Customer Reviews for Westinghouse - 5,000-Watt Gas Powered Portable Inverter Generator with Recoil Start, LED Data Center - Blue
Customer Rating
5
Awesome generator!
on February 16, 2022
Posted by: TheSnowyChurroAZ
from Phoenix, AZ
I bought this almost a year ago to use on my food truck. It runs amazing and is pretty quiet. We power two freezers, a refrigerator, water heater, A/C, lights, and a few other small things. It's never failed us! The handy remote start stopped working but it isn't really needed since it has electric start anyway. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!
Recently retired needed a boondocking power supply for my new RV and this was it. It is quiet, efficient and the remote start lets you provide power on demand effortlessly and quietly!
I own a Honda EU7500 generator which I love but was looking for something smaller, so I thought to give Westinghouse a try. The price point is amazing for the quality and features. I live in California where every household almost requires a generator for weather or power shut-off events. It runs very quiet, similar to my Honda, maybe a little quieter.
My only complaint so far is the accessibility and ease of changing the oil, which happens more often than you may think, every 50 hours. I understand in order to keep it compact all the parts are placed accordingly, but if you have big hands this will be a serious chore. When changing the oil and removing the oil plug I have had issues with only loosing and removing the plug itself. there is an 1 1/2 inch stem between the bottom of the engine block and the oil plug and it continuously is what unscrews instead of just the oil plug. I have not contacted Westinghouse to seek a resolve to this issue so Im unsure of the severity or remedy to this situation.
Overall it seems to be a solid generator and I would recommend it for its quality and price.
We bought this a in need of a generator for mainly camping trips that are not with hookups. It worked excellent and worked so effortlessly, easy to use and an excellent product.