Park-Zone 120-Volt Dual-Powered Battery-Powered Precision Parking Device #PZ-1500 Reviews



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Saved the deepfreeze and wall. - Review written on October 02, 2008
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Rating: 4 out of 5

The "Park-Zone" has kept us from not stoping in time and hitting the deepfreeze which in turn would in turn hit the wall causing dammage to both. It is so easy to watch the lights turn from green to yellow and then to red and the distance between the car and deep freeze is perfect. Approximately 2 feet.

E. Sinclair Cedar Park, Tx.
Not worth $20 - Review written on September 23, 2008
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Rating: 1 out of 5

We purchased two parkzones. One we sent it back already and the other one sits on the wall with dead batteries.

You can't use 2 in the same garage as they interfere with each other. Batteries don't last longer than 1 month and yellow to red indications are inconsistent. Sometimes the red indicator doesn't come on until you are inches from the wall, other times the back end of the car is still blocking the garage door from closing. At times the unit doesn't come on at all????

I don't recommend this unit unless you want to risk crunching the garage door onto your car or drive into the wall of your garage.
Ok and a fair price - Review written on September 06, 2008
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Rating: 4 out of 5

The price was fair and the item arrived quickly. However, the green light does not seem to work and the directions are not helpful for that problem. If someone would like to advise me how to handle this problem, my number is 847-659-1284.

I have to be honest and say that the absence of the green light is not fatal as I really go by the yellow and red lights to park.
Great, fast service - Review written on July 13, 2008
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Rating: 5 out of 5

Park-Zone 120-Volt Dual-Powered Battery-Powered Precision Parking Device #PZ-1500
Service was fast and communication excellent, Good product.
garage auto stop - Review written on July 07, 2008
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Rating: 4 out of 5

This has been a great help in parking in the garage and stopping at the correct distance from the wall.
Park Zone - Review written on May 20, 2008
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Rating: 5 out of 5

We have installed the park zone and have found it to be just what we needed to park the cars in the garage. We don't worry whether it is in far enough so the door will close and we don't pull in too far so we get walk around. It is one of the best things we have found to make a parking decision easy. Thank you very much.
Parking Device - Review written on April 28, 2008
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Rating: 4 out of 5

Works as advertised. However this replaced a unit that gave a signal alert when auto reached it's mark. This should be a feature in this unit for it's price.
Accurate and repeatable - Review written on April 21, 2008
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Rating: 5 out of 5
1 customer found this review helpful.

This unit works just as advertised. I bought one each for two different garages. The installation, setup, and calibration is very easy. I parked my vehicle to clear the automatic door by two inches, and calibrated the unit for that position. Since installation, I've used it 20 plus times, and the red light illuminates within one-half inch of the calibrated position every time. This works whether parking front end first, or backing in. An excellent purchase, and an excellent value.
Quick, Easy and Worth It - Review written on April 13, 2008
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Rating: 5 out of 5

Purchased this to aid parents at new location. Installation was quick and easy. Parents love it.
RED means STOP - Review written on April 04, 2008
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Rating: 5 out of 5

I saw this device at a friends house. I bought two, one for my side of the garage and one for my wife's side. They took just an hour to install and they work great.
park assist - Review written on March 09, 2008
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Rating: 3 out of 5

I had one for years and it broke due to probably an abrupt shutoff of the power followed by a pick when the power came back. I have bought one replacement unit and it did not work...it was like sometimes it lit the yellow and sometimes the green or the red but not in connection with the distance from the vehicle as it was supposed to do, I have returned it and bought another one (thank God for the Amazon return policies). This one works. Otherwise it does the job very well, and with the back up batteries one doesn't have to worry about blackouts.
Not Always Reliable - Review written on February 19, 2008
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Rating: 3 out of 5
1 customer found this review helpful.

When you are depending on a product for safety, it must be dependable. I installed the Park-Zone according to the directions. I hooked it up to AC current, because I had read the reviews that battery life was a problem. It works great 99% of the time, but ever so often, the yellow light does not come on when it should. OOPS! Is not a good thing when you have the possibility of running into the garage wall.

