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Customer reviews for Westinghouse 5,000-Watt Gas Powered Portable Inverter Generator with Remote Electric Start, LED Data Center for
Westinghouse 5,000-Watt Gas Powered Portable Inverter Generator with Remote Electric Start, LED Data Center
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Apr 3, 2022
ijustice
5 out of 5 stars review

Excellent

Very happy with it right out of the box. Product is solid, well built and ships with everything you need. I put Mobil 1 oil in instead of the oil it comes with and put in a NGK spark pug before starting it. It started immediately and ran like a charm. Hooked it to my travel trailer and ran it for about an hour with the AC and tv running. It purred like a kitten smooth and quiet.

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Jul 8, 2021
All Ready Used
5 out of 5 stars review

runs my whole camper with no worries

Fathers day trip. Set up camper as if off grid (had fathers house as reserve). Wife ran air conditioner ALL THE TIME. Unit ran 24 hours a day. Only cut it off to add gas. Then she was quick to start it from the camper remotely. Had no problems the whole 4 days we were there. Next time we both go out (boon docking) I'll Bring two 5 gal gas cans so I don't have to stress about making sure I have gas. All in all, I am very pleased with this unit. She ran everything she needed to while we were there. Now she has no excuse NOT to go off grid with me.

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Jul 9, 2018
SKIP
3 out of 5 stars review

ONCE IT STARTS ITS GREAT

I BOUGHT IT FOR MY TRAVEL TRAILER. I LIKE THE REMOTE START, THE WHEELS AND HANDEL. IT RUNS 12,500 A/C & MICROWAVE AT THE SAME TIME. IT IS QUIET & I LIKE THE 30 A PLUG. THE AUTO CHOKE DOES NOT WORK! TO START IT YOU HAVE TO TAKE OFF THE SIDE PANEL & WITH A SCREW DRIVER CLOSE THE CHOKE.

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Jun 1, 2021
whynot?
4 out of 5 stars review

Compact and quiet

Pros: very pleasing color, compact and quiet. not too heavy. loved the wheels with retractable handle. and the front panel. Cons: no oil gauge. this could prevent spills. at least the initial oil provided should not have caused a spill. An index in the user manual would be nice as well.

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Sep 13, 2020
Don B.
5 out of 5 stars review

Very good portable inverter generator

I purchased this generator as a back-up for our house here in CA and for portable power with our 5th trailer when there is no shore power available. We are having quite a few potential power outages with the numerous wildfires here this year along with "rolling blackouts" when demand gets too high. Now. I dont have to worry about our 2 freezers and 2 refrigerators continuing to run and possibly having spoiling food. I just open our house main breaker and plug in a double male plug end 30A extension cord to the trailer recepticle on my workshop and I can power the house with 3700 running watts of power. That's plenty to power all of the critical devices whenever it's needed. It is about 100 lbs. so really, it's portable enough to take camping with our 5th wheel and will power all of the essential stuff AND one of my air conditioners with no problem It is fairly quiet at about 62-65db under load and even queiter when it's in the "efficiency" mode. It is a little pricey but for the quality and dependability that it provides it is well worth the money and being an "inverter" type generator, it is safe to use with your delicate electronics. This unit even has a couple of USB charging ports on the control panel to charge or power your portable devices. It also features 4500 peak watts, electric/remote starting, and everything that you'll need to put it work (except for gasoline of course) right out of the box. If you're looking for a multi-purpose inverter geneator this is the unit that you'll want.

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Oct 16, 2022
Bobo2424
3 out of 5 stars review

Pull start cover bolt is seized

Nice working generator I ordered an extended oil drain hose to make life a lot easier you will probably want to do that yourself part number Hon1010. I owned a predator generator before I hope this one is as good or better I'll follow up in a year And give a better review. Predator plastics are a lot thicker better made these ones seem a lot More flimsy. I was trying to take off the cover/outside pull start side cover one of the bolts that hold the main steel handle is frozen and I can't get it off I might need to call for warranty and have them send another steel handle so I can break this one bolt off. Right now I cannot take off the cover on the pull start side. I'm hoping the warranty departmentIs outstanding I will also do a updated on that as well

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Oct 6, 2024
Cwhite1111
5 out of 5 stars review

Works Great! Very happy.

I bought this a few days ago and I’ve been putting it through its paces during the break-in. It has performed flawless. I have the gas only version without this electric start and I’m happy I got it cause it’s one less thing that can go wrong. Seems to work great I have no complaints. This is what I expected

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May 29, 2022
favor1
5 out of 5 stars review

Easy to use

Purchased after the winter storm of 2021 in Texas where we were without power for several days. We have tested it out & its easy to use & powering up electronics worked. Fortunately, I haven't had to use it in a power outage yet, but I have a sense of security with it.

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Aug 22, 2020
Sweetcn00
4 out of 5 stars review

Igen 4500 troubles but Still love it!

I wrote a review a couple days ago had a little trouble getting it started at first, thought it had something to do with having to hold the start button till the green light blinking then taping the start button but that quit working. I ended up finding after all that it was just like other bad reviews the automatic choke was not working, I opened the face and the side panel with the pull start cord on it and found the choke wiring harness was unplugged. I did a lot of research before buying this generator and the only bad reviews were because of this same problem so was kind of expecting it. The other bad reviews go back a couple of years so am surprised they haven’t figured out a fix for this issue yet but a simple fix if slightly mechanically inclined and have a philips screw driver and a 10mm socket. After plugging in harness it starts on the first try every time,

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Nov 1, 2020
MAHomePower
5 out of 5 stars review

Excellent product. Great features, clean power!

Connected this through an interlock kit into the whole house. Runs everything. Although needed to grab some power from the regular outlets to capture the whole 4500 peak. I run the refrigerator off of that set of outlets and the RV plug goes into the power panel. I created my own cable to split the single hot lead into two that go to both hots in a L14-30 then to a double 30 amp breaker which then powers both legs of the panel. You can't get 240 of course, but you can use all 120 circuits that way. Get an interlock kit or use a cutover panel; only safe way to ensure you don't energize the main utility grid and kill a lineman.

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