Park Ranger Tkach Enterprises Amazingly Simple Garage Parking Aid/Assistant

This little device makes parking my van in the garage a snap. The van has all the latest cameras, bells and whistles to tell me when I'm too close to an object, but this extremely simple device is more accurate. If I parked where the sensors tell me to stop, my garage door would come down on my van. (Seriously, sometimes the sensors are literally screaming at me, but my little plastic friend is always right. (Now if I could figure out how to use one in front of my car so I center myself more accurately!) Cheap, accurate, simple to install, and subtle--love it!

I have a 10' x 20' garage and own a small SUV, so precision parking is a must. I recruited a friend to hold the target, which solves the problem of how far into the garage to drive, while I got my car into position. I'd previously put some adhesive padding on the walls to reduce damage from opening the car doors, so after checking to make sure the car doors and the padding were properly aligned, my friend placed the target on the wall and made small adjustments according to my instructions. Once the red lines on the target lined up, my friend used a couple of push pins to fasten the target to the drywall. (The target comes with a couple of small screws, but using them is difficult, given the configuration of the target.) The target doesn't require batteries and it would be easy to re-position if I were to trade cars. There's nothing high-tech about the target, so it's an inexpensive solution to a common problem.

I bought one pair and was so happy with it that I bought a second pair! I searched Amazon and looked at every device available to help me determine if my car was pulled in far enough so the garage door would close without hitting the car and yet not too far so that there was inadequate room in front of the car. And then I discovered this obvious but simple and ingenious device that solves the problem without any lasers, mirrors, sonar, batteries, electricity, etc.! When I saw it, it's like the proverbial lightbulb going on, where you hit your forehead and scream, "Of course! How stupid that I was considering all those complex expensive technological monstrosities when this obvious simple solution exists to solve my problem!" I cannot adequately express how great this product is.The only difficulty I had was minor and solvable, attaching it to the wall. It does have 2 small holes designed for a nail or screw to attach it to a wall. It can be hard to get a hammer into the space, but I found that I could hold the nail with a narrow snout pliers and get it fastened. I could have used double sided tape, I suppose, but the heat of Tucson might have loosened it. But there are a multitude of ways to get it attached firmly to the wall, so that is "small potatoes" compared to the complexities involved with the alternatives available. The old KISS principle applies here ... "Keep It Simple, Stupid". I sincerely recommend that you try this before trying a more complex method. Simplicity rules!

I bought 4 of these for our two car garage after my wife smashed he side mirror backing out. I placed markers in front of each car to guide side to side parking. I placed additional markers on the side walls to guide how far into the garage to park the cars. I wish I had done this sooner, as the cost of 4 of these is still WAY less than the cost of the wife's mirror...Pros: If you can drive a nail, they are east to install. Positioned correctly, they allow VERY accurate parking. (Suggestion: use a temporary thumbtack until you are certain of your placement.) MUCH easier install than some other marker systems, and no batteries to worry about.Cons: I little hard to see from more than 15 feet away. Not a huge problem as 10 feet is enough distance to make adjustments.Suggestion to Mfg - make the red marker paint out of a highly reflective paint that will pick up car headlights from a greater distance.I recommend this product.

This little device works great. It allows me to park precisely and eliminates guessing. I now park within six inches of the wall allowing plenty of room to walk behind the car. This device is worth every penny.

This thing is ingenious. It installs in an instant--just find the place you want to pull into, stick it up so the lines align, and that's it. Then you pull in until the lines align and that's it. I wish there was one to help tell you how far to pull up. This thing will never break, doesn't need batteries, and works great.

This thing is so simple and works great. You do need two people to set it up. It takes two minutes. One person to drive into the garage I pulled in so there was just a few inches from the back of the car to the garage door. The other person places this gadget on the driver side and adjusts it until the driver sees the red line on the gadget vertically line up perfectly. Use a pencil (or a nail) to mark where to hang it. Hammer it in. Presto! No more guessing about where to stop the car in the garage. No need to have someone guide you in and tell you to stop or go forward one inch.... A word of warning: we are a one car, one driver family. If you have >1 car that shares a garage spot or 1 car and >1 driver, this may not work for you because where the red line perfectly lines up will vary based on the size of the car(s) and the driver seat placement. But for our situation - single car, single driver - this is awesome.

A simple but effective answer to the “Stop” challenge in the garage. It is NOT suitable for L/R alignment because the device is too small to be seen at a distance. If mounted in the driver side wall of the garage, it will work well.