Bought this generator a few months back as part of an earthquake preparedness plan. It sat in the box until the recent polar plunge when I lost power for three days. I was able to unpack it and get it running in 20 minutes!! It worked like a champ and I was surprised with how little fuel it used.
The electric start does not work but that could be because I need to charge the battery separately. (No instructions in the manual regarding that.) However, the manual start works perfectly. So no complaints.
I bought this to power my house during power outages. At first I tested it by running a circular saw, and it had no issue. Then during the next power outage I powered my house - several fridges, the gas furnace, and even the microwave and electric kettle (didn't run those two at the same time, but probably could have). The generator responds very quickly to load changes, and usually fires up on the third pull.