Living in Puerto Rico, where power outages are common, the Westinghouse generator has been a true lifesaver for my family. As someone who works remotely and is also a full-time student, having reliable electricity is essential—and this generator delivers! It powers the entire house seamlessly, from lights to appliances, ensuring I stay connected and productive during outages. The price is economical, especially considering its performance and reliability. It’s also fuel-efficient, which is a huge plus. Highly recommended for anyone in need of a dependable backup power solution!

Recent purchase, delivery and easy set up. Will use as emergency backup in Maine as power outages are inevitable in our rural setting. All set with transfer switch to link directly to home system and operate the essentials. Reviewing materials as to proper set up and operation and all looks very straightforward. Product came well packaged and all necessary items included.

Easy to set up, and operate. Unit came with oil, funnel, and all parts to get you up, and running in 15 minutes or less. Shipping was fast, and easy. For the price you get an excellent reasonably quite generator. Ours serves as our back up power for our home. Powers our furnace, well pump, freezers, and fridge with power left over for a couple TV's internet, and wifi.

I ordered a generator and it was supposed to come in may 5 but it arrived 4 days earlier! When I was looking at the instructions it was easy to read. It also comes with very informational Guides that tell you all about the generator and how to maintain it. Overall very happy with my purchase!

Item arrived on time. Instructions are easy to follow filled it with oil I really liked the funnel it screws into the fill spot. filled the gas up put the choke on turn the switch on started the FIRST PULL! Can't get any better than that purrs like a kitten. A little louder than I expected though.

This generator packs a lot of power and the electric start is a must-have!! Can easily be maneuvered by one person; however, it does weigh 107 pounds w/o fuel, so I'd recommend two people when lifting or lowering from an elevated surface. Great value and highly recommend.

So far I've only used it with propane to insure it's functioning and started right up on the third pull plugged a heat gun and worked great this generator seems to be functioning as it should. Unfortunately it came in all banged up from Sams club while the box was trashed I believe it was who ever emptied the oil to prepare it for shipping the frame is Bent, Dented, peeling, covered in oil and it looks like it was dragged around the warehouse very disappointed with the way I received this generator I'm just glad it functions like it's supposed to.

I've had the power go out at my house twice in the past 3 months. My sump pump runs constantly and my back up battery system could not handle the load. I researched portable generators and found the Westinghouse unit to have the highest ratings, wattage and value for the money. It was an easy assembly and the wheel and handle make it very easy to move around. With this unit I can run my sump pump and multiple other items anytime regardless of weather or utility power.

Our > 25 year old generator was due for replacement. After researching multiple makes/models this was an easy choice: -Excellent price for a major brand of this capacity -Electric starter with built-in starter battery charger (multiple others require pulling the battery and using an external trickle charger)- works fine, starts quickly -L14-30R 240VAC receptacle (reusing existing power cable to our inside manual transfer switch) -Handle/wheel set included (no need to purchase separately) -Simple, effective, display - voltage, frequency, hours, plus CO alarm indicator -Fairly quiet - with exhaust properly pointed away from the house, nearby windows closed, there was just a little background noise in the rooms immediately adjacent to where it was running (quieter than a small table fan on low speed) -Very good run time given its fairly small size/weight. I'm confident it'll power all of our loads for a full night in the middle of winter, if necessary. I always use ethanol-free regular unleaded, with fuel stabilizer added, for outdoor engines. -Easy setup, good quick start guide Minor nits: -Transport tie wrap on the starter battery cables should be slightly looser. Not harmful but a little overly tight -Starter battery cables should be slightly longer, to facilitate attaching the cable connectors and allow moving it out of the way when filling/refilling oil. Maybe 3" total longer would be quite nice. -Oil fill spout (included) should be slightly longer, again around 2" - 3". It's not quite long enough to bend the inlet side of the spout "up" when filling, though does work okay. While the THD spec is high, during my 3 hr initial test run I was seeing no issues on any of our standard home electronics - LED lighting, home/consumer-grade routers and PCs, monitors/TVs, FIOS internet,... Either the THD is lower when the generator is not pushed to capacity, or after initial startup (a couple minutes total from generator powered on to when I had used the transfer switch to transfer loads to it), but I'm comfortable that it's working fine with our loads. Our 240VAC well pump was cycled a few times during the initial run, 120VAC main home heater and water heater blowers ran several times, and I ran a space heater for added load. (in the Summer we don't use a space heater, but have a few window mounted ACs which have about the same total load). I'll be doing another 3 hr run soon, then refill with 5W-30 synthetic oil for long-term use.

After hours of research and reading too many reviews to count, I decided on the WGen5300S as the perfect addition to my disaster prep. This generator has a better fuel/hour ratio than most other brands. It also includes great features that others don't such as the 120/240 selector, both transfer switch and RV hookups and the digital display. All this for just a bit more than other brands. I feel really good about the next power outage, but must say that I hope I don't need it. Well done Westinghouse!