Choose the automatic door

[CicePlanet]

I'm choosing the automatic door for our chicken coop, I've seen different models, different prices and features.
Which one do you recommend me?

Thank you all

 

[Mouthpear]

T50 Run Chicken for me. It's most similar design to the Ador vs others, but cheaper

Just make sure you don't buy the cheap knock off. You can tell most of the them because you can see a silhouette of a chicken. Butt it is not supposed to be a silhouette of a chicken. The depiction is the shape of the creators home country(or ancestry) of Slovenia. I am guessing that the people making the knock off either think it is supposed to be a chicken or put a chicken so it looks alot like the original and people wouldn't really pay attention. Either way they give themselves away.

Genuine

Knock-off from china

 

[AdorStore]

T50 Run Chicken for me. It's most similar design to the Ador vs others, but cheaper

These Run Chicken doors are cheap Chinese copy-cats in similar appearance to our ADOR doors and they also copied the ADOR drive. We innovated the Sprocket drive in 2012 and were the only ones with that design until the foreign companies somewhat copied it about 6 years later. My advice to those who have bought one of those foreign cheap doors is please come to AdorStore.com. Please consider replacing it when the Run Chicken fails because as far as I know they do not have replacement parts or repair options. I sometimes get phone calls from people who bought the foreign stuff who say they were given AdorStore phone number for customer service. But that's OK -- it gives me an opportunity to learn about the issues with the cheap product and to tell them about our door. We have replacement parts and accessories for the ADOR doors, online.

 

[littlecoopnextdoor]

I have had an omelet door for almost a year. I have been impressed with it - it even continued to work when it was -30c. Expensive, but so far worth it.

 

[AdorStore]

i also have the ADOR1 and highly recommend it. runs on a 6v lantern battery. i've had mine 2 years and have changed the battery once!

I am happy to say we usually had over the years most battery reports of lasting well over one year and even more than 2 and as much as 3 years. Then a few years ago there were lots of phone calls about bad batteries, to the extent we have been selling the ADOR1 and ADOR2 with free battery included, so that a new customer doesn't go buy a bad battery and think it is the fault of the door. We have found a good source of batteries and we test them on our own tester we made, that tests the battery under loaded conditions. So if anyone has difficulty finding good lantern batteries, we sell excellent 6 volt lantern batteries.

 

[deidreg]

The Omlet auto door is worth the investment. I've had one for three years.

https://www.omlet.us/shop/chicken_keeping/automatic_chicken_coop_door_opener/

 

[Isadora]

Pullet Shut automatic door.
Not guillotine style so it won't catch a chicken by mistake.
Can be set on a timer or scheduled to open with the light.
Can be plugged in or battery operated.
I adore mine!

 

[RojoMarz]

We have an Ador and like it.

 

[Mouthpear]

I always say to make your own. It isn't that hard. However there are a couple of brands that, if I were to actually buy one, I would consider. Those are the Ador and Run Chicken brands. .

Then there is this one for the price and the fact it has all you need to setup and it takes up the least amount of space to install and operate.

Again I am going by what I see and read. I make my own systems for myself and local people. I have replace several commercially purchased doors like the pullet shut doors that don't last.

Good luck.

 

[linda0210]

I also have the ADOR1 door and highly recommed it. runs on a 6V lantern battery. i've had my door 2 years with no problems and have changed the battery once