I have a good amount of experience with an 835 and I think it is a really nice gun for the money. As far as pump guns go, the only gun I found I like better than the 835 would be a Remington 870. I dont have much experience with the 935. I work in sporting goods and have talked to a lot of guys with a 935 and I'd say about 75% of the people I've talked to have really liked theirs. Again I think for the money they are pretty good. It's hard to find a 3.5" semi auto for less than $700.