Chamberlain Wall Mount myQ Garage Door Opener vs Genie StealthDrive Connect 7155-TKV

Genie StealthDrive Connect 7155-TKV is the better overall choice. It costs much less, adds Alexa, Google Home, SmartThings and Home Assistant support, includes a wireless keypad and two remotes, and asks for no subscription, while Chamberlain Wall Mount myQ Garage Door Opener runs on a closed platform.

Where the motor lives. Chamberlain Wall Mount myQ Garage Door Opener is a jackshaft unit that mounts on the wall beside the door and drives the torsion bar directly, leaving the ceiling empty. Genie StealthDrive Connect 7155-TKV is a conventional ceiling-mounted belt drive opener with a 1.25 HPc DC motor.

Genie StealthDrive Connect 7155-TKV, which works with Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Samsung SmartThings and Home Assistant. Chamberlain Wall Mount myQ Garage Door Opener supports none of those, and its IFTTT connection can only close the door, so it depends on the myQ app.

Genie StealthDrive Connect 7155-TKV ships with two pre-programmed remotes, a wireless entry keypad, a wall console and safety photo eyes. Chamberlain Wall Mount myQ Garage Door Opener includes one remote, a motion-sensing wall console, safety photo eyes and a detachable smart LED light cube, but no keypad.

Chamberlain Wall Mount myQ Garage Door Opener. Its direct drive design handles heavy, tall, high-lift and low-headroom doors. Genie StealthDrive Connect 7155-TKV is rated for doors up to 7 ft, and taller doors need an extension kit sold separately.

Anyone replacing a loud old opener on a standard door who wants quiet belt drive operation, battery backup, a complete accessory bundle and voice or automation control without a subscription.

Owners who need the ceiling clear for storage racks or a car lift, who have a bedroom above the garage, or whose torsion-bar door is heavy, tall or low-headroom, and who accept a closed platform in exchange.