Dynasty Hardware Door Closer Heavy Duty Commercial Grade Hydraulic Adjustable Spring Door Closer Series 4401 Meets ADA Sprayed Aluminum Finish

I wasn't exactly inspired by the 'Dynasty' name, but this is a nice looking unit with a cast iron body. It feels like quality. I expect it to last for a good while on the front door of our retail store. If it doesn't I will be sure to update this review!The product was well packaged and the included templates seemed good. Of course the written instructions included the usual Chinglish/OCR type gobbledegook, but there's enough that is intelligible for you to figure it out. Just be sure to mount it with the adjustment screws facing out, not towards the door! Talking of which, the screws are, going from the 'square' end to the 'round' end: Latch speed, main speed, backcheck force.

The actual unit itself seems to be fairly well built and solid but the instructions were horrendous. I've put a few of these things in before so I was able to figure it out but if you've never installed a closer before it would probably be wise to watch a few YouTube videos or read through the manual for another closer before attempting the install.My only other (minor) gripe is that the screws to hold the cover in place are different than the adjustment setscrews, requiring the use of two different-sized hex wrenches. Both are included, but there's really no reason why the cover screws aren't the same size (4mm?) as the adjustment setscrews.

First of all I want to say that the closer is extremely well manufactured and the mechanisms are incredibly heavy duty. This is not a cheap facimile or something. The only piece of it even remotely less than heavy duty is the silver color, which is plastic, but is just a decorative cover and painted. I was not dissapointed with the general build quality.I will say that the main issue I had was due to a drafting error on the template. The system can be mounted in 3 different ways, and I needed to mount mine on the pull side. The template holes are in the right spot, but the template has text that makes it appear that it is flippable for right to left. It is NOT. You MUST mount the piston so that the top of the spot where the arm mounts is flush with the top of the door.If you use the template this way, you run the risk of mounting it 1/4" too low. I did this, and couldn't remount it higher because the holes in the door would be too close to the old holes. The drafter of the template made it look like you could use this as-is for the left side, but you cannot! Flip the page over, use the template for the left side on the other side of the paper.(see the attached drawing)I ended up working with a friend with a metal lathe to get a spacer fabricated so I could leave the piston mounted low, and still clear the top of the door with the arm.Other than that you should be ok ;-)

Easy to install, lots of adjustments to fine tune it so you don't cut the cat in half. Will purchase more.

Fast delivery and great product with reasonable price.