A8 Single Swing Gate Opener - Battery Powered

Product is very well built. Opens and closes faster than other openers. Instructions were easy to understand.

I'd finally given up on my GTSO opener after years of dealing with "Gates That Sometimes Open" AKA mightymule. With virtually no GTO customer service and little parts available I was just fed up and decided to try Topens. My bench test of the new kit confirmed that the opener control board was bad because the opener would not change direction. I was going to return the kit but Topens customer support promptly replied to both my amazon posted question and direct support email line. I had a new control board in 3 days covered under warranty. I was happy to find out that some of the GTO stuff works with the Topens, The arm mount bracket is compatible and with the included longer arm hinge extensions I was able to correct the original installers error that had the Hinges placed too far from one another making the gate VERY slowly in fact the UPS and Fedex drivers both said I had the SLOWEST gate on their route. Smaller A+B measurements will speed up the gate but the opener will work harder, so only recommended this for lighter gates. I was unable to get the old GTO receiver to work, if someone knows how let me know. The GTO remotes use a different frequency and don't work with the Topens control panel. The GTO MM key pads DO work with the Topens control box but only hard wired and since the Topens Keypads are over priced I reused my GTO keypads and went from previous wireless to a wired set up. Finally my old mighty mule control box holds everything quite well: Two 12v 7.2 AH batteries & the Topens controller & the Renogy solar controller all fit inside the old MM box for a clean look. I'd like the gate openers to open from farther away (currently about 60') so I am currently extending control box antenna with a 433mhz aftermarket antenna, I also bought the Topens external receiver but am reluctant to use it because its a continuous draw my batteries (no mains power as my gate is over 500' from nearest house outlet) The quality seems to be on par with my old gate opener which isnt impressive. Sum it up more money can be spent on openers but so far I'm pleased with what I paid for.

This thing is so much better than the mighty mule I mean I’ve only had it working for a couple weeks now, but it is so much stronger and quieter than the mighty mule. I have a 14 1/2 foot gate that I made myself out of 2 3/8 thin wall pipe no I don’t know the exact weight of the gate but I’m guessing 250 maybe 300 pounds and this thing swings it like it’s not even there I like the soft close feature. and the electric lock takes a lot of pressure off of the actuator on a windy day. I’ve had two of the mighty mules granted they were the smaller models.3500 I believe is what the model was but I burn two of them up in one year like I said I’ve only had this one going for a bout a month so it’s a little premature I will give a year end review but so far, I’m really liking it. It’s faster than the mighty mule as well. The only thing I don’t like is the cheap ass remote control the damn buttons. Get stuck it’s just cheaply made but other than that I love the gate opener I can’t say much about tech-support because I have not had to use them. It is pretty simple to install and I’ve had no problems with it. I highly recommend it if you have a heavy gate well worth the money.

I Got the Topen Gate Opener A8 heavy duty. Amazed at the quality of the product, the metal plates for mounting opener is about 1/4 plate metal. Happy that there was mounting holes to mount the control box, But the AC Power supply does not have any mounting holes to mount box, and it don't come with the Opener. They do give you a small ac charger to charge the batteries, but its worthless to my application. Gate Opener was simple to setup and use. I watched the videos, and was able to copy for setup. They are very fast at shipping the products. I got all the accessories within 24 hours, and the Gate Opener in 2 days. Customer service is fast at responding to your questions. I did need a question answered even if they didn't answer the question correctly it was not need. I wanted to know how wide the opener is, it is about 3 1/2" wide. the issue was i needed to install between a concrete wall and the gate. I decided to place above the concrete wall and on the top fence rail. Oh Ya, my gate is light weight (about 100 pounds) but it is 20 feet long. But it works great. Only suggestion that I would like to see is a more complete kit form. Would like to know what I would need to order to complete this install. Like Gate lock, key pad, exit opener, and misc other items. If you want to know if i'd purchase again, I would say "Yes"

I purchased my opener on July 6th. The opener stopped working on October 1st. The magnet that's used to trip the limit switch broke into many pieces causing the opener to hyper-extend. The topens customer service is a joke and Amazon told me that my best option was to buy another opener.

this is the second unit i've bought. first one was about 4 years ago, still works great. i have a second gate with a usa automatic that lightning has fried the control board. i can buy the topens unit for a little more that the control board cost on the usa automatic. the topens is not the quality of unit that the usa automatic is but works great for residential use.

I installed this opener a couple of months ago. Easy install worked great for month or so. Then it would open and not close. Worked with tech support. Of coarse it is in China so it takes 24 hrs for a response. They had me spend hours trouble shotting it. 24 hrs later try this and so on. They decided the limit switch was bad. The wanted me to install it by tearing the motet apart and the would send out a wall push button for my trouble. I said no send out a new one. Received it, installed the new one and same problem. Reached out and 24 hrs later they tell mr to start the trouble shotting process all over. I’ve spent hrs on this and just want it to work.I would not recommend this opener unless you need something to keep you busy and you don’t mind opening your gate by hand.I have to add that Zack was great to work with and I’ll add that it is working now and very well. They have sent me lots of parts t make it right

This was pretty easy to set up. Instructions were better than typical for a Chinese-translated manual, and everything works. Adjustments are easy. The only irritation I found so far is the generic fobs I bought (not Topens own brand), which are supposed to be compatible, would not pair with it. I returned the fobs and got different ones that did pair ok.My only suggestion to Topens is to make the accessories like pin pads and find more competitively priced. While the basic kit is a great deal, they get you on all the extras that you’ll likely need. My advice is download the manual and figure out the parts you need before you buy. It will make the install easier.

Ok, here is the deal. I have installed a few of these systems now, so i have a pretty good idea how they work. For the money, they are worth it, but don't expect the actuators to last forever. At my last place the wires coming out of the actuator cracked and broke on both actuators within a few years. I eventually had to replace both actuators within 7 years.The new Topens control box is a breeze to set up and very user friendly. The one issue I had with the control box was that I did not get good reception for my FOB, so I drilled a tiny hole in the side of the box and threaded the antenna wire to the outside of the box and this solved my problem.I also purchased the AC power adapter (rather than using solar) but the adaptor box has no mounting holes or provisions to mount the box. The other issue with the AC adapter is that the power cord comes out the top of the box (considering the plug ins are usually installed closer to the ground, the cord placement seems weird)These are minor problems, and overall the system works well, it sure beats getting out of the vehicle every time we leave or come to the house.

Excellent product which is very flexible in terms of peripherals that can be added. My questions to the support team were answered immediately and very helpful. Highly recommend.

Défectueux apres 6 mois d'utilisation

Works well and very easy to install the gate opener. The installation took very little time and worked on the first try. I’m already thinking about installing a second gate opener at another location on the property but will look at the solar option Topens makes. Their products seem well designed and thought out, thanks to their team.