Automatic Chicken Coop Door Light Sensor Auto Door Opener Kit with Infrared Sensor to Prevent Chicken, Duck, Goose from Being Crushed Rainproof Auto Chicken Guard Door with Remote Control

Worked great for past year, but stopped working last week just over a year from installing it. It's not in the weather either. The motor on the door looks to have gone out. Expect a bit more life from something that cost this much

UPDATE: This has turned out to work very well over the past year. We had a mechanical issue with it this fall and contacted the vendor. They were very responsive and ended up resolving our issue beyond what we expected. I would not hesitate to purchase from them again. And the product itself is reliable and safe for our chickens. It takes a little figuring things out for your specific circumstances, but once we did that, we are very satisfied with both the product and the seller.***********************Original review:The jury is still out on this one. It’s a great concept, and it appears very safe for the animals. It was difficult to install and the directions were not clear. There is no phone number or website or email address for setup help or troubleshooting, so you’re pretty much on your own. The remotes work well from a really far distance, but all the buttons are backwards—you use the up arrow to put the door down and vice verse. That took a little bit to figure out. All in all, it’s kind of frustrating to use, partly due to the door and partly due to animal behavior, which isn’t any fault of the manufacturer. We still have to walk down there most every night to push the chickens all the way into the coop and manually close the door, or straighten the door in the tracks so it will go all the way down, or something. It’s fine in the morning—the sensor doesn’t always work when it gets light but we can use the remote to let them out. I’ll update this review if anything changes, for better or worse.

You need to decipher the instructions a bit, but how it goes together is pretty obvious and I really love the dials they have to adjust the timing of the light sensors. What I don't like is that the infrared safety sensor has no mounting hardware and no clear instructions on where to mount it. I have it hanging above the door but I have no idea if that is correct! I have a competing product at a different house and that one was really hard to tune - no nobs you needed a screw driver and the screw turned infinitely with no indication it took forever to get it calibrated. So far it has worked like a champ in all weather conditions. There is a bright blue LED you can see from a long way at night so if that bothers you a bit of electrical tape may be in order!

We liked the price point on this door. However living in the PNW the winter days are kinda dark which made it so the door doesn’t always open in the morning. Also we had some snowy days recently and the door froze shut and won’t open. Probably just a weather thing not so much an issue with the door but either way I’m not sure we bought the best door on the market.

I have had this coop door installed for two weeks in my new coop/run. When it was first installed, the door wouldn’t stay closed if there pine shavings within a foot of it. After night after night of having to go out and clean around door, I removed the sensor. Without the sensor, the door will stay closed but could easily crush a chicken trying to get in or out. Not ideal.Additionally, there is no accessible override other than the remote controls that use a hard to find battery size. IF THE REMOTE IS THE ONLY OVERRIDE THEN IT SHOULD COME WITH A BATTERY. I looked in four stores before I finally ordered them off of Amazon. Very inconvenient. If all of my chickens didn’t make it into the coop (prior to having a functioning remote) I would have to either tape a flashlight to the photo sensor to keep the door open to get them inside or take them out of the run one by one and put them in the coop through the nest box.Overall, this coop door has been a giant pain and I wish I had gone with a different door altogether. This door could be improved by having an accessible way to override the photo sensor and by including the battery with the remote. 0/10. Do not recommend.

The media could not be loaded.  Seems like a good design, motor is a little noisy and gate could be thicker material . The instructions are pretty basic and easy to follow. Does what it claims and the linear actuator is superior to other designs that use the weight of the door to close. Thoseraccoons can lift a door of that type.Update: had an issue with my photocell and contacted the seller. Sent me a new box with a timer no questions asked. Good business!!!! Buy one

I just installed this yesterday. I had it working fine, up, down, infrared sensor. I put the jumper on D & E so as to disable the photosensor because I want to open and close the door by remote control when I choose. I can out at mid-day today and the door would open and close all on its own there is a blinking red LED1. I don't know what that means, but I had to unplug it to disable it. I tried replugging it in hoping it would reset somehow. But it kept doing the same thing. Not sure what I did or what to do, who to call, or where online to look on how to solve this issue. Also, I live in MN where it can get -35 to -45 degrees Fahrenheit so we'll have to see if this thing freezes up like some others say.

Easy installLight sensor is very sensitive would recommend using timer however there is no directions on timer.