Customer Reviews for Westinghouse - 6,600/5,300-Watt Gas Powered Portable Generator with Remote Electric Start and 30A 120/240V Outlet - Blue
Customer Rating
5
Good solid generator with easy setup
on December 5, 2020
Posted by: Joe Cool
from Iowa
Got this for house power if there's a storm that takes down power lines. Seems well-built, and easy to unbox and set up. Battery makes it easy to start. Has lots of flexibility on hookups, whether 110V standards plugs, plugin for 30A RV connection, or a 120/240V to hook into our house system through a lockout panel to provide power to all of our house appliances. Nice and compact, so easy to find a place to store it in the garage when not in use, but easy to pull out into the driveway when needed.
This generator is perfect for us. Good backup for our little house when we lose power. Relatively low fuel consumption yet meets our needs perfectly. Easy to assemble and started on the first try no problem. I read reviews saying they had problems. Just take five minutes and read the instructions. After adding oil and gas had it running in 30 seconds.
This machine so far is working very well. It has great features, easy assembly, everything included that was needed, and appears very stable in its build quality. After initial assembly, all it took was one pull of the start cord, and it fired right up. So far a good machine. Good purchase.
Just bought this as an emergency backup for winter. Assembled and started for recommended break in. Looks ok with a few exceptions: 1) Washer head bolts for mounting feet interfere with the foot brackets. Must deform bracket or not seat bolts fully. Careless design. 2) Printing on label for "start" and "run" icons are incorrect from instruction manual references. Right position, but incorrect icon. Not sure how this happens. 3) Must actually screw a funnel with an o-ring into the oil tank to fill oil since fill hole does not allow vertical filling access. More annoying than anything else.