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Chamberlain B970T Smart Garage Door Opener with Battery Backup - myQ Smartphone Controlled - Ultra Quiet, Strong Belt Drive and MAX Lifting Power, 1.25 HP, Wireless Keypad Included, Blue Chamberlain B970T Smart Garage Door Opener with Battery Backup - myQ Smartphone Controlled - Ultra Quiet, Strong Belt Drive and MAX Lifting Power, 1.25 HP, Wireless Keypad Included, Blue Chamberlain B970T Smart Garage Door Opener with Battery Backup - myQ Smartphone Controlled - Ultra Quiet, Strong Belt Drive and MAX Lifting Power, 1.25 HP, Wireless Keypad Included, Blue Chamberlain B970T Smart Garage Door Opener with Battery Backup - myQ Smartphone Controlled - Ultra Quiet, Strong Belt Drive and MAX Lifting Power, 1.25 HP, Wireless Keypad Included, Blue Chamberlain B970T Smart Garage Door Opener with Battery Backup - myQ Smartphone Controlled - Ultra Quiet, Strong Belt Drive and MAX Lifting Power, 1.25 HP, Wireless Keypad Included, Blue Chamberlain B970T Smart Garage Door Opener with Battery Backup - myQ Smartphone Controlled - Ultra Quiet, Strong Belt Drive and MAX Lifting Power, 1.25 HP, Wireless Keypad Included, Blue

Chamberlain B970T Smart Garage Door Opener with Battery Backup - myQ Smartphone Controlled - Ultra Quiet, Strong Belt Drive and MAX Lifting Power, 1.25 HP, Wireless Keypad Included, Blue

Chamberlain B970T Smart Garage Door Opener with Battery Backup - myQ Smartphone Controlled - Ultra Quiet, Strong Belt Drive and MAX Lifting Power, 1.25 HP, Wireless Keypad Included, Blue Chamberlain B970T Smart Garage Door Opener with Battery Backup - myQ Smartphone Controlled - Ultra Quiet, Strong Belt Drive and MAX Lifting Power, 1.25 HP, Wireless Keypad Included, Blue Chamberlain B970T Smart Garage Door Opener with Battery Backup - myQ Smartphone Controlled - Ultra Quiet, Strong Belt Drive and MAX Lifting Power, 1.25 HP, Wireless Keypad Included, Blue Chamberlain B970T Smart Garage Door Opener with Battery Backup - myQ Smartphone Controlled - Ultra Quiet, Strong Belt Drive and MAX Lifting Power, 1.25 HP, Wireless Keypad Included, Blue Chamberlain B970T Smart Garage Door Opener with Battery Backup - myQ Smartphone Controlled - Ultra Quiet, Strong Belt Drive and MAX Lifting Power, 1.25 HP, Wireless Keypad Included, Blue Chamberlain B970T Smart Garage Door Opener with Battery Backup - myQ Smartphone Controlled - Ultra Quiet, Strong Belt Drive and MAX Lifting Power, 1.25 HP, Wireless Keypad Included, Blue
$ 300.83

Score By Feature

Based on 4,425 ratings
Motion detection
9.69
Noise level
9.38
Easy to install
9.18
Safety Features
9.28
Alexa integration
8.08

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How Our Score Is Calculated

Product Description

MyQ tech lets you use your smartphone to control your smart garage door opener from anywhere and be connected to it. You can open, close, and monitor the status of your garage door from anywhere with the app.
In case of a power outage, the battery backup of the device ensures safe replacement ins and outs. There are three radio frequencies 310, 315, and
The belt drive is particularly quiet and offers a strong grip - steel reinforced belt in a high-grade construction for years of reliable performance and quiet performance - perfect for garages attached.
Chamberlain's Max Lift Power System ensures the B970's lifting force is equivalent to 1 12 by 4 HP, which is the highest lifting capacity in the category and provides superior performance in extreme conditions.
This battery-operated garage door opener features a superior range of remote controls, which can be used to control up to three doors. Utilizing Triband technology for a faster entry and exit, these routers have a remote range of up to 1,500 feet

Questions & Answers

What is the time frame for myQ to support multiple users with different accounts in the same household?

