transmitter - a bit too much for it. It worked fine at first, but then would lose signal on occasion. I noticed that the receiver had an antenna but the transmitter didn't. I opened up the transmitter and found the antenna "loop" - I simply soldered on a piece of wire of the appropriate length (this uses 390mhz, so I used a 1/2 wave length of wire, which is 14.4 inches). Works perfectly now!

Very pleased I have it ...

2007-10-14
Purchased this unit over a year ago, my garage is detached and the door faces away from the house ... cannot see if it's open unless I went out and trod halfway down the walk (CNY winter weather can make that painfully cold). I trust this unit ... it has gotten confused sometimes, blinking between red and green, but otherwise flawless ... did have to secure it with more/stronger velcro, the garage is unheated and the door too cold to hold it ... distance I have it is about 30 ft from the house/receiver.

Gives Peace of Mind

2007-06-26
This products works as described and is certainly helpful to me for the few times I 'forget' to close the garage door. The range seems pretty good as well. The monitor is about 50 feet away from the transmitter unit. Highly recommended.