Just bought in early December for any unexpected outages this winter. A little hard to get out of the box but all you have to do is put on the wheels, connect a battery wire and you are good to go.
I bought this generator to run our garage freezer and refrigerator when we have bad thunderstorms or the occasional ice storm. I am not especially mechanically minded, but the set up instructions were clear and easy. I had it ready to fire up within 15 minutes. It started on the very first pull. I let it run for an hour as recommended and then plugged in the freezer. No problems. It seems to handle everything with ease. I can't comment on durability, as I just got it and have only run it the one time, but it looks and feels to be very sturdy. I've been very pleased.