I am certainly no mechanic and at age 65 I was not looking forward to putting things together. I was able to quickly put the necessary parts on and start it up. I have the electric start and it started on the second attempt. Much quieter than that old unit I retired. Very Pleased
just purchased the Westinghouse wgen5300s generator. Up to this point it is the easiest generator that i have put together and the easiest to break in. i am an 80 year old male and the electric start is a super plus. i am giving it a 9 out of ten only for two reasons. number 1 i wish it had an on off on for the voltage switch so that you could just center off the switch rather that unplugging power cords before shutting down. number two the other thing is the oil plug needs to have a 90 degree elbow pointing away from mounting rail to keep oil from running down the rail. i would highly recommend this to anyone who wants a back up power supply Butch80
This is my second gen in several years. After careful review I selected the WGen 5300s and glad I did. You have to install the wheels and rubber resting stops but outside of that the unit runs great and sounds good.