I bought this for back up power for projected storm power outages…haven’t had a generator for 30 plus years, this will meet my needs as I am too old to tolerate extended outages..it’s easy to operate and has multiple power ports. It’s duel fuel and comes with propane connections, an oil fill tube and spark plug wrench. I will have to purchase the necessary power cords. It has wheels and a drag handle..

I recently purchased this generator and so far, so good. (One minor problem as the support bolt holes were not lined up exactly, so they took longer than needed to assemble, but it eventually went together ok. ) They give you the oil (in the correct size bottle with a handy pouring hose), tools and good directions. Started and ran great, and tested it with multiple electrical devices at once. Plenty of voltage for the money! Good deal!

Just lost power due to storms in the area so I decided to purchase this model, the price was great, and the electric start was a huge plus, especially since I may need my wife to operate the generator when I'm not home. The assembly was super easy and I now have peace of mind knowing the next outage will be covered!

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.

I’ve had the generator two week and both weekends it was able to power my camper plus my campsite. you can pretty much do anything you want with this here’s the list stuff I was running at the same time: rooftop ac, fan, fridge, tv, Xbox was on the rv plug circuit 30A, then on the 20A circuit I had my campsite stuff: 100’ rope light, bug zapper, George Forman grill, outdoor sink water pump. I was able to run all these devices and for how quiet it is that’s impressive. The noise level is comparable to a normal 3000w/4000w generator which isn’t terrible and its able to run for a strong 13-14 hours overnight so it never dies on me. 4.7 gallon tank is pretty good also for how long it runs. It’s pretty light for how powerful it is also so overall I’m very impressed if you have a campsite/cabin and need to run the stuff I listed this is the generator for you

Install wheels and feet with in 10 minutes. Exact amount of oil needed to fill generator no guessing. Funnel and tools needed to get ready to run. Has electric start but the recoil start is smooth and easy to pull start. Please with generator. Highly recommend. Thanks

Due to all of our storms in the area recently, I thought it would be good to upgrade my generator. Thank goodness I haven't had to use this yet, however it appears to be very user friendly, especially with the process to start the generator on the unit itself.

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!

I bought this generator a few month ago so I’ll be ready for hurricane season I got to use it the other day and it ran very good and not to loud for the size compare to other brands and model. It gives more than enough watts to power my whole house except the AC unit but a portable AC unit will. I have two big refrigerators fans lights so 5300 watt is more than enough and it give 14.5 hours of run time with less than 5 gallons that’s very good for me. I ran it in the 120v but if you want to use the 240 30amp outlet you will need to shut the unit off in order to make the change and once I did that i try to restarted and it took a few try’s and that’s the bad thing I found on this unit is that if you have to shut it off and then start it again is going to take quite a few pulls to get to start again. But I believe is a good generator for the price and how much Wattage it outputs compared to other brands and models.

I am a single mom, not very mechanically inclined. A neighbor had loaned me their generator previously and gave me the rundown on how to use it safely, so granted I did have some background knowledge. My teenage son and I were able to get this put together and running with minimal problems. We did have to get a neighbor to help get it running again once it ran out of gas - found that it is really cranky about oil. It took the entire quart supplied, and then had to check it and give it more oil with each gas refill. With the proper amount of oil, it runs very efficiently. It is pretty loud, as expected. I was able to run the sump pump, refrigerator, modem, and computers, which were my primary concerns. We have a well, so, unfortunately, no running water when the power is out. There was enough power left to run incidentals as needed like a vacuum or microwave.