Although I have not had to use this for any length of time yet, it is easy for me to start up and ready for use. It appears to be as quiet as any portable generator can be.

Bought my Generac generator last Fall but have not had to use it yet as no outage of power so far. Had a stand-by unit before and loved it’s reliability but chose this unit with manual transfer system for whole house coverage.

Im not sure about all their generators but the one I got was not good. Lots of problems starting it . Pulled hard . Jerked string out of my hand when I would pull it. Finally broke after 80 hrs of use

Just purchased this generator because of the Generac brand reputation and warranty. Haven't needed it yet, but it starts right up and I'm positive it will be reliable throughout many hurricane seasons.

This is my seventh (?) generator. Some were gasoline, some were propane, and some were diesel. I didn’t expect whisper quiet, but as much as I really like this generator, it is extremely noisy.

I start and run my generator once a month regardless for 15 minutes. How do you keep the battery charged on this model portable generator. I am on my 3rd battery and have had 2 batteries completely fail in 4 years. Thanks

Bought this generator to power my home in case of a power outage and also to use around the house with my power tools. It is perfect in every way! I have never had any problems with it thus far. I am very pleased with this unit!

Although we have had this generator less than 2 months, we put 70 hours on it during one extended power outage in the area. It started up without a problem and ran flawlessly the whole time. So far, I have no complaints.

Generator arrived quickly and needed basic assembly. I went from box to running generator in less than a half hour. All components are solidly overbuilt and well laid out. Am impressed with the quality and highly recommend the 6500E

With the exception of one part missing in the shipment, the generator went together easily. The instructions were clear and well written. The missing part was sent quickly with no hassles. It runs my home with no problems.