I bought this a little over a month ago, and it has already paid for itself. I was fortunate enough to have purchased this generator about 3 weeks before a major power outage in our area that lasted almost a full week. The generator started easily and quickly. And with 9,500 running watts, it was more than powerful enough to provide all the power we needed. We have teenage boys, so we keep alot of food on hand. If we hadn't had the generator when the power went off, we would have lost all of our food in our 2 chest freezers and our 3 refrigerators. The cost of the saved food was far greater than the cost of the generator itself. I am so glad we invested in it. Generators are like insurance...you feel like you are wasting your money until it is needed and saves the day. I have had other brands of generators in the past. This generator starts alot easier than the other brands, and runs quieter than those other brands...and it is 2,000 running watts bigger than they were. It is currently one of the best investments I have made in a long time.
This is the second Westinghouse generator I have purchased. I've had the Westinghouse iGen2500 for several years that I have used for camping and outings were minimal power is needed but it also needs to be quiet. I just bought the WGen9500DF for portable home backup as I live in Florida and can lose power with hurricanes and tropical storms. Terrific generator with some really nice features. The battery charger, fold down handle and propane fuel capability along with the remote start made it easy for me to choose another Westinghouse Generator.
I bought this generator a couple days ago put the wheels and rubber feet on it read the instructions hooked my bbq propane tank to it ,it fired right up,plugged my drill in, works great