We had a planned outage at our house. Utility company was replacing the pole. I was able to keep my home with power the whole time without any issues. I had a bunch of extension cords running through the house. I'm going to set up my generator to connect right to my panel so next time I don't have to deal with extension cords. I love that this generator is a tri fuel. The day of the outage I ran it with one of my propane tanks from the barbecue grill. I want to hook it up to my natural gas so next time I don't have to worry about switching out tanks. The generator is pretty loud which is why I only gave it four stars. But I will definitely buy this generator again. #sweepstakes

I am replacing a 6500 watt gasoline generator with this 8000 watt multi fuel generator so I don't have to maintain gasoline. It is a back up house generator as we are experiencing more power reliability issues in todays environment. Have only run this generator in test but from experience, Champion generators work.

The generator had a manufacturing assembly defect that prevented the engine to start. The defect is located in the middle of the assembly, under the fuel tank, that mis-aligns the governor which regulates engine speed. This defect changes the engine speed so much the motor fails to stay running. Champion is trying to blame customers , stating this must have occurred in shipping; impossible!

I bought it for the main purpose of powering my house in an emergency. But also use it about my property to power tools at various remote project areas. It would be nice to have a switch to easily change the generator from a bonded neutral to an open neutral depending on how you are using the generator.

I use this generator primarily for ensure that I will have dependable electricity when the "lights go out," down here in Florida. I played with this unit for a week until I was comfortable enough to know exactly what to do, and do quickly, should I lose power. I tested most everything. Overall, its easy to set up, but you need to heed all requirements for use written in the instruction manual. Don't depend only reading the Quick Setup guide. There isn't enough info in it to ensure total safety.

As mentioned, the lights were on and the refrigerator and freezer stayed cold. However, the sound and vibration felt by my neighbor means more work and $$$ before done. Also, the power output seems a little unstable as several APC Battery BackUPS units kept cycling back and forth to the battery every few seconds. Also may be some added expense and time to figure that out.

Power went out for nearly 24 hours during one of the coldest days of the year. Had two transfer switches and ran power to our furnace, well, hot water heater, two refrigerators, office and Internet. We unboxed this, attached the wheels, added oil and it started up the first time. It ran for over 5 hours and only used 1/2 a tank. The only issue that I had is that one wheel is very hard to get the pin in the axle, since there's no room to get your hand in there. Needs a redesign.

Purchased the 100416 and received a defective unit initially. Attempted to complete the 5 hr break-in but wasn't able to get the generator to run (on propane) after starting in choke position. TS attempted to troubleshoot by phone but was not successful. Fernando was great! He immediately authorized return of the unit and shipped a new one out. Received within 1 week. No problems to date with new unit. Break in completed. (Sweepstakes)

Got this portable generator for power outages due to hurricanes. this model is tri fuel, i had it hooked up to the natural gas in our house, i also had it hooked up to an interlock switch on our main breaker. when we lose power, this will power the whole house and use natural gas, so no driving to get gasoline or propane. this was a great purchase. I am very impressed by the quality of the unit. I haven't had the opportunity to use it yet, but i anticipate it being great.

After the major winter power outage in Texas in February 2021, we decided to get a portable generator. We were excited to find this tri-fuel option which offers natural gas. However, we had some questions and were disappointed with the 50 minute wait on the Champion Customer service phone line. We have not actually tried the generator yet but only gave 3 stars due to not being able to wait 50 minutes to talk to someone in customer service. Hopefully they can get more people answering their customer service phone.