Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I love this generator. Like many of people reviewing this generator, I live in California, where the new normal is unexpected power shutoffs in Northern California. Having gone through 5 days without power, and the associated turmoil of cleaning out two refrigerators it was time to purchase a generator. My friend has a big 5,000 watt generator, and granted, while bigger sounds better, he went through over 200 dollars in gasoline during the last outage to keep his place powered up, needing two people to lift and move the generator around. I was looking for small, nimble and efficient, and hence the WEN generator. I would run my internet, tv and fridge no problem and a few lights. Sips fuel. I have ran it during two power outage events now for about 6-8 hours each time, and I was no where near going though the 1 gallon of gas. The generator runs smoothly and quietly humming along. Per several of the recommendations here I ordered the magnetic dip stick on Amazon, which also works perfectly with this generator. The other thing I like about this unit is that it is light. My wife, if she had to can carry this on her own and set it up. It starts and the first pull and is simple in its operation. At current pricing, which is a fraction of the equivalent honda, you can't go wrong with this purchase. Follow the instructions. Use stabilizer in your fuel, and use the fuel shutoff feature, and this generators should last a decade with no problem. Update March 2022: I've had this generator now for over two years. Still running smoothly with no issues. In fact I now have two of these generators as I liked the first one so much. I continue to use stabilizer in my fuel, and try to run the generator at least once every few months, changing oil twice a year. Great product.