I contemplated getting one of the larger units by Yamaha or Honda, but those weight 100-150 lbs and don't provide as much power as two of these units in parallel, and these only weight about 50 lbs each. I use these to power a trailer with 13500 BTU A/C, but occasionally I can hook up to shore. When that happens, it's nice to only bring one of these to power some of my other accessories.

I purchased this two months ago to get ready for this camping season. It just has to run my RV 13500 BTU AC and it does/did. As soon as it arrived in May I put it through its paces and all seemed fine. I put it up until a week before our July trip and got it out to run. After one hour, it started "hunting" around, surging, and then quitting. I checked oil, all good. I then put in a new NGK spark plug and it did start back up but a sputtering start. It ran again for about 30 minutes, started hunting, and quit. I started again and it ran fine for two hours and I put it away until today, same thing, hunting, surging, quitting. I need help, I'm counting on this generator for the next two and a half weeks camping. I need customer service. I hope this is something simple as I really like the overall value of this unit and very much want it to work out.

My wife is a librarian. When I say she did some research before we selected this model, she did some RESEARCH. I would suggest googling inverter break in process before running for the first time. The provided booklet does not go in to great depth about this process. Once properly broken in, unit has been running smoothly without issue. Negatives-panel, drain plu plstic, feel flimsy.

I bought a second generator to run in parallel with the first generator and it runs every bit as well, it came shipped just as well, and I've had just 0 problems with it. I will say that when you run in parallel you must follow the instructions with the parallel cord exactly. If you do not do everything that the instructions say step by step it won't parallel to have equal output. Two of these will run my 13500 btu rv air conditioner, my microwave, my refrigerator and my bathroom fan all at once without tripping overloading.

Ran great the first summer it was used however the first use the second year it won't run smoothly. RPM's go up and down. At the end of the first summer the gas was completely drained before storing for the winter. Drained gas again after problem was discovered and filled with new gas-no change Plan on taking it in for a service check to see what the problem is.

I purchased two IGEN2500 with the parallel cable as a multi-use backup power system. I can use these for powering tools while working on my boat, for camping, etc. The parallel system plugs right into my transfer switch when I need it. I spent a lot of time researching inverter generators before I settled on these. I'll update this review as I learn more.

Pleased with the fit and finish of the unit, very light weight, and so quiet while running. It meets all our expectations right out of the box. Fired up 2nd pull, and ran my tools easily. Will try it on the boat to see how many items can be powered up. Once again, I am very impressed with how quiet this genset is...quite impressive.

This Inverter generator is a lot quieter than I was expecting. I had ran it for an hour to break it in so that I could change the oil. Only thing I recomment is changing the spark plug. You just cant trust the cheepo ones. Otherwise this thing is fantastic!

So far, I've just been getting through a break-in period, but after the first few minutes, it was running smoothly and very quiet! Want to be ready for hurricane season and I think for purposes of being able to run my fridge, a hotplate, and a very small AC (one at a time of course) I should be set!

iGen2500...My first outing with this machine and I could not be more happy. Starts first pull every time. Very quiet machine. You don't even know it's running while in a small group of people outside tailgating. I ran two crockpots and a large margarita machine at the same time with no problem at all. I highly recommed this generator for camping/tailgating.