Loving this new garage gadget! This Adjustable Garage Parking Sensor Aid is
just the gadget I needed to help park the car safely in the garage and avoid
tangling with a wood shelving unit. This shelving unit came with the garage
and while handy is a bit problematic to fit the car in the garage.
What one does not want to hear when driving the car into a tight sized garage
is the sound of crackling wood. While this wood organizer unit can be very
handy and it is very utilized, it appeared the prior owners of said organizer
may have had a few run ins with the support posts.
Just guessing, but a little bump of the support post produced .... a cracked
post.
Going Bump In The Night
On the advice of a handy neighbor he told me about automatic garage sensors to
help with judging the distance between the wood shelves and the car bumper. I
had been using the tried and true low tech tennis ball as a guide to stopping;
however if juggling two differently sized cars, which may or may not park in
the same spot, the tennis ball has its' limits.
Handy Gadget
The length between the shelving unit and the garage door is very tight with
very little space to maneuver. Enter the
Garage Parking Sensor Aid!
I love gadgets that are practical, fulfill a need with the bonus of affordable
and easy to install. The Garage Parking Sensor fulfills all of the above!
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Easy To Install
The unit can be installed in less than five minutes! It is that easy. No need
to be handy. The unit runs on AA batteries or can be charged with a mini USB
connection.
Decide where the bumper of the car should stop and align the bottom sensor
with the bumper.
The top part shaped like a stoplight can be adhered with the included double
stick tape or as many reviewers suggested using a cable tie or velcro. There
happen to be a wide ledge I could prop the top part of the unit so no tape was
needed.
The top and bottom sensor are connected with a generous length of wire to
adapt to all size vehicles.
The Approach
What is very nice is how the distance from entering the garage to the stopping
point is measured. The stop sign indicator is large enough to easily
view.
As the car approaches the light of the unit progresses from green to yellow to
red. The yellow to red progression is very helpful as a guide point to be
prepared to stop.
This quick video shows in real time the Garage Parking Sensor at work.
This really is a 1-2-3 open the package and install in five minutes! I can now
send the tennis ball back to the court where it belongs!
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