MAXSA 37312 Park Right Dual Laser Garage Parking Guide, Silver for 2 cars

I have the silver version, mounted to the ceiling. The motion detector seems to cover a broad area, and is easily triggered by the opening garage door. It is also triggered by movement in the garage, which is to be expected. Installation was easy. For a ceiling installation one removes the baseplate (push down on the tab and slide the silver part toward the top of the black tab), marks three holes on the ceiling using the baseplate as a template, drill pilot holes, and screw the baseplate to the ceiling. I used a stud finder to be sure the screws hit wood. For a wall mount, they include the option of two strips of double-stick foam tape (not to be used for a ceiling mount). The cord on the AC transformer is long enough (8-9 feet?) to easily reach the ceiling outlet that was meant for an opener (I have a SideJack). The laser spot was bright, even with the garage door open in sunny Southern California. The lasers in their mounts are tight enough that the laser holds its position when set. Contrary to some complaints, the device shuts off promptly. You just have to hold still and make certain nothing is moving in the garage. The Maxsa Innovations 37312 laser guided parking device is inexpensive, less goofy than a tennis ball, and more accurate than the old ultra-sonic ones. It’s very handy if parking in your garage needs to be precise, due to limited space or obstacles. And for those people who don’t think they need one, may I suggest that perhaps someone else in the family might benefit from it. Installation note: Try to leave yourself enough room to get up on a ladder and adjust the laser while the car is parked in position. If the device is directly over the car, you may not be able to reach, and will have to adjust through repeat guesses, while the car is backed out of the way.

Purchased this 7 years ago and still works great every day!

As advertised, dual laser parking aid, without LED. Arrived new, in original packaging. Multi-language instructions for installation. Initial bench power-up test successful. Both lasers bright. Installation is easy. Double stick tape and three, 1 inch screws are included. Tape is not recommended for overhead installation, per the instructions. Mounted the base plate to the unit on the ceiling at the desired location, attached the laser module and plugged the power cord into the same outlet as the garage door opener. (Although I didn't measure it before installation, the cord is approx 8 - 10 feet in length.) The unit came on, displaying bright dots, even in daylight. A few other notes, from the instruction pamphlet and my experience with the product: Batteries (Three AA) are not included. They are also not required for operation. If installed, they would supply backup power in case of an electrical outage. The door opener wouldn't function either, so it seemed kind of a moot point. As noted by a previous reviewer, the rotation and swivel range of the laser heads was inadequate for my application. I trimmed out the molded plastic wells that the swivels sit in to get more adjustment. About 5 minutes with an Exact-o knife. Less the 1/8 inch of material removed. I could have moved the unit to a different location and not performed this operation, but wanted the unit overhead and plugged into the same outlet as the door opener. Units shut off automatically. Motion sensor functions, activating the unit again. Overall a nice little gadget. I would recommend to friends, and would buy again.

Worked great for 5 months, but now one of the lasers is too dim to see. Beware that warranty is only 90 days which is very short, and you have to pay return shipping which is probably as much as this costs. Will look for one with a real warranty next time.

I have a 2 car garage in Florida. I have a Chamberlain garage door opener (excellent, dependable and quiet). The Chamberlain has a motion sensor. It turns on the opener bulbs when you enter the garage. So, whenever enter the garage, I have light. Either sunlight, opener bulb light or both. This laser handles the light with ease and is bright and clearly visible under all lighting conditions. This is the 3rd laser I have bought. First was the Chamberlain because I have the Chamberlain opener. It was easy to install and connected to the opener. But the lasers were so dim they were unusable day or night. Invisible on the floor. I then bought separate lasers and used them to replace the lasers in the Chamberlain. Still too dim. Then I read the Maxa reviews that said it was bright. I rolled the dice and bought it, my 3rd swing at a laser. This time I did it right. The 2 lasers are bright enough to be seen in daylight or bulb light. I can park the car and did not strike out with my 3rd laser. Had The 3rd laser been a flop, I would have only seen my wife’s laser stare telling me I wasted more money. One more thing, I have read reviews complaining about limited adjustment angle. Using only one car, can’t comment on that. Can just say this one is finally bright enough to be seen.

TL;DR: Without mounting this very high or far back (away from where your garage motor plug typically would be), this couldn't reach both cars in a practical way. However, 2 lasers made the more difficult parking situation more workable than one laser, so I can at least park 1 of our 2 cars very precisely. That precision helps the 2nd car have more elbow room and both people/cars are happy, so overall this product still achieved the goal. DETAILS: This is ok. Good: price, sturdy enough build (the lasers won't wobble loose), mostly good sensor detection, light to mount and easily plugs in where your garage lift motor does. I was able to find a creative way to attach it to the garage motor framework thanks to its size and mounting points. Cons: there are a few reviews mentioning this is actually a difficult product to use in a garage with two vehicles because the lasers can't angle far enough -- I 100% agree. Can you separate the two laser heads enough to reach 2 cars? Yes, if your cars are close together -- for example, my garage doesn't have divided garage doors and the cars are about 3-4ft apart and that wasn't close enough. And yes, if you are targeting these at something on the far edges of your cars. For example, if you target this on the driver's mirror of one car, and the passenger mirror of the other. That makes your options much more limited, though, and half the time one of you will park a few inches too far one way or another and miss the laser -- think about trying to line up your mirror with a laser dot every time you park in the kind of tight/tricky space this laser is designed for. Picture it. Yeah, exactly. Ended up pointing both lasers onto one car that has the tougher job, parking at a slight angle. For my application, my gigantic vehicle with horrendous parking visibility (a hulk-hooded Challenger) only has about 5 combined inches between front and back bumpers... With only 1 of the lasers pointed, I couldn't get a safe read on how far forward or back I was because the laser was at such a crazy angle (trying to stretch this device to point at 2 cars) it would hit the car at a different lateral point if I came in slightly off-target from the laser... No confidence in my longitudinal position. With both lasers forming a "line," I can much more consistently gauge how far forward/back it is. This also freed me to position the entire device facing toward one car and for that application, the amount of angle in the two lasers worked great. What about the other car? Well, the second car has a little more elbow room. As long as these double lasers help me line up the tricky one, the other car has a consistent amount of space, and my car as a reference point. I haven't hit anything trusting this thing... yet!

I’m very pleased with this laser parking guide. I was able to attach to the ceiling and plug into the extra outlet by the garage door opener. We have a large SUV and can easily park it using this little device, despite o it having about 4 inches of space at front and back. Would definitely buy this again.

I was really excited about this garage laser, and it worked great initially. It made parking much easier. However, after some use, one of the lasers became so dim that it was almost impossible to see, which defeats the purpose of the product.

Lo instale en 4 min, es muy practico para los 2 autos y ahora es muy sencillo con la indicacion laser donde detenerse. En mi caso lo pegue al techo pero utilize un pegamento llamado no mas clavos, las cintas que vienen incluidas no son tan resistentes al paso del tiempo. Recomiendo el producto ampliamente.