What do you get the homeowner who seemingly already has everything? Or the picky person who has no real hobbies? The garage door opener is a surprisingly great gift for a number of people on your list.
A new opener is certainly unexpected. It’s also practical and can bring a lot of cool new conveniences into someone’s life. If you’re ready to start shopping, you can get more information here by clicking that link.
Here are a few people who could use a new garage door opener under the tree this year.
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New Parents
People expecting their first child will go to great lengths to baby-proof the home. However, a lot of them will forget about the garage.
At the very least, if your kids are old enough to stomp around and wander, you need a sensor at the bottom of the garage door that will prevent it from closing on anything in its path. If you live in an older home (pre-dating the mid-90s when those became legally required), you may not have that crucial childproof protection.
Modern garage door openers have those sensors and much, much more to keep your kids and pets out of harms way.
Compulsive Online Shoppers
Do you have a loved-one who basically has a new Amazon box on their step every other day? Odds are good that they’ve had to deal with “porch pirates” and thieves at some point.
If you sync a Wi-Fi enabled garage door opener with Amazon’s new Key for Garage, you can take your deliveries off of your front porch and have an Amazon employee place it safely in your garage—away from the weather and would-be thieves.
Amazon also has had their employees unlock the front door to the house using Amazon Key, but a lot of people found that a bit creepy and intrusive. Leaving the package in the garage seems like a happy medium.
Forgetful People
Do you have someone in your life that needs an extra 5 minutes to leave the house because they can’t remember where they left their wallet, keys, or phone?
These are the same people who often have that moment of panic when they leave town and suddenly realize, “Oh no, I forgot to lock the garage.” Today’s modern garage door openers turn your phone into your garage door remote. Which means you can check the status, or lock/unlock from anywhere you have a cell signal or Wi-Fi. This means that these frequent-forgetters can lock their doors while they’re out of town or at work.
These are only a few people that would love to unwrap a new garage door opener this year. Reading this list may have also sparked some other ideas of people in your life that could use one.
A garage door opener is one of those things that you don’t always think of to buy for yourself. Or maybe you put off the purchase until you absolutely need one. But once you have one, you will wonder what you ever did without it.
