Bought a competitor's 2000 Watt generator but quickly found it was unable to handle my travel trailer's AC even with a microprocessor soft start kit. The Westinghouse iGen2500 provided enough extra surge and running wattage to do the job without a problem. Great features of the iGen2500 are the same lite weight and approximately the same size but best feature of all for me was the lower price.

Received and after a moderate break-in with a couple oil changes, immediately put to use. Ran Lucas Safeguard Ethanol Fuel treatment. Initial quality is there and I was happy that it started and ran my 13.5 BTU A/C on our first outing. Just barely though. And there were a couple instances where the breaker did trip between A/C compressor cycles. That said, it was an incredibly hot weekend! I also had some trouble restarting between fuel changes and general rest periods that I would give it. Seemed heat related. Also, oil had to be added after approximately 15 hours of first, hard Use which I would consider normal. There also were periods of rough running, hence the initial 4 Stars. Quiet as advertised and besides a couple concerns, I think if we'll maintained, this will be a great unit, particularly with a second in parallel!

Unpacking it took longer than filling with oil and gasoline and starting. It fired up on the second pull. I bought it for a variety of power tools but mainly to power the 13,500 BTU AC on my Oliver Elite travel trailer. I'd already installed a Micro-Air EasyStart soft start unit on the AC with plans to buy one of those red generators or the other blue one, which produce less power, cost more and have fewer features than the Westinghouse. The EasyStart was needed for those less-powerful units. But then I learned about the iGen2500 on the Micro-Air website. Micro-Air says the iGen25000 will power ACs up to 15,000 BTU with the EasyStart. So maybe it will run my 13,500 in the Efficiency Mode. My trailer is stored elsewhere so I haven't tried it yet. But so far so good. The iGen2500 looks like a well-made generator. I really like the LCD display. I just wish it showed total run hours to help with maintenance.

SCROLL DOWN FOR TIP FOR USE WITH GAS FURNACES I bought this as a backup for my house during ice storms, which happen all too often in Oklahoma City. In 2020 I got to test it out while we were without power for 13 days. Not a fun experience, but a great test for the generator! The generator performed flawlessly. It started up easily, ran great and was able to power the gas furnace, refrigerator, television, internet router and a couple of other electronics. In fact, with all of those things running it still had more capacity! :: GAS FURNACE TIP :: Here's the important tweak I had to make. At first, the furnace would not run at all. I opened up the furnace panel and found a blinking LED indicating that there was a grounding problem. I did some research and eventually came across a forum that suggested that little generators like these sometimes need a neutral bonding plug. I watched a YouTube video on how to make a neutral bonding plug with supplies from the hardware store and it was easy to do myself. Once I plugged the neutral bonding plug into the generator, my furnace happily turned on, lit the gas burner and started up the blower, supplying much needed heat to the whole house. Overall, I highly recommend this generator, as long as you go into it knowing you may need the neutral bonding plug.

This is my first generator and I am very happy with this purchase....it is quiet, pretty good on gas and ran 3 out of the 4 appliances that I intended to run. In the description of the product on the Westingouse site, it says it can run a refrigerator (house). Well, it did not. It shut down when the fridge clicked on. It is an 18.1 cu ft, so it is not very large. But other than that, very happy with the performance with the other appliances.

This generator has just the right power output for my small home, it replaces a 2000/2200 inverter generator I had that worked well for most things I needed to power in the house but it would trip whenever I used the microwave oven but this new model is able to handle the power it needs to run and I like the digital display that tells me the hours and how much gas is left, highly recommended!

We have tried other generators and this one does the job. Easy to operate, and the features are great. The gauge is very helpful in knowing the status of the machine at all times. Lightweight, we were impressed with how quiet it is, started first pull out of the box and every time so far. Look forward to many years of use. My wife is able to start it and operate it !!

This is my first Digital Inverter Generator I took it out of box and followed all the instructions to get it ready to work. Put the gas in it on the first pull it started right up. I ran a electric chainsaw for four hours with no problems. I purchased it for a power outage to run some things in my house or at my daughters house. We are very pleased with this Generator and look forward for many uses that we may incur over the future.

Bought this a couple months ago. Have used it for volunteer work repainting fire hydrants. Runs the power tools and a small air compressor with no problems. Ran it in parallel with my iGen2200 during break-in, but it handles the load by itself now with no problem. Quiet, even when not in Eco mode. Really handy during temporary power outages,

I bought this so I can have clean power to operate electronic devices and also a food dehydrator. We have power outages that can last anywhere between 2 hours to a whole day. This should help us through those times. I used the quick start guide to prep the generator. After adding oil and gas, I pulled the cord. It started on the first pull. The sound is much quieter than a standard generator. I plugged in a portable heater to test everything. Everything worked just as it should. I definitely recommend this generator by what I've seen. I will see how it holds up.