Genie 8600 Screw Drive
Old Faithful, No More Chains
The 8600 Professional grade. So what seperates the in store brand from the professional grade. The one piece rail. A one piece rail eliminates a lot of noise associated with this type opener. Screw drive openers market. Why? Reliability, Strength, and Price.Genie Low Maintenance
The 8600 garage door opener doesn't require chain or belt tensioning like the chain drive and belt drive openers. As long as the screw bolt is kept lubed you shouldn't have any problems with this model.. It features many of the same internal moving parts as the PMX 500. Many home owner swear by this model of garage door opener.Strength
The 8600 1/2 motor and the ruggedly constructed one piece Screw Drive channel(shown above) can pull some of the heaviest of steel and some carriage house style garage doors on the market. The only draw back is slight vibration and a little noise. However, if noise is'nt an issue and price is this opener is one choice you might want to consider.Price
The 8600 screw drive in prices slighly less the some of the other openers offered by Genie. . You won't many frills with this model. If extra acessories are something that your are looking for you may want to purchase from your local home improvement store. Giant home improvement stores offer some great deals on garage door openers with a lot of extra accesoories . However, when buying from one of these stores you sacrafice the durability of the professional grade one piece rail and the quieter operation that comes with a one piece rail.
Advantage of Professional installed Screw Drive
Ceck the warranty of the in store version most of them dont have a life time warranty on the motor and may carry a shorter warranty on parts.Professional installed 8600 screw drive liftime motor warranty and 5 year on parts
Overal Grade: B
Warranty
Limited Lifetime Warranty on the motor
5 year warranty on parts
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