Park Zone - Review written on January 14, 2008
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Rating: 5 out of 5

We have two battery operated park zones in our garage since both cars have to get rather close to items in the front of the garage. We recently bought the dual power park zone for a friend that had the same problem. I highly recommend this product to anyone that has to park in tight spaces or needs help figuring out how far to pull in the garage.
Love this item! - Review written on January 09, 2008
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Rating: 5 out of 5

I love this item! I have had mine for about 2 years
and have bought two of them this year for gifts.
Makes parking in the garage so easy with room left to
get around the car.
Parkzone - Review written on January 08, 2008
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Rating: 5 out of 5

Excellent product! Should have bought one years ago as the wife loves it and can finally park in the right spot every time.
Puts you in your place every time - Review written on January 07, 2008
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Rating: 5 out of 5

Extremely easy setup, just four mounting screws. Calibration involves putting the car where you want it to be and pushing a button. That's it. The only thing you need to know is that you can't race into the garage to park. My wife was going too fast. Also you have to take into account the reaction time it takes you to stop when the light turns from yellow to red. The other thing to note is that it states it needs 3 feet of clear wall space on both sides of the sensor. So you need am uncluttered garage. I got away with about 1 1/2 feet on each side. My only complaint is that the instruction sheet print is so small you might need a magnifing glass to read it.
Not cool - Review written on December 23, 2007
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Rating: 1 out of 5

Well, I had wanted this for a long time. Just got one for Christmas and couldn't wait to get it installed. We followed all the instructions, even measured. But if I didn't have the sense to stop short of the wall, I would have hit it because the light never turned on. If it did turn on, it would turn on way too late. Poor produdct, :(
Keep your old one - Review written on December 02, 2007
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Rating: 3 out of 5

I have an older model of this unit. I bought the new one because the older one was starting to act up. The new model requires three (3) feet of vacant space on each side for it to operate properly. Find me a garage with that kind of extra room. I'm nursing the old model as long as possible then I'll just hang a tennis ball from the ceiling.
Great Product! - Review written on November 22, 2007
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Rating: 4 out of 5

Wonderful product, very simple to use, only took a minute to setup. I would recommend this product. Read directions and should be fine. Definitely buy the one with AC power, no batteries to worry about.
NO MORE GUESSING IN THE GARAGE - Review written on November 22, 2007
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Rating: 4 out of 5

The Park Zone PZ-1500's are great. I had a cheaper model in the garage but they quit working. These seem to hold up a little better than the cheapies and I don't have to worry about the batteries going dead with AC power.

They are also more attractive than the old school of a tennis ball hanging from a string.
Not like the older version - Review written on November 21, 2007
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Rating: 1 out of 5

I had to replace my old park zone and bought this one. I didn't realize that this was not exactly the same as the older version. It looked the same but it did not work the same. When I installed it on the wall, I was able to calibrate it with no problems. The lights blinked as it should and thought I was ready to go. When I came home from work, the lights did not light up at all as I tried to park the car. I recalibrated and tried again but the lights would not come on. I decided to return the item. It was not the same as the older version. Unfortunately the old version is no longer available.
Amazing product!! - Review written on November 03, 2007
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Rating: 5 out of 5

My family LOVES this product!! It allows me to back my van into the garage with enough room to open the hatch to unload my packages, as well as being able to shut the garage door. We love it so much, we ordered a second one for my husbands car!
Love it! Love it! Love it!!
Garage parking - Review written on November 01, 2007
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Rating: 4 out of 5

The park-zon 120 I think is going to be alright, but found it difficult to callibrate in our garage. I am not able to get the red or stop area to come on before I am too far into the garage. Must stop on yellow. I have tried to set it numerous times but never with satisfacyor results. Even so I think it beats the tennis balls hanging from the ceiling.
BACK TO THE TE#NNIS BALL - Review written on October 18, 2007
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Rating: 1 out of 5

I still have my original PZ-1100 which has worked fine. However...when I needed a second one...I bought the PZ-1500. The first thing I noticed was that it had 2 sensors. This proved to be very difficult to position as it has a WIDE area the it senses...as opposed to the one sensor unit.

Recently it stopped working and I discovered the power supply was bad. Thinking that it merely had failed I reverted to using batteries. There is something wrong in the unit (which undoubtably blew the power supply) because it 'eats' a new set of batteries in 3 days!!! It is out of warrantee and I will not send it back for repairs.

I thought that I might get another PZ-1100...but I see that it now also has 2 sensors...and from all the customer reviews...'eats' batteries. The OLD PZ-1100 was a good unit and the battery life has been exceptional.

