4 good reasons to drop the remote control

A remote control requires physical proximity to the garage gate, and is only easy and available if you keep it in the car. You always depend on having the remote with you — for example when you don’t arrive by car but want to get into the garage with a bike.

Remote controls, keys and fobs get lost and lent out. Batteries in remotes have to be replaced, and new ones ordered, programmed and distributed. Physical aids like remotes and keys also have to be collected or handed over to new owners or tenants. That makes it hard, and not least time-consuming, to keep track of who has access to the garage at any given time.

A remote control as a garage-gate opener is an expensive investment overall, and the total cost is often hard to predict. A remote costing between NOK 500 and 1,000 each amounts to an investment of at least NOK 50,000–100,000 in an average cooperative with 100 garage spaces. The time boards in cooperatives spend administering this is not included. There’s also a significant cost every time a resident loses or has their remote stolen.

Often one remote is needed per person or vehicle. To give guest access you have to meet guests at the garage gate, or lend the remote to tenants and others who visit regularly. It’s also impractical if the remote is in the car and you have to open the garage gate to get in with, say, a pram, or because you’ve forgotten something in the car.

Digital shared garages are tomorrow’s solution. Parqio offers a smart, forward-looking solution for managing garages in cooperatives, housing associations and commercial buildings. With a digital garage key there are no stray keys or remotes. Better administration, increased security and lower costs are just some of the benefits of choosing a digital garage system from Parqio.