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Westinghouse iGen5000DFc 5000 Watt Remote Electeric Start Dual Fuel Inverter
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Jun 18, 2024
Reviewer name: Chrissss
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Easy To Use and Quiet

Recently bought this generator to power my home essentials in the event of a power outage. I haven't been able to fully run it for an extended period of time, but I did give it a test run. It was very easy to get set up and get started up. While running, it is pretty quiet, as well (quieter than a lawnmower).

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Jan 22, 2022
Reviewer name: Happy westinghouse owner
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Love my generator

I have hesitated getting a backup home generator only because the choices seemed too intimidating to make a final decision. I even considered a whole house generator, but after receiving a quote and weighing pros and cons, I decided on a portable generator. This model has so many amenities that made my choice a no brainer! Very happy such a user friendly option exists. I now have a backup power source in case of emergency and piece of mind that a quality generator will be ready if and when needed. Thank you Westinghouse.

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Aug 12, 2021
Reviewer name: rjsand
3 out of 5 stars
3 out of 5 stars review

Generator

I bought 2 months ago and just got it out of the shop. It ran for ten minutes on propane I turned it off with the remote and then I couldn't get it to start again. It would run on gasoline but would always stop when changing over to Propane. I dropped it off at the shop Westinghouse told me to. When I picked it up they said nothing was wrong with it. Now I just had may first 2hrs of trying to break it in. With me luck.

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Jul 31, 2023
Reviewer name: Letty
2 out of 5 stars
2 out of 5 stars review

WORKMANSHIP AND FUNCTION

I bought this in 2021 tried it out for about 2 hours, worked great. After 1 year sitting tried it out and started right up, no problem ran for 2 hours for RV AC and few more hours for other things, worked great. This year tried to start n hard to start ran ruff then settled. Ran RV AC a few hours, then turned off. following week tried to start n WONT START!!! Only 15 Hours on it. Not Happy!!!!

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Hello, thank you for your purchase, we are truly sorry to hear that you have not been able to use your generator! Our inverter generators utilize a carburetor to control the amount of air and fuel the engine receives at one given time. When the carburetor sits for a while after being used, the fuel that is leftover will start to gum up the intake. This causes the inverter to have issues starting as the engine can't receive fuel. We would love to help and make things right for you. Please contact us at 1-855-944-3571 or support@wpowereq.com. We look forward to hearing from you! Thanks, Zach- Westinghouse

Mar 6, 2020
Reviewer name: MikD
4 out of 5 stars
4 out of 5 stars review

Just got it

I just received this today, 03/06/2020, Got it out of the box, filled up the fluids, connected the battery and it started right up without a hitch. I let it run for a few minutes and hooked up a fan and a few other small electrical items. It seems stout and should be able to handle all of our camping/trailer needs as well as powering the essentials during power outages.

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Aug 7, 2021
Reviewer name: HisMinister7
4 out of 5 stars
4 out of 5 stars review

Very nice appearance and features

It’s a heavy unit, and a “handful” for a single person to lift into the back of a pickup or into a storage compartment of a RV. I wish the engineers would come up with an exhaust extension so that CO fumes would be ducted away from the RV. Overall, I believe it’s the best answer for running two A/C’s with a residential refrigerator. I installed SoftstartRV’s on both of my 15k BTU A/C’s. And that made it feasible for me to use the iGen4500DF Inverter/Generator.

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May 16, 2025
Reviewer name: Leighly63
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Impressive and Easy

I did a great deal of research before buying this. Dual fuel, ease of operation , portability and push button start were the options that made my decision. Mind you, I’ve only run it for a few hours but it worked beautifully and was much less quiet than my old gas generator. Although it was supposed to include the converter and the hose for my propane tank, the hose was missing on mine. (Solved as of today with a call). I used my neighbor’s hose and once I got past the ridiculous amount of warnings in the instruction booklet, I was easily able to power it up and I’m no mechanical genius although it’s dual power, after having run on propane and knowing I won’t have to empty your gas tank when not in use, I’ll never choose the gas option unless forced I plugged in my refrigerator, a fan, two lamps and my coffee maker. It easily handled the load. The handle pulls out and makes it possible to pull it like a suitcase. I’m a small woman and was still able to handle it

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Sep 1, 2021
Reviewer name: DEN BOY
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Awesome Generator

Just bought this portable generator. It is very easy to understand the operation due to the well organized user manual. Easy to move around with wheels and pull out handle for moving it. Also 3 ways to start it up. Two fuels (gasoline & propane) Can't wait to try it out with my sump pump next time the electricity goes out.

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Sep 24, 2020
Reviewer name: Tucknott
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

So Far, So Good.

I've only had for about two weeks and only put a little more than 10 hours on the unit but so far, it's been working well. Everything works as advertised. Concerns of the lighted battery switch draining the battery while left on but the generator not running. This would occur if you used the remote to turn off the unit and let it sit, for say overnight, and wanted to use the remote to fire up in the morning. Small concern that the battery may be low/dead due to the lighted switch. I would have preferred a non-lighted switch to avoid any drain while it's not running. Other than that, this unit has preformed well so far. Writing this review to take advantage of their free weather cover, not because I felt a review was needed. I'd rather leave a review after I have 100+ hours on the unit.

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Mar 5, 2019
Reviewer name: Az. Stripper
4 out of 5 stars
4 out of 5 stars review

Dual fuel option is great. Propane is safer

We have 12 to 14 hour power outages here in the Mohave Desert at least once a year. My wife is on oxygen and needs power 24 hrs. a day. The iGen4500DF delivers the emergency power when we need it. This is a great peace of mind. The dual fuel option lets me keep propane on hand and is much easier and safer than having 5 or 10 gallons of gas just sitting in the heat.

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