Customer reviews from westinghouse.com
Westinghouse - 5,000-Watt Gas Powered Portable Inverter Generator with Recoil Start, LED Data Center - Blue
Average customer rating
4.7
(7,462 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 7,462 reviews
5 Stars
5,854
4 Stars
1,365
3 Stars
157
2 Stars
33
1 Star
53
98%of customers recommend this product.
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7,182)
Customer Reviews for Westinghouse - 5,000-Watt Gas Powered Portable Inverter Generator with Recoil Start, LED Data Center - Blue
Customer Rating
3
I've got questions...
on August 29, 2020
Posted by: Young
from Tx
I bought this about 6 months ago after a week long power outage at my house. I haven't had to use it for any length of time yet. But I have ran it like ther manual says to probably have around two hours on it. I've done a load test for my "emergency appliances" it is more than enough to power it. Once it runs it runs well.
So out of the box I had done questions. The fuel nob was not attached. Most of the screws looked like they had stripped damage. That was weird. So the first few times I tried to start it it took a solid 30 minutes to get it to start. So I started researching and found people have had issues with the electric choke for a 'cold start' . Once it's warm no issues. I was told you can remove the side panel and manual move the choke and it starts no problem. That's a little irritating to me because the push button and remote start where kind of a selling point for me. Such as if I wasn't home my wife could wheel it out press a button on the key fob and have power. But now added in that I would have to walk her through opening up a side panel and explaining where the choke is doesn't excite me.
It would be nice if they added a push button or lever that was a "cold start" choke that just did that simple action without having to open it up.
Other people mentioned upgrading the spark plug helped then out quite a bit... that said. I've had a difficult time finding alternative spark plugs according to their chart. I'm not sure if the spark plug they mentioned are obsolete or not common to the area I'm in. Everyone I've talked to say NGK spark plugs are the way to go, so if they could at least add a reference to which one would be appropriate that would be nice.
I would recommend this to someone with an RV who is going to start it and run it for a while frequently. But not really for someone using it as a backup for their house.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
4
Best generator
on August 28, 2020
Posted by: Chingon
from Arizona
The only reason I did 4 stars is because it had some kind of a leak on top where you put gas. Unsure if it has some gas but other than that. It works great
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
iGEN4500
on August 28, 2020
Posted by: bhwapiti
from Rapid City, SD
This unit will work well with the new camper that is on order.
Easy set up and one second start the first time and it is quiet. We are happy!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Powerful and quiet!
on August 28, 2020
Posted by: Roamer
from Iowa
Great generator! Very quiet and powerful. Works great for my RV and will be useful for backup power for my house.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Plentyof Power to get the job done
on August 27, 2020
Posted by: Kamper-1
from Maryland
Purchased the generator a few weeks ago to power my RV when living off the grid. SO far so good , plenty of power to run my Air condition, and runs quite
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Starts Right Up!
on August 27, 2020
Posted by: Anonymous
from Newark, CA
Very pleased with the quality of this product, it started up first try with no issues
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Very pleased so far.
on August 27, 2020
Posted by: Kyhusker
from Waynesville Mo
We just picked our purchase up today and started it and was very easy to set up and getting it running, easy to start, looking forward to using it with our camper. I believe this was a great purchase for us, My husband did a lot of research on this model before we purchased it, Very quiet running,
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Better then expected. Quiet and easy to use.
on August 27, 2020
Posted by: RichieD
from Ft Myers, Florida
I bought this for hurricanes here in southern Florida and hope I never have to use it other then to run it from time to time and keep checking that it can run my entire house less, AC, electric stove and electric water heater. No problem running refrig, micro, lights, fans and a portable AC unit for one room.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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