68221 Motorized 8 Bike Lift, Black

This lift works exactly as I expected. Very sturdy.

Wife said you need to get the bikes out the way or we’re over!Ok she didnt really say that but boy was she super happy when I got this thing installed. Bikes are no longer an issue and in the way! Install was fairly straightforward and the quality is awesome! I have 6 bikes on it right now and still have space for more. Thanks Garage Gator! Now Im a happily married man! Thanks for saving my marriage!

I am a car enthusiast who does a lot of my own work. I have a 4 car garage with 1 bay for tools and work area. With 4 kids the bikes easily take up the full bay, having to move bikes in and out every time i need to get to the tool box. I was able to install this using the video from their website in about 2 hours and it works great, kids can use it with ease and the bikes are out of the way. Worth the money to have the kids and wife being able to use it and not have to ask every time a bike needs to get take off a hook.

Got the box last month and installed on my ceiling. Installation instructions were pretty good, but I'd recommend numbering the parts and referring to those numbers to eliminate the guesswork. Installation into my 14inch ceiling joists was easy, though I needed a help to get the motor mounted. Didn't use their included lag bolts, instead used construction lags that are roughly equivalent. I prefer the more aggressive threading on those bolts.Everything was set and I was ready to install the pole only to find I was missing a section. After a couple calls/texts to the Proslat customer support gal we got that resolved. Big shout-out to customer support, they are a small company that obviously cares about their customers.Anyway, got the hanger bar, installed it, hung all the bikes and was mildly bummed. They didn't look that great all flopping around and the bar had a bit of a bow to it. The bowing is from the joints in the bar, I think the bar was plenty strong enough. The hooks to secure the bikes work OK on an individual bike. In my opinion they allow too much left-right motion and can work themselves free if the bike is bumped frequently. If the bikes are closely spaced and kind of tangled up I think they are more secure. The first pic is the original setup. This is a 12 foot ceiling and the front tire of that 29'er on the right is about 6' 2" above the ground.So, I live in California and my biggest worry is that during the next earthquake it will be raining bikes. I'm pretty sure they would work free of the hook and bar setup during a big shake. Plus, I wanted things to look a little more orderly. So I tossed out the hanger / hook approach and built a better one (for me at least) out of some scrap wood I had in the shop. I'm using a strap / hook across the rear of the seat post to hold in place. Bikes are nicely spaced, no bowing, and more secure. See the second picture for details. Going to shape and stain it after I get little use.The motor is noisy, but super fast. The stop works great. Recommended as-is out of the box (4-Stars). Highly recommended after my custom mods (5-Stars, but you gotta put some work in). Go Go Gator !!

It is a sturdy lift and the bolts are large enough to make you feel it is secured. However, the instruction for installation is messy and the installation of the two middle pieces of the track isn’t necessary for holding up weight but merely for the sake of making sure the distance from the motor to the end is even for the straps

It does its job as a hoist, but you can buy a more powerful hoist for a lot cheaper. As a bike hoist you are better off with the manual bike pulleys. I have the manual bike pulleys and they pull the bike all the way up to the ceiling and you can comfortably park the car in the garage. Not so with this. First off the bike hangs 1 foot below the ceiling as its highest Point. Because it only grabs the bike from the seat, the front of the bike hangs down way too low at about 4 feet that I can’t park the car in the garage. My garage ceiling is 10 feet high. This needs to be redesigned so that it lifts up both the front and rear of the bike. Also the hangers are so small that you have to raise your bike seat quite a bit so that they have clearance to grab the seat bar. This means you’ll be adjusting your seat each time you raise and lower the bikes. The manual pulleys didn’t require any such adjustments to bike. The rubber on the hangers are cheap quality and split with single use. These will scratch your bike in no time. I wanted this to work as we have 4 bikes with 2 of them being e bikes and with the heavier weight e bikes, the load capacity of this was perfect at 220 lbs. unfortunately not being able to park the cars in the garage is a deal breaker and this is going back. I’ll have to buy 2 manual systems capable of handling the ebike weight which Ive already found for $30. I could have probably made some modifications to build something to pull up the front of the bike, but for almost $400 that this cost, I shouldn't have to. If you have 12 foot or higher ceiling this would probably be fine, but if trying to get bikes out of the way with 10 foot ceiling this is not a good option at all as you still have to either duck under or go around the bikes.

The media could not be loaded.  Product arrived really damaged box was old looking and could have been a return from someone who realized how hard it is to install if you don’t have proper tools like ladders and drills impact etcWell it was a long process to lay out and get the mounting plate correctAfter one wrong mount I got it straight and did a PARALLEL joist install it was the simplest4 hours later and a new leaderI have 12foot garage ceilingsPut all 4 bikes and golf bag for now