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

I am really enjoying this product. It has made it so much easier to park in my narrow garage.

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.

I purchased this MAXSA 37312 Park Right Dual Laser Parking Guide and I Love It ! I narrowed it down to 3 different types: Laser, parking block on garage floor, and a wall attachment that changed color as you approached your correct spot. I am SO glad I went with this laser model because it's out of the way and has worked consistently for the 2 1/2 months I've had it. It was easy to install and the length of the power cord was more than sufficient as I ran it through ceiling and into my utility room in the garage for plug access; very pleased with that. The only thing that was an issue is the lateral range of motion to direct the laser where I wanted it to go. I cut a little more of the plastic retainer housing until I could direct the laser beam out a little further. However, the motion activation is flawless and I love the fact that the laser point travels up the hood of my car where I can see it and make a correction if needed to get it to the aim point which is the wiper fluid button on the hood. I'm able to park my truck in the garage perfectly each time so I'm not bumping anything in front of me and the garage door closes without hitting my bumper now. AND! my wife, who said she'll never use it - is USING it now. I Love this thing !!! (I purchased this item and this is an unbiased and non-incentivized review.)

If I run it off the battery it seems to works (just installed earlier today) but the AC adapter worked for about 30 seconds and then shut off and has never worked again. If I plug it in the AC adapter the unit doesn’t work at all. It looks like the adapter had a defect and shorted out

The reviews suggest that this doesn't work well for 2 cars so I didn't even bother trying. Instead, I purchased 2 units and set one up over each car. I pointed both lasers to 2 different spots on the dash and it helps pinpoint exact position for the car in the garage. I mounted into the sheetrock ceiling using plastic anchors and the screws that came with it. The hardest part is reaching over the car and pointing the lasers to the exact spot you want. The lasers are in a tight friction based mount which makes them difficult to precisely position but once you get it in place they don't move. After precisely positioning the lasers I moved the cars out of the garage and made small marks on the garage floor where each laser pointed. If the lasers ever go out of alignment I can now reset the position easier without the car in the way. It has been 2 months since purchasing and these continue to work great for positioning with no hanging tennis ball. I hope they last for years, only time will tell. UPDATE AFTER 8 MONTHS: I still love these lasers BUT 1 laser on each unit has dimmed out to be useless. The remaining laser on each continues to be strong and that is all I need for positioning the cars. I'm hoping that these continue to keep working.

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!

Before buying the product, we had this garage with a bollard that we had padded with ugly foam to prevent our car from getting scratched and damaged. One fog light, and multiple scratches later, I purchased this product. Not a single bump or hit. The installation is easy. Although this product has dual lasers, I bought it for one side of the garage to show the 2 laser points on the dash of one vehicle. It will take couple adjustments to get the laser to shine where you want it to be, but once its set, the unit is sturdy enough where the laser will not move. The screws that come with it are too small and threads not wide enough to hold in plaster ceiling. Try to use a little larger/longer screws and find a joist to mount at least one of the screws into. I'm sure there are cheaper ways to align a vehicle in a garage, but this one is cool and works perfectly.

Bought the first one and it lasted 3 months before the light would not turn on. The Mfg replaced it and this one lasted 9 months before the light was so dim that we could not detect it on the dashboard. It is hooked up to electricity so it's not a battery issue. It worked great at first and we liked it a lot but, we are going to look for an alternative this time..

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.