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12500/9500–Watt Westinghouse Dual Fuel Portable Generator + Remote Electric Start
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Sep 7, 2023
MrSWFL239
5 out of 5 stars review

Heavy, but easy to put together by yourself

I've had the generator for about a month now, I live in Southwest Florida and my old generator wasn't powerful enough to run my whole house. I was able to set this up by myself even though it was pretty heavy. I have 3- 40lb propane tanks and a couple gas cans to run dual fuel. Very happy with how it runs!

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Jul 27, 2024
Samdingo
5 out of 5 stars review

So Happy With This Generator!

Living on the gulf coast, we have frequent storms and lose power for extended times. I have a couple small Westinghouse inverter generators that have worked perfectly. Our biggest problem is that we have a water well and trying to keep the refrigerators and freezers running while using a small window unit to keep 1 room cool while we wait for our power to be turned back on. We just had Hurricane Beryl hit us and we lost power for 4 days. No showers, had to haul water to flush toilets, moving extension cords constantly to keep everything going. Very exhausting to say the least. After much research and great reviews, I purchase the WGen9500 Dual Fuel and installed a generator disconnect to my breaker box so I could power my whole house. I got the dual fuel so I can have a couple 100# propane bottles for backup as sometimes finding gas after a windstorm is impossible. I received the generator in perfect condition, read through the manual, added the supplied oil and filled the tank with fresh gas. I quick push of the remote and if fired up on the first try. I performed the initial break-in by plugging in a shop fan, small electric heater and a 1hp air compressor. I let them cycle for 8 hours and the generator never missed a beat. The following weekend, I connected it to my house. I flipped the breakers on all of the un-necessary items, just keeping my water well, my 4 ton ac and refrigerator and freezer running. The 9500 ran everything just like I needed to too. Hopefully we won't have another windstorm for a long time, but if we do, I'll be ready with the WGen9500. The remote start is going to be a lifesaver for sure!

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Sep 23, 2020
T-Bone94
5 out of 5 stars review

Best Bang for the Buck

I recently bought this after hurricane Laura because of how long we were without power. I did my research and I think you are getting a lot for your money with this generator. This company has been around for several years, so they have to be doing something right. Hopefully next time we are without power, my family and I will be ready!

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May 10, 2025
Jimbo145
5 out of 5 stars review

Easy setup

My son-in-law purchased this the WGen9500DF last year. Impressive performance. The installation instructions were VERY easy to follow. Unboxing, installing the wheels, and adding oil was under 30 mins. I ran it for 3 hours, changed the oil and then connected it to my home transfer switch. The true test is how many circuit breakers I can turn on in the house. I ran everything except the dishwasher and A/C. The generator can take a heavy load. I highly recommend this product.

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Jul 30, 2020
rogue1954
5 out of 5 stars review

Powerful, User Friendly, Full Featured

I read a ton of reviews before the purchase. This a beautifully built generator that is easy to use and start. Simple to switch fuels and for a large generator it is relatively quiet. I am very happy I paid a little more for this quality generator.

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Sep 6, 2023
Klbinsc
5 out of 5 stars review

Easy to use

I have only owned this a week, and it is my first generator. The setup was easy (feet, wheels, oil, battery hookup). I added gas and it started up without a problem. I ran a large air compressor as a test and it powered it fine. I intend to install a 50 Watt inlet box on the house to power a 1.5 ton AC unit and 2 refrigerators. It’s early going, but great so fat

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Sep 16, 2021
Chewy
5 out of 5 stars review

Provides great options!

We bought this a month ago after a recommendation from a friend who had the same model and was very happy with it. We have an 1800 square foot home and with an electrician have wired it so all we have to do is flip a switch if we have a power outage. It is powerful enough to run everything including the water heater, except the range and air conditioner.

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Feb 20, 2021
KJ North Idaho
5 out of 5 stars review

Piece of mind

Windstorm knocked out power for a week in January, hopefully we won't be going through that again but unfortunately we know better and it's its nice to know we have a large generator standing by. Unit came well packaged and faster than we were expecting. Very easy setup, started immediately with both fuels.

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Sep 16, 2021
harold in Livermore
4 out of 5 stars review

Compact, easy to handle, good specifications

The machine arrived in a very beaten-up box (probably outside the control of tthe manufacturer) but seemed to be undamaged. However, the inside of the box was saturated with crankcase oil., requiring a lot of cleanup before assembly of the wheels and testing. I found the manual to be rather poorly organized, although complete enough. A table of specifications would be nice---the crankcase capacity is mentioned only as an aside to the oil change procedure on page 23, although filling with the (included) oil should be one of the very first steps. And the crankcase calls for 1.2 quarts of oil, so the oil it was shipped with was not enough for a first fill! This is not the machine for someone innocent of engine maintenance!

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Dec 31, 2020
HIspeed199
4 out of 5 stars review

Westinghouse WGen9500DF

Pros: Excellent start out of the box. Easy operation. Generator trickle charges battery while running. Manual has good instructions. Good features with battery disconnect, wall charger for battery when generator not running, carburetor drain for storage. CONS: Too loud for my preference.

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