My teenage son is driving now. When he comes home late at night, my old garage door opener is so loud that it wakes me. I was at the Hardware Show in Chicago last month where I could operate and compare the noise levels of many models. There are significant differences.
Security is also a major concern.
Thieves, with an electronic code grabber, can capture the remote transmitter code on any garage door opener about five or more years old. Once they have your code, they can set their own remote control and open your garage door anytime after you leave. When selecting a new opener, select one that has rolling security codes. The transmitter and receiver have more than 1,000,000 built-in random codes. Every time you open the door, they automatically change to a new code.