Power outages have been a problem. We shopped several places and decided to purchase the Westinghouse WGen5300DFv for three reasons: 1. It had enough wattage to run the essentials if our power failed. 2. It runs on both gasoline and propane. (If power is out for an extended period, gasoline may be hard to find.) 3. The price was right. Thankfully, we have not had to run the generator for a long period but have tested it under load and it performed well.

Out of the box it wouldn’t recoil back. Had to manually rewind it. Got one start out of it before this failed. By design you can’t get the starter off to do any more significant repairs without taking apart the entire frame. Just got hit by a hurricane so can’t go and replace it.

We received this generator as a Christmas present from our adult children. We live in mid-central Wisconsin in the country. We needed a backup generator for when the electricity goes out due to a blizzard, thunderstorm, suicidal squirrel, etc. We like this generator as it is easy to handle, easy to set up, will run on gasoline, or it can be connected to our propane gas tank. It gives us great peace of mind to know that the water pipes will not freeze in winter nor will our freezers not run in the summer.

Purchasing a generator was on my radar for many years but an upcoming snowstorm suddenly made it a priority to keep my family and I safe. This product was easy to set up and am very happy to finally have the peace of mind knowing we can still provide electricity to the essential components of our home in the event of a power outage.

Love all the options with this Generator. Multiple plug types and optional fuel is great for our camper. We don't dry camp often but power was an issue one time when we almost ran out of gas. We left a day early to prevent this and having this unit could have got us enough time. One feature I wish these or any other generator had is a tube that routes draining the oil as it is always a mess. No matter how you try to prevent it, oil just seems to get on something and makes a mess but placement of the drain or a tube that routes to an open space would definitely help and be a big feature for someone to make the purchase.

Bought this for work around the ranch and as a backup to the home. Figured we shouldn't wait any longer, while this type of product is still available. Features for the price, and it being the only dual fuel in our area, sold me. easy setup. started immediately and functioned as advertised. Followed the break-in procedure and it is ready to go.

Love the fact that it is both duel fuel and transfer switch ready. Great features such as digital display. It's obviously not as nearly quiet or fuel economic as an inverter but I bought this as a cheap way to power multiple large household devices. If powering sensitive electronic devices get an inverter or at least a UPS since this thing has a much higher distortion level than those. Overall it starts right up and just works! Best bang for the buck. Pleased with purchase.

After the last power outage of 8 hours in 10 degree weather, this generator was top on my list for preparedness. Reasonable price, needed wattage for my house, 20/30 amp, 120/240 - perfect for my home needs. Setup was a breeze, no instructions needed to install wheels and dampers. Adsed the included oil, waited to add fuel until I slowly cycled the pull starter 10 times to get oil to internals. Added a gallon of fuel, turned on the run switch and choke, started on the FIRST PULL. Turned choke off after about 45-50 seconds, engine smoothed out and the voltage hit 120 and leveled in maybe 5 seconds. Flipped to 240, hit voltage in 5 seconds. Let it run another minute, switched back to 120, leveled off in 5 seconds. LOVE the threaded oil funnel and the included 4 stroke oil was exactly the correct amount. As I stated, this generator could not have been easier to set up and get running. WELL worth the price and I don't have to worry about power outages any more.

After about a month of research, I decided to buy this product! During my research, I kept coming back to this generator as it had all of the features that I wanted and needed, it is made by a great company, and has a great warranty! The WGen5300DFv is a great buy from a company that stands behind their products!

I finally had an opportunity to use our 5300 for an extended amount of time and I was very pleased with how it stood up. We were using it with a blow up for a grandchild’s birthday party and it did the trick. The other thing that is awesome about this model is that you can use it with gas AND propane.