I bought an opened box item. The battery had been hooked up by someone before and the battery was dead. If I can't get it to charge, I will be asking for warranty replacement. While charging the battery, the generator started on the first pull I am looking forward to the electric start.
This generator works nice and quiet and is always to power up our entire house. With all of the power outages due to storms we have had in the past 8 years, this will make the next one a little less painful.