Too bad the design has changed...and for that reason I guess I will go back to the tennis ball for my wife's car. I notice from reading all the customer reviews that I am not alone in my thinking and that many people wish they could also get the OLD PZ-1100.

I would NOT recommend buying either Park Zone!!!!
Works well once configured - Review written on October 05, 2007
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Rating: 4 out of 5

The first one I got didn't work correctly, it never would configure itself properly (kept blinking the red light). After getting the first one replaced, it seems to work pretty well. Makes backing the truck in super easy, which the old tennis ball doesn't help with at all.

Amazon is amazing in the return process though. They are very fast to ship replacements, and very graceful in the amount of time you have to return the old one. They provide an easy way of printing out a label too, the whole return process couldn't have been better.
EZ PARKING HELP - Review written on September 04, 2007
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Rating: 5 out of 5

purchased 2 of these.they are easy to set up and work great.if you have a full size truck and garage it you need this.buy the ac version so you don't have to change batteries.
It is useless - Review written on September 01, 2007
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Rating: 1 out of 5
2 customers found this review helpful.

This parking device turned out to be completely useless because its sensor does not work correctly within the range of 1.3 feet - manual states that and I observed that as well. If I would not need to park the car closer than 1.3 feet to garage wall then I would not need this device at the first place.
Very simple, very useful - Review written on August 06, 2007
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Rating: 5 out of 5

I was not sure that this is what I needed. But this simple device makes easier to park the car in the same spot always. It is very usefull. I recommend it.
Problem solved - Review written on July 21, 2007
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Rating: 5 out of 5

A new large pickup truck and a small old garage. The #PZ-1500 Precision Parking device quickly solved the problem. Five minutes of easy installation and parking in the garage is easier than ever. I highly reccomend the #PZ-1500 to everyone.
George Rohrer
Edgemont, Arkansas
As advertised - Review written on July 16, 2007
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Rating: 5 out of 5

Works as expected based on the product description. Installation was simple (less than 10 minutes). Much cheaper than replacing damaged sheetrock.
Disappointed - Review written on July 12, 2007
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Rating: 1 out of 5

I purchased the Park-Zone PZ-1500 for my Father-in-Law for father's day and upon installing the device in his garage found that it would not work. He installed the unit where an identical one was once mounted which finally died after about 12 years of operation, however the new parking device, despite several attaempts would not function. I will be returning it for a refund.
Garage back wall saver - Review written on July 09, 2007
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Rating: 5 out of 5

This thing hangs on the back wal of my garage and has a series of three lights, green, yellos and red which tell you when you are finally close enough, but not too close to the garage back wall. Since I installed it, my wife has not backed into the garage wall once. It's little short of miraculous.
PARKING DEVICE #PZ-1500 - Review written on July 06, 2007
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Rating: 4 out of 5

EASY TO INSTALL,BUT I FOUND OUT THAT IF YOU UNPLUG IT THAT YOU HAVE TO RESET THE DISTANCE TO THE CAR,SO I WAS WONDERING IF THE POWER GOES OFF AND YOU DON'T KNOW IT, WELL, THE RED LIGHT WILL NOT COME ON UNTIL IN MY CASE , YOU WILL BE TOO CLOSE AND BAM GOES THE WALL. I THOUGHT THE BATTERIES WOULD BE A BACK-UP WHEN THE POWER GOES OFF BUT IT SAYS NOT TO LEAVE THE BATTERIES IN IF YOU PLUG IT IN. ON THE GOOD SIDE IT WORKS VERY WELL WHEN THE POWER IS ON BILL
Park-Zone Platinum Parking DevicePZ-1500 - Review written on June 09, 2007
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Rating: 5 out of 5

A+ Product. Running it on A/C, no problems. Wife parks car perfect everytime, leaving the garage real estate exactly where we want it. Excellent supplier service, no problems, shipped as expected. Excellent price too!
Not worth it - Review written on June 06, 2007
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Rating: 1 out of 5

This was extremely disappointing. I have had a version of this for both of my cars for the last few years. One of them seemed to be dying so I bought this as a replacement. The difference was startling. My old one had a reliable green, yellow, red sequence. Red came on reliably at the same point. This unit did not. The picture with the light pushed through the garage wall that someone posted said it all. It is completely unreliable. It usually does nothing until the red light comes on and then you have no idea whether the car is in the right spot or not. I took it off and repaired my old unit instead.