My iGen2500 arrived on time and it took less than 10 min to prepare for start. The engine started just fine on the very first pull - impressive. Easily powers a bathroom heater, will have to check other items later. Looks like a great deal for the money so far.
The review sign up did not have a IGEN2500 item in the drop down list so i chose the 4500 which is not what i have. Anyway... I put oil and a little gas in it and pulled 3 times and started up. Ran a little rough at first but to be expected. Plugged in a few things and every thing was working as expected. After a while it smoothed out. Looks like a winner!
The pull, button and remote started it right up. The manual says nothing about an hour meter, but it says on the front of the generator that it has one. We haven't ran it enough for it to register any time yet. It's flashing 0000s. We put an external one on it, so we'll see if it's accurate or not. We're still breaking it in, but it seems to have plenty of power and it's very quiet.
Arrived across the country in 8 days. Box was in near perfect condition. Added oil, gas, plugged the battery in and it started first try. Purchased this to replace my Honda EU2000 that the inverter failed in after 4 years and very little use. So far so good.