I bought my 4500c a couple of weeks ago. Setup was simple and my generator fired instantly. I love the remote start feature and I am impressed with how quiet this machine runs. I would recommend this machine to anyone in the market for an inverter generator.

Bought this to run my toyhauler on extended trips and since opening the box has ran flawlessly. Great run time and plenty of power to run a 15kbtu AC and much more. Would definitely buy another if for some reason I ever needed to parallel them together for more power. Best bang for your buck generator in this category for sure!

I received my iGen4500 today and after reading the directions, I added the provided oil and then fresh fuel. With one push of the start button, I was off to the races. The iGen4500 was noticeably quiet even before the Eco mode was activated. I ran it for about 30 minutes before shutting the unit off. I plan to give it a few more trial runs before I place any load on the generator.

All items listed on package were included, but Manual description of battery hook-up and its attachment to the generator were not the same as the actual configuation. Battery is connected to the generator using a plug rather than directly from the battery wires, and is secured to the generator using a rubber strap.

I ordered this unit because it has electric start, and my wife struggles to pull start our existing generator. If a situation ever arose where I was out of town and she needed emergency power, she could be stuck in the dark. I bought this and unpacked it today, and I'm pleased to report that it started up on the first button push after following the quick start guide. The form factor matches some features of my old unit, like the rear wheels and extendable handle which are features that I feel are a must have if you intend for your significant other to use this on their own. It is quite easy to pull around, and while I can lift this solo I wouldn't recommend it as it is over 90 lbs. While it is still too early to tell how reliable it is I have run it for 1 hour so far, and I intend to use it heavily over the next week to really make sure I can trust it during a major storm. I can say that I put a half gallon of gas in it, and let it idle about 15 minutes, then ran it with a toaster oven (1500W) attached. After 30 minutes it had shut down. There was still some gas in the tank so I started it back up and it ran briefly before sputtering and shutting off. I put another half gallon of gas in and it ran perfectly fine for another 15 minutes, and at that point it had run for an hour so I shut it down manually. I had put in exactly 1 gal of fuel in, so I added exactly 2.5 gal more and was surprised it was exactly at the full tank line, which means I had put in exactly 3.5 gallons of gas, and it has a listed capacity of 3.4 gallons. If my math is correct that means in my 1 hour of run time I burned 0.1 gallons of gas. I honestly think it burned more than that, and perhaps the tank size is smaller than listed, but overall I'm not concerned about tank size as you can shut down and refuel anytime. One thing to note is that the included paper manual was out of date, even though my unit shows it to be manufactured in 2020. The online manual matches the control panel layout more closely and the oil fill directions make more sense so I printed a copy of that to replace the included version. One other thing to note is the recommended oil changes after the initial break in are every 50 hours. Because of this I plan to make sure I have oil on hand to do a change during a storm event. It would be really easy to have a power outage that lasts long enough to exceed the 50 hour runtime between changes. My old unit had an interval of 100 hours between changes, but honestly as long as this generator starts and runs that is not something I care about. My priority is making sure my wife has power if I'm not at the house. If you want a generator with a good form factor, quiet engine, and easy electric starting this unit is a great one to pick up.

Unit works good for what we will be using it for. Will run everything on my 5th wheel trailer we need on at a time. Very quiet unit. The only bad thing, I can say is about the filling and changing the oil is a pain. Hard to see how much oil your putting in the unit. To change the oil, the unit must be tipped. If you spill the oil ends up in areas which make it hard to clean up and drips onto the ground. You would've thought engineers or designers would've done a better job

I own several generators, but this is by far my favorite so far. I used it for the first time this weekend on my food truck. I was not disappointed. I used it to power my 1800 watt waffle maker and my 1700 watt panini press. She did well. She ran for 8 hours with no issues.

Likes- Easy set up and break in, I like how it comes with a screw on funnel for the oil no mess or over filling. Absolutely love the remote on/off feature. As we do a lot of dry camping with cold mornings Love the large fuel take as it runs several hours without having to refuel, It is extremely quiet on eco mode. I really like the digital display. I bought this in June and used for the 1st time over the July 4th. Issues during 1st use. went dry camping used for about 4 hrs. to run our AC to cool off the RV ran fine no issues after turning it off for about 3 hrs. when I started it back up it acted like it was lacking power, then the red overload light came on even though nothing was hooked up. i removed side panel to access the carb thinking maybe the choke was stuck that seemed fine, I drained all the fuel thinking bad gas nope, it got dark so I called it a night. Next morning I started it back up ( it starts right up just no power ) I try everything can think of, fuel, air filter, spark plug all seem fine as I am listening to it run I notice and hear a hissing sound coming from the exhaust I noticed a screen over the exhaust and think ok maybe it is plugged as I go to remove the screen it has a larger funnel screen inside ( i assume it is a spark arrester ?) it is completely caked in black soot ( not sure why after just 4 hrs of use) I remove the whole thing firepit up runs perfect. 2nd Issue is this will not start in the cold mornings, ( choke I believe is not operating properly ) I have to remove the side panel every morning to move the choke manually to get it to start. I now will be contacting Westinghouse to take it in to get it fixed. I will let you know how that process goes.

I did alot of research online, looked alot of different generators. The Westinghouse iGen 4500 was supposed to be the most quiet with the lowest decibel rating, at the best price. When I got it set up and started up, it was obvious I had made a good purchase. (Oh, BTW, my wife thinks the remote start is cool!) We plan to use this with our new RV and plan to do as much remote "boondocking" as possible. This requires a generator strong enough to run the AC but quiet enough for us to sleep. I think we got it!

Bought did a test run. Everything seemed to work great. Only negative is I keep it stored in my garage but now I can’t get the smell of gasoline to stop. No spills or leaks just a strong gas smell won’t go away. I’m on day 5. Every thing is shut off on the generator.