I PCS'd to Japan and bought this generator as a back up during rainy season. The generator is large enough to power appliances in the house. It is not too heavy to use for camping and other recreational activities. The noise level is not bad for a generator of this size.

I have not had it a long time. First time starting it up to break-in, it started first time. I have been using it to run lights and air compressor in my garage. Been using it to run my toy hauler. Works perfectly. Pros: super super quiet. Equal to a Honda. It has a remote, plug-in battery charge, a function monitor, screw in oil funnel which is great, fuel filter when pouring gas into it, and all the controls are easy to read and understand. Very user friendly. And it’s easy to move around with the handle. Cons: access to the oil compartment is a little small but I have big hands. So far, this has been a great generator. Extremely happy with it.

Love the product, only issue was the automatic choke was not hooked up upon assembly, so had to take three sides off, which seems to be a normal issue that is not being resolved based on issues posted. However, once you watch a couple of videos a 10 minute fix, then it works excellent, so far.

We bought this for our camping trip. We love it! It works great for our 39 ft fifth wheel. We are camping in a location with no electric and it powers the A/C. We love the remote control, great feature.The only negative we have so far, are scratches on exterior. It is scratched all over and that is with the cover on it that we purchased to prevent marks. For the price range, this should not have scratched this easily. This is why I did not rate it 5 stars.

The Westinghouse iGen5000c Portable Generator works great! I have used several other generators, all of which had to be started by pulling on the recoil handle. This generator has an electric starter. One press of the button and it starts right up. What a dream! This senior greatly appreciates this convenience. And it can be done on the device, or with the remote. It can also be done with the recoil handle, should that ever be necessary. The marketing materials indicate this is targeted at RV users. I don’t use an RV; I got this to use at home during extended power outages resulting from weather events, which are becoming more frequent. It came with everything needed to get it up and running (including the oil), except for the fuel (of course). There were even all the tools one might need for maintenance. The Westinghouse runs everything I need, including both refrigerators, with ease. One other that I have used had a lot trouble with the older refrigerator; essentially, it couldn’t handle it. This one has a lot of headroom for starting up attached devices, and ample running power for everything I want to attach to it. The manual is well written and illustrated, so everything one needs to know is quite clear. The one small thing that I found missing from the documentation was the weight of the device. It would be nice to know the weight without fuel. The manual also doesn’t say whether or not to screw in the dipstick when measuring the oil. I tried it both ways, and assumed that it would be OK if the level were in the acceptable range without screwing it in. (I am planning to contact support to see it this is true.)

I bought this as a backup generator for my house in the mountains and for use in my RV. Relatively quiet operation and the telescoping handle makes moving it around very easy. No problems starting even in extreme cold conditions. Very easy startup out of the box. It was up and running in no time! Looking forward to using it on the RV.

Just opened it, added oil and fuel, plugged in battery, turned fuel lever and start rocker switch to on, pressed remote to start... VOILA! PERFECT...! Literally, less than ten minutes after un-boxing it I had a perfectly running generator that is QUIET! So excited... thank you W-house

Bought this generator because it was rated low noise but it is a lot louder than we expected. The digital display is so confusing because it doesn't correspond with the key. (Example - there is no V for voltage) All in all it seems to be a great purchase.

I am re-registering my igen4500.. When I initially registered it, I had not used it and could not give a review, but, now I can. I purchased this product to run my 40' fifth/wheel and it did the job. While it can't run both the 15,000 btu a/c's at the same time, it powered one while keeping everything else running including the fridge, lights, microwave,water etc. I bought the 4500 because of that capability. Those 2200/watt generators can't do that. Used it a solid month and ran it from 2-3 hours straight to 6-7 hours at a time, every day. The front information panel tells me everything. The amount of run time left, power output, fuel level, voltage and total run time. The a/c//microwave kicking on brings the noise level up a bit, but, when those are off it's very quiet. It got a little wet and muddy from some storms we went through, but it kept running and functioning without any problems. I have started it all 3 ways and it starts right up every time. I will mention your customer service because they were great. You can look up my my interaction with them. They were instrumental in my purchase and keeping this inv/gen. Taking it out for a month again in September. So far so good!

Happy to have a generator and it now runs great but unhappy with setting up. Leaked a considerable amount of gas over my backyard until I found out the drain plug on the carbeurator was open. I was fortunate I didn't fill it up! I have also not been successful in strapping down the battery. Very fussy trying to attach front and back of strap and not even obvious what it attaches to. Appreciate the remote though. Would still recommend....but with reservations.