As of May 2019 the app would not work anymore, but you can read Google Play Store reviews. It does not appear to work properly on the new MyQ App. It is time for Amazon to remove this product from their recommendation list.

The opener can be used to open a track type garage door, right?

There is no need for any special hardware to install the B970 My sincerest thanks go out to

The Chamberlain B 970 and Alexa will they work together? When we turn on the light in the morning, is she going to be able to open and close the door and is she going to be able to turn on the light?

We do not yet offer an interface that works with Alexa through our myQ App. know that our Alexa customers would like to be able to integrate myQ with the service. As well as many other integrations, we will continue to pursue this.

How does the unit connect to the network? Is it possible to connect it to an Alexa hub for access via voice commands?

No, this unit is not Wi-Fi compatible You are connected to the internet. As of yet, the myQ app doesn't integrate with Alexa. We are working on this as well as many other connections.

Selected User Reviews For Chamberlain B970T Smart Garage Door Opener with Battery Backup - myQ Smartphone Controlled - Ultra Quiet, Strong Belt Drive and MAX Lifting Power, 1.25 HP, Wireless Keypad Included, Blue

I do not like the fact that some of the features require you to subscribe
4/5

I believe this is one of the few big appliances that I have bought that basically works. Assembling and configuring it was very easy, and when I turned it on, it did exactly what it was supposed to - it worked right away. Even the app functions as a garage opener. All of the remote controls, the panel, the outdoor panel, the backup battery, everything is connected. Other than that, everything is great. I just don't like how exposed the belt is. In fact, it's quite quiet, just as promised, and it slows down just before it reaches the closed state. This indoor control panel has a display for the temperature, time, and battery status, and a motion sensor enables the lights to be triggered when motion is detected. I am pleasantly surprised by the quality of the app This app follows the Android design guides almost exactly and is easy to use, unlike most proprietary apps built for any type of hardware. There is one thing I don't like about the software IFTTT and Google Assistant are both integrated, but they both require a subscription, which is a joke. Will I need to subscribe to IFTTT to be able to control my garage door opener? Taking a closer look at Chamberlain will help them better understand what they're offering. The opener is for a garage door. A garage opener and a garage shutter are attached to it. Many of my household appliances are connected to my network, and some are capable of much more. A subscription is not necessary to access any of them. As a whole, I consider this a fantastic product, but have to dock a point for the ridiculous decision to place some features behind a subscription model. At this point, I consider IFTTT and Google Assistant functionality to be basic necessities, not premium features that can be charged.

Ira GODDARD
Ira GODDARD
| Nov 24, 2020
The wireless is garbage, there is no wired option, and you have to pay to integrate Google Home
3/5

