Reliability – Years of worry free ownership can be expected when your garage door has been selected to meet your specific needs and takes into account the weight and type of garage door it will be lifting. Factors in reliability include the type of motor mechanism (with chain drive and direct drives being the most durable), regular maintenance applied, and of course the brand of manufacturer.

Mechanism Type – The greatest volume of sales today belong to the chain drive units which also happen to have great track records in reliability and have been on the market for many decades. These units will easily last you 10 years or more with some very simple maintenance. Their downfall; they are noisy as all else. If you are looking for good reliability but quiet, especially if your house sits above your garage, then belt drive units or direct drive units are the way to go. An alternative to the belt drive are the screw drive units, that have fewer moving parts and can offer good performance over a very long period of time.

Customer Reviews – This is perhaps the biggest factor of all. Are buyers happy with their purchase? What are they saying about their new Industrial Door Operaters? Customer reviews cut through the sales hype and tell you about their personal experience with their purchase. They will tell you if their opener’s features work as advertised – was the opener too loud? Was it too slow? Did the remote work well? Was the opener difficult to install? You’ll hear it all through customer reviews. This is really the ultimate test of whether a garage door opener is any good or not.