I bought this 3 weeks ago because we were receiving rolling blackouts in our area. Finally got a chance to use it today when we got hit with no power. It took me about 20 or so minutes to take it out if the box and set it up. Read the instructions, filled the machine with the supplied oil, then went out to buy a gallon of fuel. Once I filled the generator up, I was able to connect our cable modem, router, 2 fans , charge 2 laptops, and two lamps to get the kids up and running for school.
I bought this generator after comparing the specifications to others on the market. I would have liked a larger one but did not want something that I could not lift into my vehicle. At forty-three pounds this is easy to move and has enough output to handle my refrigerator, freezer and lights in an emergency. I ran it through a break-in process and then checked how it would do and it ran several items without a problem. We have Honda generators where I work and this one runs as quiet as they do.