Haven't had the chance to use yet as just received, but it did start right up and our electrician said made the right purchase for our application. We set up the house with a sub panel to run particular circuits when the power goes out so he said this generator was a great choice
living in the backcountry of san diego we are subject to loss of electricity when there is a threat of wildfire. this is going to keep us in electric power no matter what the utility does to us. we have a 2700 square foot home with AC, well pump, booster pump and a mechanics setup in the 3 car garage and this generator is capable of keeping everything going. especially nice is the ability to watch tv into the night and simply shut down the generator with the remote rather than having to shlep outside in the dark and cold to manually shut it down.