VEVOR Automatic Chicken Coop Door Opener Kits W/Time Sensor Induction Chicken Coop Door with Infrared Sensor to Prevent Chicken from Being Crushed Auto Chicken Guard Door（Not Included Battery）

We purchased this automatic coop door early in the year, 2020. It was pretty easy to install and setup.After several months with ZERO issues it stopped working and would not move at all or make any noise like it was trying. The support folks sent me a new circuit board to try and that did not fix the issue. They then said it would take a few weeks to get another motor/rod assembly in due to the demand. I mentioned it would be freezing here soon and "Dolly" said she would see what she could do. A week later I received the part and it worked!Now, after thinking about it I believe the chickens bumped a small block of wood into the path of the door as it closed and just blocked it a tiny bit at the bottom., over a bit of time I think this caused the motor/gear/rod to fail. Soooo, keep that in mind when you install the unit, make sure the door way stays clear with a bit of room at the bottom.We love this product and the support was great. I rarely do reviews but this one deserved it.

Chicken doors works great! The controller kept losing time if power went off, so it was not dependable. but I easily set it up on a 12v battery with maintainer to solve that issue. The entry sensor was useless/false trips, so it had to be removed. But good overall

After finally installing the product despite the poorly written instructions, the actuator did not work. The only troubleshooting advice from the instructions was to press the "test" button, that did not work either. There was no contact information for technical support in the materials provided. I contacted Amazon for support, and while they tried their best to help and even tried to contact the manufacturer directly, they were unable to assist me and recommended I contact the manufacturer directly. I called the number provided, after waiting on hold for 3 minutes I was routed to a voice-mail box that was full and not accepting new messages. There was no other contact information on the manufacturer's website. I ended up returning the product to Amazon.

Tired of walking out in the dark, cold and nasty weather to lock your chickens up at night and then back out early in the morning to unlock them?? You need this!!! It has worked perfect since the second we installed it. We thought the door might be a little flimsy and that an aggressive animal might be able to claw his way through it but it has worked great!! The sensor on the door does exactly what it should do, just like your garage door. A chicken walks through while the door is in motion the door stops. I wish I would have made this investment 20 years ago. It would have saved us from losing many animals to critters and many cold nights walking to the pen in the dark.

1. Install was easy to figure out.2. opens and closes like it should.3 the negative part is the safety sensor , i picked this model to protect my birds from getting smashed , but have already lost 2 birds do to wear the sensor is placed from factory it is to high and to far away from the door and not picking up the bird laying in the middle of the door. plan on adjusting position of sensor to see if this works if not will have to take auto function out and just use remote to open and close to insure safety of my birds.4. do wish their was a local open close at control box so you didn't have to always have key fob .overall good product wish maybe it had a force sensor kind of like a garage door so if laser sensor missed bird any thing getting stuck under door would auto open if got in bind from bird being in doorway.

Excellent product. Easy to install and operate. I am getting ready to run it completely off solar power. It did kill one of my chickens, because they were sleeping in the doorway below the level of the sensor. Make sure that you lower the sensor or raise the floor of the doorway as high as possible so that your chickens can't get lower than the sensor. Aside from sensor height issues, I would recommend the product to anyone that didn't want to have to wake up early to let you chickens out. Best value for the price, and as good as the more expensive models. The last thing I might change is the door is split in the middle for no plausible reason besides saving on shipping. I would make it one piece, but I will probably replace it with a single piece of steel. ~NJ

Such a worry and time saver - love this automatic door; no more worry about closing up at night to keep predators out. And such a time saver in the cold weather to not need to walk outside to let the hens out in the morning. The only issue we had was a left to right install, the safety eye would not work pointing toward the wall and couldn't install on the outside of the building (we wanted this inside out of the weather) so the safety eye was disconnected, and the UNIT still works fine. Door goes closed so slowly that it allows chickens to get out of the way - and they shy from it anyway. GREAT solid door - and so far 4 months in motor is holding up.

I tried to build my own chicken door opener using a radio car antenna, finally gave up and ordered the "LOVSHARE Automatic Chicken Coop Door Opener" and wish I had saved myself the frustration with the radio antenna and just bought this one earlier.Ordered September 28th, Delivered October 1st. Can't beat 3 day delivery.I love the actuator on this door, it operates smooth and is slow enough that I can't imagine a chicken getting stuck or crushed in it should the Infrared Sensor ever fail.Date/Time and Open/Close times are easy to set.My only complaint is that there is no backup battery to maintain settings when the power fails. I am looking to find an adapter to make this hook up to a solar maintained battery.Remember to order your Duracell MN27BPK Keyless Entry Battery, for the remote.I don't think you will find a better one for the price.