Genie Standard Wall Mount Garage Door Opener Model 6072H

Updated Review: It is now the end of July 2024. My Genie 6072 broke! This is disappointing. I didn't notice any "warning signs" prior to the failure. I used the remote to command the door open, it hesitated a bit, something inside popped, and that was the end of any movement one way or the other. I removed the two screws that allow access inside the power head. When I pulled the front panel off, a couple of large plastic chunks came out! This is a major piece of the internal drive shaft. After some further research on the Genie parts page, this part is not available as a repair part. That was interesting! Lucky for me, Genie has a 5 year warranty on parts! The "fix" apparently, is just to replace the entire powerhead. I contacted Genie Customer Support at their 800 number. It was about a two minute wait on the phone. When this nice lady came on the line, she got my info and told me they'd be sending out a new power head - free! All they asked for was the shipping fee ($18). She also sent an email so I could attach proof of purchase (my Amazon invoice worked for that) and a picture of the part. That's all there was to it! Frankly, pulling the old power head and installing a new one is going to be easier than trying to fit in a new part to the old power head anyway. As for the broken unit, she said, "Keep it. Use it for spare parts - whatever." So I'm sticking to my 5 star rating. Sure, it broke less than two years into use, but the warranty part is a whole free unit and the customer support was SO GOOD, I'm not going to complain! When the part arrives, I'll take an hour or so to swap them out and be back in business. It has been a terrific opener! I have several large overhead doors on one of my buildings. I wanted to automate at least one; got tired of giving all of them the old heave-ho to get them open. Not getting any younger! Anyway... I chose one of the 12H x 14W doors. The height and weight (280 lbs) pretty much ruled out any track and chain type drive. I reviewed a bunch of specs and decided the Genie should do the job. In short: it did! Installation was very straight forward and easy. The instructions provided are clear and well thought out. There's even a nice video that walks you thru it. This particular door needed some adjustment and the torsion springs had weakened. I decided to replace the springs (which I did myself and that went well - thanks, YouTube!) So after the clean, lube, springs, and adjustments, the door was easily liftable with one hand. BUT... I actually installed and tried the Genie before all the spring and door work. IT STILL LIFTED THE DOOR! Honestly, step 1 of the install is to make sure your door works smoothly FIRST. So needless to say, the Genie worked much smoother and quieter after all the door work. It's nice to have a 12ft door that will open all the way automatically. One caveat to my installation I'd like to point out: I own a scissor lift, so all the spring and opener work was much easier (and safer) than having to climb a ladder over and over across a 14ft wide door. I don't think I would have liked working that high on a ladder. I will say, though, if I had to install just the Genie on a tall ladder, it was easy enough that I could probably do it. The mounting is super simple; the unit slides onto the torsion bar and one lag screw secures it to the building frame. (Now running all that little beam break sensor wire over and down to each side would have been tedious on a ladder.) So overall, the Genie was easy to put in, seems plenty strong to do the job, and I may end up doing the other doors as well! Also, the wireless opener switch works great and the key fob opener works from like 50+ yards away. I can open this door from across the road at my other building! Cool! Too bad I don't have wi-fi at that building. It would be nice to be able to use that feature from my phone.

Installation isn't supper easy but it went well with the instructions. Took a few hours, but that included cleaning out the front corners of the garage and removing the old opener. It's quiet and works well. I'm am disappointed in the manual release not having a detent/lock in position feature. You have to hold down on the release rope while trying to lift the door. That sucks. I think it should lock in the manual and the opener position. That's my only complaint. Everything else was great!

Works fantastic!!! Quite, easy to install. My door is a insulated 10’w x 14’h door no issue's.

This was installed on a 12’ x 12’ fiberglass commercial door, that has been neglected for decades. Update: I have had one failure (failure to lower) in 45 days of daily use. Raised, brought car out, then just randomly would not lower. Had to unplug and plug back in the unit for it to work, then it did fine. Original review is below: PROS: The opener itself was installed in ten minutes. It took way longer to wire the safety beams than to mount the opener on the torsion shaft. The coupler that connects the opener to the torsion bar is clever and simple. Programming the UP and DOWN limits (and other settings) is straightforward. The wireless wall button and LED light are pretty nice. It’s ridiculously quiet. No one will be able to make the door itself quieter than the opener. It makes the rattling of your standard door sound like a freight train in comparison. CONS: It has randomly lost the UP and DOWN limits, requiring climbing the ladder again and resetting them. I’m not sure if it’s from me fiddling around, losing power, etc, but that’s annoying. Instead of using physical limit switches, I’m guessing the circuity counts rotations of the shaft. If it loses that count, it defaults to requiring a reset. The emergency cord release is very stiff and requires significant screwing around to disengage. While the wall button is nice, the button that goes in your car is junk (you can’t tell if you’ve pressed the button successfully or not). I am actually using the wall button in my car (it has a nice, tactile click) with another wall button on the way for, you know, the wall. The opener is slow, as everyone else has discussed. Ultimately, if you time opening the door well enough before you get in your car (or as you’re pulling back in), it’s not a big deal, but you can definitely get in your car, start it and be ready to pull out before the door is all the way up. The VAC to VDC transformer in the unit gets HOT. These openers are in hot garages, up on a hot ceiling, so I imagine they’re designed to withstand the heat, but still. The body of the opener gets nearly too hot to touch. I’d hate to feel the temp on the transformer itself. As others have said, the transformer buzzes. I can hear it up on a 12’ ceiling, while standing on the ground. It’s faint, but it’s there. And unnecessary.

Quiet and fairly simple to install with basic tools.

I only just finished installing it so not a long term review. My garagemhal was finished a few weeks ago and I naturally wanted garage door openners for the two primary doors (drive-through rear door is fine to stay manual). First I installed a Menards special (made by Chamberlain) jackshaft openner on the small, vertical lift door...nothing but problems and install was not fun. This Genie is installed on my 12" W x 14" H insulated door so right at the limits of what the openner is rated for. Install still took over 3 hours but most of that is because of the shear size of the door. It was dead simple. Setting the drum/door style, up and down limits, force, and even the bluetooth light could not be easier. As stupid at it sounds, the fact they used hex head bolts for the coupler instead of square was even just exceptionally smart.

works perfect great opener.

Install was pretty straightforward. I like the automatic locking mechanism. A little slower than a standard above door opener. Easy to program extra remotes. I didn't install cable tensioners, they just bent when I raised the door