Customer Reviews for Westinghouse - 1,500-Watt Gas Powered Portable Inverter Generator with Recoil Start and Quiet Technology - Blue
Customer Rating
5
Perfect for our refrigerator in Texas Ice Storm
on February 22, 2021
Posted by: JasJasJ
from Houston, TX
We initially bought this generator to have a quiet generator when camping - for fans, small electronics and the like. However, our first real use was the Great Texas Ice Storm of 2022. This little beauty kept our refrigerator (with expensive meds), our electric ignitor for our gas fireplace, our ATT fiber access point and router and our various mobile electronics going. A full tank lasted 10 hours on this load. It was just enough power to start the refrigerator (barely - but did it). Once the compressor had been running a while in the refrigerator, it restarted even with all the rest of the load going - guess it need an initial warming up from the cold as a hard start. It ran through several gallons of regular gas without a hiccup. We ran trufuel through at the end to prevent any ethanol damage as we store it for the next use. Very glad to have this.
I have two fish tanks and this generator works great when I lose power! It powers up the return pump, lights, power heads, and heaters on two tanks! Works great for my application!
I bought this Generator incase of an emergency and sure enough.. I had to busted open this past week with the rolling black in Texas. I used for a little space heater and also for power to my wifi and refrigerator.
Inverter started up smoothly and ran quietly. Responded instantly to power load, engine accelerated. Economy Mode slowed engine to slow idle. Carburetor can be easily drained for winter storage. A very well thought out and designed inverter.
I ordered this item so I could have a portable generator that is not too heavy or bulky. The first thing I noticed after receiving it was that it was, in fact, small enough and light enough to be able to quickly pull it out and use it in an emergency. I was very impressed at the size and weight! The day I received it, I added gas and oil and put it to the test. It started immediately and was able to run a couple of appliances without any problems, which is exactly what I need it for. I'm sure it would have been able to power more lights etc. but I did not try it. I would definitely recommend this item to friends and relatives!