CK700 Chain Sliding Gate Opener

The media could not be loaded.  There are a good selection of gate openers on Amazon at this price point but what drew me towards the Topens CK700 was the stall feature that reverses the gate as soon as it senses an obstruction. Automatic gate openers can be dangerous so the more safety features the better. Setup was straight forward and this was my first ever gate opener installation. I have a newly installed Gatecrafters cantilever sliding gate frame where I added some decorative aluminum posts and cedar pickets. Total weight 350-400lbs and this opener pulls it with no issues.Installation:1) Motor bracket and anchors. - The motor bracket bolts together easily using the included hardware and some wrenches. Anchoring the bracket to the concrete is done with 4 expanding concrete anchors. Drilling the concrete can be done easily if you have a hammer drill and the appropriate drill bits. Mounting the motor onto the bracket is done with 4 bolts. What's strange is although the motor housing were slotted to allow in and out movement but the idler gears bracket does not allow the same movement. I think it was something the designers overlook. Keep in mind the gate should be 1" from the metal chain guard.2) Chain - 20' of chain and brackets for round and square gate frames are included. My gate is 16' end to end with a 2" square gate frame so the square frame hardware kit was perfect. The chain had to be shorten for my installation but that is the same as shortening a bike chain. Very easy3) Magnets- The magnets tell the motor when to stop. This is probably the hardest part of the installation as it includes some fabrication depending on your gate. I found the easiest way to do mines were to use the same type of square U bolt hardware that held the chain to attach a sheet of 3/8" aluminum with holes to mount the supplied magnet/magnet bracket. This allowed unlimited left-right movement. I slotted the bolt holes to allow up/down movement. And in/out movement was accounted for using the thickness of my aluminum bracket but can be adjusted with washers.4) Wiring- wiring is very straight forward. Just attach you 120V AC to the proper receptacle and you're done. I did at a Photoeye sensor and a Homelink receiver and they were both easy to set up with their supplied wiring diagram.After using the opener for about a week I am very happy with its performance. It's not too loud and works exactly as expected.

I bought this to replace an old Mighty Mule / GTO PRO gate opener that failed after many years. Replacement parts for that thing are more expensive than buying this brand new gate opener. I did have to make a concrete base to bolt this gate opener to, which was a different way to install it compared to how my last gate opener was, so with the curing time of the concrete etc, it took a few days in total to install this unit. Overall I am very pleasantly surprised with this gate opener.Pros:-Instructions well written, their tech support was very helpful and responsive via email. I always got a response from them by the next morning with any questions I had.-.4 HP motor is extremely powerful and quiet. It produces far more power than you would need in my opinion.-Gate opener is far more quiet than my last one.-Has an adjustable force sensor so it will reverse direction if the gate hits something, that is an important safety feature. (I noticed some other brands that look similar don't even have this safety feature)-The chain, anchor bolts, and other hardware that are included are very heavy duty.-The overall quality of this gate opener seems to be very good. The motor seems to be far more than adequate and extremely sturdy, so I think it will last many years.-Great price compared to the last gate opener I had.Cons:-Speed of gate movement is noticeably slower than the last gate opener I had. But still ok.-Doesn't support vehicle sensor kit like my old gate opener did, which opens the gate from inside your property when a car approaches the gate. Due to the fact that the motherboard only has terminals for open/close/stop like a garage door opener would have, and not additional terminals for open only, which a vehicle sensor would use.-The magnets that you mount to the sliding gate are in a plastic casing that bolts to the metal bracket on the gate. I don't trust that plastic casing to last too many summers without cracking from the heat and then eventually falling off. I am thinking of attaching those magnets directly to a metal mounting bracket with epoxy, and bolt that to the gate so that this will never be a problem. This is a very minor detail which is very easy to remedy, but nevertheless worth mentioning in this review.-No battery backup in case of power failure (although a pro with that is that you never have to replace that battery on a regular basis)-I never could figure out how to make the "pedestrian" mode work correctly. This is where you press the 2nd button on your remote and the gate opens for 4 seconds only so somebody can walk though.I also added the following custom items to complete the job:-As the unit has no on/off switch, I added one in a single gang weatherproof housing mounted directly to the base of the gate opener unit, this is useful to lock the gate in the open or closed position, also useful to cut power to the gate opener if you want to service to the unit.-GarageMate smart phone controller - so you can open/close the gate using your smartphone. (I highly recommend this)-An extra length of chain (ALEKO LM188-10) and a chain cutting tool, as I needed a longer chain than the 20' one that came with this kit.-TOPENS Remote Control Pack (M12) to add 2 more remotes (to have enough for 3 cars and one spare for guests)

The media could not be loaded.  Really easy to install just need couple of bags of cement, I bought 4 threaded rods and placed them in the cement as it cured .Gate works great and best of all this company stands behind the product and quick to reply with issues.Definitely will recommend them . My gate is a wooden gate 22 foot long.I made youtube video on how I added a fingerprint module from a cheap 15 dollar lock to mine, user name moditbetter .. however buying the keypad and adding the fingerprint module to it would be best..con . they don't straight out sell the keypad with a fingerprint sensor built in..gate is sorta of slow . Perhaps if they had a option to change out the main gear to increase speed for lighter gates would be better..

This is a great opener. Very powerful and very well built, you know as soon as you pick it up. I used it as the mechanism to remotely open the roof of my small observatory. Opens the 400 lb roof as it it wasn't there. During the difficult VERY non standard installation in the roof I managed to break one of the sensor magnets and later the main control board...believe me, that took some doing. I called Topens and thanks to Irene who answered my email as advertised in well less than 24 hours, the magnet was shipped from China and I received it in 6 days...I couldn't believe I got it that fast. The control board was replaced overnight!!! The opener is now installed and the roof opens and closes like a charm. I should also mention that the product arrived with an excellent very detailed "printed" installation manual (great for old guys like me). It will be well worth your time to make sure you read it completely "BEFORE" installing. In selling, there is an old adage that "customers will walk a million miles with their problem as long as they think the manufacturer cares"; FWIW, in my opinion, Topens "gets it" in a time when so many companies don't. Well done Irene and Topens. And, finally, I live in Calgary and I am not being paid for this, it is just how my experience in dealing with Topens was : )Derek G

Le prix de l'appareil complet est moindre de ce que je payais régulièrement pour mon ouvre-porte Lynx. Ma barrière a 20 pieds de long et est lourde, Cà fonctionne très bien mais c'est un peu lent pour ouvrir complètement.Petit format, mais facile a installer et a ajuster. J'aurais du changer bien avant.Les télécommandes supplémentaires sont un peu dispendieuses, mais si on peu attendre un peu il y en a a 1/3 du prix sur AliexpressLa vitesse de livraison d'Amazon me surprend a chaque fois.

It work excellent and easy to install. The only missing in their design in the control board is there’s no power for magnetic lock that will auto “ON” when gate is closed and auto “OFF” when gate will open. Anyways, I added a timer circuit circuit to do the job.

Surprised how good this gate opener is. The remote controls work better than any gate opener we have had in the past. Gate opener is the same speed and strength as a model 10 times the price. Six people in our family, gate has been opening and closing lots, no issues. Installation was easy and all the brackets fit my gate with minimal modification