added the supplied oil, filled with gas, choked it, 3 easy pulls & it was running. 1 pull to start after warm up. Quiet! easily runs large skill saw. Will use it mostly for camping.
I bought the igen 2500 to use for dry camping in my rv. Got it out of the box and set it up in minutes. First time took 3 or 4 pulls to start, but starts 1st or 2nd pull afterwards. Runs the microwave in my rv with ease. Unit is very quiet---my daughter and I stood by the unit as it was running and had a normal conversation. Very impressed thus far.
Nice product and very nice manual. Here is a fuel usage figure with ECO Mode on... L= .9L P= .47 W V= 124V 2:00 Runtime So far so good, but it will sound like it misses or sputters a little UNTIL you put a load on it, then it's very smooth.
I bought 2 of these and just tried them. One can run my RV 13,500 BTU Air Conditioner. I now have 2 to run the everything on the trailer and to use in a hurricane emergency.