Customer Reviews

Genie GWK-BL Wireless Keypad

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

The Genie Wireless Keypad was fairly simple to set up and install. Open it up and set your garage code based on your current garage door opener then install with 2 screws. The cover slides up and down and I think this is where this product fails. It worked really well for about a month. The up and down motion triggers a switch so you can enter your code. If you enter the code incorrectly you must close then reopen the cover. You also must make sure the red light comes on when you open. This is the problem we are now having. The red light doesn't come on because the cover isn't triggering the switch properly. We have to fiddle with it to get the light to come on so we can enter our code. Occasionally it just doesn't open when you enter the code. I think the newer ones with the hinged cover that lifts out and open probably work better, but we have an older garage door opener so had to go with this version.

Perfect for those "older" openers. Genies last forever. Just moved into an older home with a genie opener. Have long enjoyed the keyless convenience. Easy to program, easy to instal. Out of the box to mount was less than 30 minutes (some of which was just taking the cover off the opener to get the pin placement to determine the code).

Highy recommend as it adds a lot of convenience.

Like another reviewer, my family recently moved into an older house with a very old Genie garage door opener. We went to Home Depot and bought a key-pad similar to this one, and we even asked the sales assistant whether it would work with the model we had at home. "It's Universal," she said, "As long as you have a Genie it will work." Not the case. After a call to Genie it turns out that for their products made prior to a certain year (I think in the mid 90's) they require the older technology.

Sadly, Genie stopped manufacturing and supporting devices for these garage doors in roughly 2009, so you can no longer purchase them from your typical off-the-shelf brick and mortar store. The Genie customer service rep advised me to try a specialty shop or look online, which I did.

I was able to pick up the GWK-BL for about $35, with free shipping. It did the trick, and as mentioned by another reviewer setup was very fast indeed.

Tip: I used velcro on the back of mine because the area around the garage door is made of an adobe/brick substance that I didn't want to drill into. Two sided velco tape can be picked up at any hardware store for just a few bucks. This has the added benefit of allowing me to take it down if I ever need to at some point in the future.

Overall pleased with this product, and it provides a lot of convenience for keyless entry into the garage by multiple family members. 4 stars instead of 5 because the slide cover is a poor design, which Genie recognized and changed in newer models. Remember, the new "intellicode" openers won't work if you've got an ancient garage door so you're stuck with this one. :-)

Genie GWK-BL wireless keypad is to be used only for non-intellicode garage door opener. it is easy to program and very convenient for the family members to use.

Was easy to install, instructions were clear and concise. Works well, no more worrying about the kids losing their house keys.

Works as advertised, I have no complaints of this product.
I have an old Genie that requires the old type of touch pad opener.
Easy to code and works great.

This does exactly what I wanted it to do, well. I wish I could operate 2 doors with it, but it does one door very well. It is for the old style and helped me avoid having to buy a new opener. We had been following the dangerous practice of hitting the close button and scrambling out of the garage before the door shut. Now we simply use the buttons near the door. I found it easy to program and install.

The garage door unit worked fine for my opener. Yes it only works on the openers with the dip-switches. If you did not do your research and have the newer non dip-switch openers, then that is your own fault and should not be a negative review for ignorance.

The keypad is pretty plain, has back-lit keys and been working for over 4 months now with no problem. Its very simple and had not many bells and whistles but does what its intended to do.

Claims to be "in stock" but when I ordered it, the company sent me a generic Sky Link remote rather than the Genie I had ordered. There was a note inside that said true Genie Keypads are no longer available and that without my permission they had substituted the generic keypad. I looked again today and it still says "in stock" Bait and switch is very unbecomming for Amazon. Doesn't make a difference if the generic one works or not, it's not what I order and not what they promised. Bad form Amazon.

I bought this to operate an old-style non-rolling code unit. Instructions are a little hairy becasue it has to be compatible with a wide range of brands. But once set up complete works beautifully.