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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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Nov 16, 2019
A. SH
5 out of 5 stars review

Superior Quality Invertor Generator

Needed a quiet and dependable generator to power an RV and other household appliances. This is above and beyond. Super quiet and starts with the push of a button on the first try. No issues and no stalls. Out performs the Honda that is twice the price. Easy to use and easier to move and transport.

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Jul 27, 2021
TDubya
4 out of 5 stars review

New camper=new generator

Like to research just about any big purchases in my life, and certainly did that with this generator. It seemed to hit all of the marks that I was looking for. Bought a new camper that required a bigger generator and this one hasn’t let me down yet. My initial run with this generator was 24 hours a day for five days consecutively. It never hesitated, it started every time after fueling, and so far this thing has lived up to my reviews.

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Mar 15, 2021
Rocky12345
5 out of 5 stars review

Runs smooth and queit!

I bought this about a month ago and have used it several times. I had no problem getting it started up the first time, just a couple tries and it fired up. It has started no problem every time since then. Instructions for start up were long but easy to follow. I love the push button and key fob start.

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Jun 15, 2022
Deacon Dick
5 out of 5 stars review

Quiet & Easy Starting!!!

Bought this for my travel trailer on the hunting lease because my Champion generator is louder than this Westinghouse model, yet offers less power. The remote and electric start features are also great (and easier on the arm/shoulder than a pull start)!

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Jun 11, 2022
Swolen
5 out of 5 stars review

Easy to start and extremely quiet

I purchased the Westinghouse iGen4500 about three weeks ago and finally got around to setting it up. It's a fairly straight forward process that includes adding oil m, connecting the battery cable quick connect, and adding gas (I choose no ethanol for small engines and have found them to run better). The key fab is a nice option for remote starts, and it also has a push button start, and pull cord back up. It fired up on the first try after I remembered to adjust the fuel switch to the open position. It was so impressed with how quiet it ran, and I was able to carry on a conversation with my wife while standing about five feet away from the unit. I'm expecting the iGen4500 to be my first and last electric generator since it has so many nice features, and I the build quality is impressive.

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Aug 19, 2018
Cricket
4 out of 5 stars review

Perfect Choice

I researched hours for what I hoped would be the perfect generator. I have a "whole house", 11K generator, but store sold me on whole house when in fact I would have needed another 6-10K. So last year during Irma, the whole house decided to konk out and left me with no power. I borrowed a 3700 and ran 2 refrigerators, freezer, computers, tv & fans. It saved me as power was out exactly 6 days. So I settle on the iGen 4500 because of features and price and I can see I didn't make a mistake. I'll get to the cons but the pros: easy start and far quieter than I imagined. Had to keep going outside during test run just to make sure it was running. Love all the information on the digital screen and didn't even cough when I put a load on it. Seems to be frugal with the fuel use. The cons: First off the panels, all of which had to come off in order to access important pieces. The back for the battery, wire to connect battery was tucked so far under the unit you couldn't see it thru the access panel. They recommend draining fuel from the carb bowel after use but you have to take the five screws out of the side panel to access the unit. Why not use butterfly screws/bolts to make this process so much easier. On to oil access. You can see it but if your hands are big getting to the dip stick and getting it off and rethreaded takes some doing. Those are all minor details the company should be looking at and wouldn't deter me from buying this unit again. I don't want to have to use it but wow, what a great piece of mind I just bought. Had two other brands picked out but am sure this is the right one. With continued use maybe I'll update down the road.

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Nov 1, 2020
Anonymous
5 out of 5 stars review

Love it!

Great little generator! I had it for about 2 weeks when the power went out from a tropical storm, fired right up and ran it for about 11 hours straight and it still had 5 hours of gas left. Really quiet and powerful, I couldn’t even hear it running inside the house.

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Oct 21, 2018
Luke
4 out of 5 stars review

Great for travel trailer/RV use, met expectations

I bought this generator for my 35 foot travel trailer to run my appliances and air conditioner. With a full load of the trailer (everything on and running with a 13.5 KBTU air conditioner) the generator was running at a 75% load. Price point is excellent, you would have to spend twice as much for a Honda product with less afeatures. While running the air conditioning inside the trailer, I could not hear the generator and it was ten feet behind our trailer. Remote start is an,excellent feature but took three tries to start after sitting overnight. Prior to purchase I read several reviews and only 25 percent were negative, which helped me make my decision. After putting gas and oil in it straight out of the box it started right up. Overall pleased with product.

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Jul 1, 2024
John Erikson
5 out of 5 stars review

Very impressed.

This is a high quality generator. I'm a Honda fan, but this Westinghouse generator is easily as good (maybe better) than the competition. The engineering of the design is top notch. You can tell that this was not just quickly created to sell another product. This inverter generator was designed for ease of use and ease of maintenance. Even the funnel that they provide to fill the oil is unique and makes the job easy. After adding the oil, the generator easily started on the first pull (it also has electric start and remote start). We are very happy with this inverter generator.

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Feb 23, 2018
BJ
5 out of 5 stars review

Quite & price is right!

We purchased this generator to use on our new 4 Season Toy Hauler!! Very impressed with low noise level and the power it kicks out! It is pretty lightweight, considering and easy to move around. We are just absolutely impressed with the product overall! We have been bragging about it since we purchased it!

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