Genie Chain Drive 750 3/4 HPc Garage Door Opener w/Battery Backup – Heavy Duty – Operate your garage door when the primary power is out – Wireless Keypad Included, Model 7035-TKV,BLACK

Great Value
Bought this to replace my 31 year old Overhead Door unit (got my money’s worth out of that!). Straightforward installation which took 3 hours, good instructions, it helped that I was able to use previous wiring. Only delay was figuring control unit mounting, but had enough parts to pull it off. It is quieter, works fine, and I’m happy to have a battery backup. Even if it needs maintenance or even replacement after a few years its a great value!UPDATE 9/6. I liked the first one so much I bought a second to replace the other garage door opener, it was an even easier install the second time. I had trouble getting the program button to work on the first unit, contacted Genie customer support, and they gave me a work around (take the cover off and press the button on the circuit board). That worked, but they went above and beyond and without prompting shipped me a new unit cover to fix the button alignment. Great customer support!

So far this Genie is as good as other brands I’ve owned
Garage door openers are one of those decisions that are expensive and hard to change and also hard to know what reviews to believe so here is my two cents with lots of detail.Overall I give this Genie (model 7305) 4 of 5 stars. I have had Craftsman and Chamberlain before and I would not choose them over a Genie or a Genie over them.Overall what I like: I am pleasantly surprised at how quiet this chain drive is compared to my previous Chamberlain that was also chain drive. I like that this Genie comes with a surge suppressor and a battery backup unit. Neither have been put to a test yet though, and I will probably still add an additional APC unit since a power surge is what damaged parts of my previous opener and ended its service.Installation: The instructions are good IF you are a solid DIY-er and have a healthy tool set. If not hire someone and factor in that cost. There are good YouTube videos out there to supplement or replace the in-box instructions, but missteps can still happen. Mine was I initially put the bullet turnbuckle on the wrong side of the chain and did not catch it until after I had mounted the entire unit. Correcting that mistake without being able to lay everything out on a long flat surface and with gravity working against me and the heavy chain cost me an aggravating hour. With all this and in total I did mine alone and in a day and a half BUT I also had to repair some wood studs, re-did and reinforced all the wall and ceiling mounting and re-did all wires running to and from the control pad and the sensors.Speaking of that wire – the box may not provide enough depending on your garage. It’s inexpensive to buy more but I had extra from a previous install. Just know you may need to make a trip to the hardware store. Genie’s box should have had more than enough since I wired the first sensor to the second and then ran only one wire from the second back to the motor unit (yes, you can to that – just keep the sides of your wires consistent). This saves some wire and some time as opposed to running both sensor wires back to the motor.Speaking of the motor: The Genie 7035 is rated at ¾ horsepower which is a reason I chose it over ½ horsepower options. Is it really ¾ power and how does the industry accurately measure these? I don’t know. I can only say my garage door is a two-car insulated aluminum and this Genie opens and closes it without a struggle and quickly enough for me.Programming: It was a pain in the rear to get the “Home Link” buttons in our two 2004 Toyota Sienna mini-vans re-programmed. To be fair this might be the first garage door opener I have owned that has “rolling code” security – and our mini-vans are older. For them I followed the owner’s manual directions to clear out the old programming. Then I followed the directions to program the new code. It works provided you can find the third mandatory and hard to find step – go to the Genie motor unit and press and release the “program” button until the light starts blinking purple, then return to your Sienna and press the chosen home link button three times with just the right speed of repetition. It took me an hour and a half to get this right on the first Sienna and then about 5 minutes for the second. The GMC Acadia was quicker since I had learned the lesson and knew what to expect. Now – I also have a “Clicker Universal” programmable keypad for outside the garage. I have more than an hour and a half into trying to get that re-programmed and still don’t have it working.So overall I am satisfied this Genie was a good choice and value provided it gives me long service.