There is a major problem with wireless capability A wireless connection is available on this device via 2 wireless channels. GHz capability) AND it is necessary to disable the 40MHz channel RF antenna, 4 GHz (I could not use mixed or 40 MHz only, I had to select "only 20 MHz"). A great many people report that they are unable to get their garage door opener to connect to their router online. Several hours of fiddling with it later, I found that the issue laid with the 20/40 MHz band (I am guessing that most people's routers are affected by this). In Chamberlain's case, the 20/40 MHz issue does not appear to be resolved. As a simple and straightforward solution, Chamberlain provides a list of incompatible routers (which you shouldn't rely on). Despite the fact that there is no problem with your router, simply connecting the garage door to the wireless AP/router can prove to be a nightmare. In order to master the right combination of button presses (for specific amounts of time) in coordination with different LED colors and blinking frequencies, it has to be perfected exactly. You are locked out from configuring the settings for 30 minutes for any small mistake in the process (and you will make a lot of them). Hence, you don't need to plan anything else for that day, and you can prop that ladder up under your garage door I can't seem to connect one of the two openers I have to my network even after all of the above are done. I could have avoided every problem with the wireless setup *and constant connectivity issues* if it had included an Ethernet port. Seriously, why not just include an Ethernet port? I could have wired the opener in less time than it took to set up the wireless and never have connectivity issues. I hate Google Home Integration because it is wasted money and is garbage If you want your garage door opener to work with Google Home, Amazon Alexa, and IFTTT, you must pay for this. In order to maintain those services, you will need to subscribe to each of them separately. If you want to use two or three of them, you will need to purchase two or three separate subscriptions. Also, and this is the most frustrating thing, the device does not integrate with Google Home in the same way other smart devices do. To set up the connection, you have to use a weird skill/program/service voice interface because Chamberlain wants to charge money for this service. It takes a lot more time to respond to the garage door than other smart home devices because garage doors have a particularly small syntax. This device is not compatible with Google Home, and you cannot add it to your smart home devices with Google Home, you will see all your smart lights, smart switches, thermostats, smart TVs, but not your garage door opener. To put it plainly, this product does not integrate with other devices well, but integrates in a much worse way with lower functionality *and you have to pay for a subscription in order to do it this way. In addition, Chamberlain's only way to profit from this "service" would be to connect it this way in a more problematic It would be a simple matter to return both if the device were easier to remove.

Hugo Burnett
Hugo Burnett
| Sep 14, 2020
There was nothing more she could write about because Wi-Fi went down
3/5

In the first instance, the installers charged $50 more for installing the sensors, claiming it was not included in the Amazon service fee. I was able to open and close the online app on that first day, which was great. On my way to work the next day, it opened and closed (completely) mid-morning. Midway through the day, receive a phone call from a family member who got home and discovered the garage door had been left I am not sure why the WiFi enabled opener was so strange, but that's the reason I bought it. As soon as I opened the application to close it, it said the opener for my garage door was offline, so there's no point in using this. It appears WiFi enabled is a myth. As luck would have it, nothing was stolen from me when I got home. A frustrating hour was spent trying to reset the WiFi, etc. , but nothing worked, and I'm still offline. Wi-Fi was an extra cost that did nothing for us.

Rory Vasquez
Rory Vasquez
| Feb 03, 2021
The service of chamberlain has been very disappointing and they have not been able to provide
3/5

It appears that no one at Chamberlain can figure out how to fix the garage door that keeps opening by itself. The customer service department at chamberlain has been very dissatisfied with the inability to solve this issue when it was open during our vacation. This is a big issue as it was open during our vacation that we had no service. Constantly disappointed by this.

Isaias Foley
Isaias Foley
| Sep 06, 2020
Installation is difficult, especially if you're installing it from a chain drive
5/5

Once in place, the unit is convenient and reliable. The LED bulbs can still not be used. There was a bit of difficulty installing this, so much so that I was contemplating deducting a A new belt drive had to be installed to replace an old chain drive. My installation was pretty difficult due to unclear instructions and I was forced to google instructions for most of it. I took a couple of hours to connect the belt to the rail because of misaligned threads on the belt tensioner bolt included with the kit. In addition, instructions were unclear and the instructions did not clearly explain where to screw the bolt. After tightening the belt by hand to remove excess slack, there is no real benefit to doing so. *When following the directions, and completing this step, there was still a ton of slack that had to be removed* *Connecting to wifi and the app is tricky due to the fact it's done from the motor housing, and In order to guide you, you are required to use blinking lights and beepers, which I feel is archaic. There was a lot of work involved in setting the limits for open and close. It is simple. Despite that, it's a bit of a pain. In an experiment, my previous opener was rated to have more power, but was much slower than this one. I think that's why this is a 5 star rating. There are many conveniences and it is quite. Wi-Fi is reliable, and there are features such as a thermostat and motion sensors that make the product even better. Last but not least, I wish such a high tech device allowed the use of LED bulbs instead of CFL or incandescent.

Theodora King
Theodora King
| Apr 09, 2021

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