Customer Reviews for Westinghouse - 12,500 Peak Watt Dual Fuel Portable Generator, Electric Start, Transfer Switch Ready - Blue
Customer Rating
5
Great value
on January 15, 2025
Posted by: Jack57
from Bishopville Maryland
Haven't had power loss, so no need yet for home back-up yet. Started right up and ran well. It's user friendly with easy controls and maintenance seems to be simple. Looks nice too.
Replacing an older pull start generator that I can no longer start ( physically demanding ). This model has such great features for ease of use and versatility of fuel options.
After doing a lot of research and comparing this with other name brand manufacturers, I landed on this. Reasonably priced, better power for the money, more features (love the remote start and auto choke) and seems really quality built! Tested only with LP gas so far as I will wait on gas fuel until it's needed during an outage. Keep carb clean, etc. As soon as it drew the LP, it fired right up. Ran it for 90 min so far on the break in. Turned it off several times to check re-starting and remote start. Fires right back up and tested the remote from 100ft away and with many walls in between...no problem! It's not quite but that's to be expected. So far I have only run (2) 300 watt work lights and (2) 1,250 watt heaters to start introducing a load for break in. Ran that 3,100 watts perfectly as one would expect. Will change oil after 5 hour break in to a synthetic 5W 30 and then give it a full load to test. Side note: if you are wanting to start with a synthetic 5W 30, it does state to first use the provided 10W 30 for break in purposes. So far, very happy with the generator and quality. Neighbor now buying the same unit.
Research led me to this generator. The price had the best bang for the buck. 50amp power should be more than enough to keep us up and running should we lose power. Looking forward to a power outage.