Flop Friday
"Smart" Garage Door Sensor
Flop★★☆☆☆
What's good
- + Setup was genuinely easy
- + App looks nice
What's not
- − Loses connection to wifi at least once a week
- − Push notifications arrive 10+ minutes late
- − Battery life nowhere close to advertised
This one had a great first impression — clean app, five-minute setup, looked like exactly the kind of small upgrade that makes a house feel a little smarter.
Then the notifications started showing up late enough to be useless, and the wifi drops became a weekly occurrence requiring a manual reset. For something whose entire job is reliably telling you “yes the garage door is closed,” that’s a dealbreaker.
Back in the box. Not recommending this one.
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