haven't had need yet. but am sure it will keep us going in an emergency. It was packaged well but pull starter housing was crushed, it's ok, i just pounded it out straight. can't even tell. Beautiful unit tho. started and ran great. Oh yeah, this was a gift from a friend
We purchased the Westinghouse 6600/5300 portable generator in December and just had an electrician install a generator transfer power breaker and an input connection today. He tested the generator (which started on the first push of a button) and it worked beautifully to provide back up power as we had hoped.