Bought a 6500 right before the Texas freeze. Assembled out of box at night when my other generator quit. Was assembled and working in less than 30 minutes at near zero temp. Very easy to use. Sold that to my son and bought the 9500 for whole house.
We bought this unit last month and have only performed a test run. It is much quieter than expected and has all the features that we wanted. We were also impressed that the unit came with a curved funnel to easily pour the oil. We bought the unit in preparation for the PGE safety power outages and hopefully we will not have to use it often. It appears to be the reliable energy backup we were expecting.
We got the WGen9500 in case we lost power on our property. We read a lot of reviews and this model had the highest ratings for its kind and the features are awesome! 9500 running watts/ 12500 peak watts. Remote start , control panel, never flat wheels , fuel shut off valve, auto choke , etc...
Most value you can get with all the options that come with this product. Like the engine size and low noise. I am proud to own this generator. as I don't want to be left stranded again. Looks to be easy to maintain and operate.