Just bought this a few days ago from a big box home store. I’m giving it 4 stars based on initial inspection and only a few hours of use. If it continues to run like it has been, in six months I’ll upgrade my rating to 5 stars. Unboxing was uneventful, units fit and finish were good, plenty of useful data placarded on the exterior to help guide you through simple procedures. Unit came with 600 ml bottle of oil and a very handy funnel to add or change engine oil. I added the entire contents of the bottle, filled the gas tank and connected the starting battery. Two pushes of the start button had the genny idling smoothly. After an hour of running with a very light load I connected the genny to my rv and ran the air conditioner, a 15k AC. The generator had no problems changing to the higher load and didn’t miss a beat. I checked the remote fob and it operated correctly. At this point the only question I have is that the manual identifies four different displays on the data center but on my generator the data center has five possible displays. I’m assuming the fifth display is total run time. If not I’ve already ordered a digital hour meter that will count run time. If this generator continues to start, run and meet my electrical load demands then I’ll consider this money well spent.
This is a great product. Only negative I would say is you need to change the electrical plug on the automatic choke to some kind that does not come apart in shipping. If you have a service bulletin on this it must happen often. Fix the connector.
I'm giving 5 stars for the igen 4500 although I just received it and just got it running. Arrived on time with no damage put the oil in but not entire bottle as there was already oil in it. Hooked up the battery gave it a drink of fresh gas pushed the button and off it went. The remote worked as well and will be nice if the wife needs to use it. Overall very happy but time will tell.
Bought the igen 4500 for my RV and couldn’t be happier. It’s extremely quiet and powerful and will easily power my 15000btu a/c and microwave at the same time. It comes with tools, oil and funnel to get you started, unlike a Honda that comes with nothing. It’s also way less money and has a very high rating on most websites. If your like me and don’t want to pay exorbitant prices for a name, try this Westinghouse. Pretty sure you’ll love it.