Item arrived strapped to a pallet with no shipping damage at all. Followed instructions, filled with oil, connected battery and started the generator. Started right away, let engine run for about 15 minutes befor putting load on. It ran our RV with no problem and ran very quiet at full load.
I bought this generator for my 35 foot travel trailer to run my appliances and air conditioner. With a full load of the trailer (everything on and running with a 13.5 KBTU air conditioner) the generator was running at a 75% load. Price point is excellent, you would have to spend twice as much for a Honda product with less afeatures. While running the air conditioning inside the trailer, I could not hear the generator and it was ten feet behind our trailer. Remote start is an,excellent feature but took three tries to start after sitting overnight. Prior to purchase I read several reviews and only 25 percent were negative, which helped me make my decision. After putting gas and oil in it straight out of the box it started right up. Overall pleased with product.
1st impressions are this is over all a nice generator yet heavy. The plastic does have some scuff and scratches on it and the fit and finish seems a little off. I was surprised to see that the one I got has a life time run hours meter on it. The generator started right up the 1st time and runs very quietly I really like the telescoping handle in order to maneuver he had around. I was somewhat disappointed that the power meter shows the wattage in kilowatts amd fuel in liters. What is the purpose of the remote start if I still have to go to the unit and flip the battery off and on?