Westinghouse 2800 Peak Watt Super Quiet & Lightweight Portable Inverter Generator, Gas Powered, Parallel Capable, Long Run Time

The Westinghouse iGen2800 is an outstanding portable inverter generator that delivers reliable, quiet, and fuel-efficient performance. Weighing just 46 pounds and running at only 52 dBA, it’s easy to carry and quiet enough for both home backup and camping. It provides clean, stable power (less than 3% THD), making it safe for sensitive electronics like laptops and TVs. With up to 12 hours of runtime on a single gallon of gas in efficiency mode, plus a handy LED display that shows real-time data, it’s both powerful and user-friendly. Whether you’re preparing for outages or powering outdoor adventures, the iGen2800 is a dependable choice that won’t let you down.

Works really well, easy to setup and runs quite, fuel consumption is really great, overall I would recommend it, love this generator...

To be totally honest I have only done a test run through of this beautiful powerful device. I have been in the same place many people get into who want power during a brown or blackout. The cool and great help devices that allow for you to recharge your phone and power small items in clever ways: well I have several. But unless you have experience with gasoline generators at work or for emergency situations; it’s difficult to make the move to buy a power source for emergencies that will actually allow you and your family to stay in the home and just do the simple math (or if you hate math, just do some consolidation). The issue for my wife was the idea of a generator filled with gas and blowing smoke while being very loud. I was not really aware of this type and style of gas generator that is made to compete with the construction site monster generator. But the gas tank is around one gallon. The size is about the same as a large toolbox. The amount of power is worth learning (watts volts amps and the amount needed for items you need to run). This Westinghouse generator will allow me to focus on my man cave and control center with A/C and the Internet box as well as a couple of power recliners and a lot of technology like computers tablets and phones. Plus by using a long hd power cord I can also keep the refrigerator and lights and washer dryer working. The only difference between this home generator of this parameter vs. a much larger and powerful professional one with gallons of gas and super heavy serious generator is just using the two 110 or 220 plugs and a couple of really long and well made hd extension cords that can be connected to a device while using and then disconnected and used somewhere else. Like the washer and dryer. Different from the refrigerator that needs a constant power flow; the washer dryer just need power while in use. This also came with a backup gas container. So with a gallon in the generator and another gallon in the safe extra container; you have at least 24 hours of full time running. And the safety factor is obvious and built in with this super well made generator for urban (neighborhoods) that is made so much better with quiet operation and smaller size that doesn’t need a set of wheels. Plus the excellent amount of total watts and the ability to then provide the needed voltage that critical items in a normal home needs in order to know that you can stay home and deal with power outages in most cases. If you want to add a second generator and link it together easily to the other... then you are in awesome shape. I am actually waiting for the first blackout of the summer in order to confirm my test run. Finally the name Westinghouse has a lot of strength in this arena. Plus the easily noticeable difference in overall visual and practical ability.

This is the third generator I have purchased. A very large inverter for the main house. An older Westinghouse standard generator that was reused to power our well, that is on a different meter. We were without power for 6 days with Helena. Both large generators function perfectly. But there was a flaw in my plan. To conserve fuel and the generator life span, we only ran the house generator for about 8 hours a day. On for a couple in the morning and lunch time. Then 3 to 4 hours for dinner to bed time. We have a new energy star Samsung fridge. The freezer is factory set to 0, and the fridge to 37 degrees. Between power off around 11 and power up around 6 or 7 am. The temp on the freezer climed to about 55 and the fridge the same. So it has to be powered at all times to maintain temp. This cost us well over $700 in food. Don't need a food issue on top of Helena. Purchased this generator to fill the gap. It will power the fridge and maybe a couple of small items as well when the large generator is off line. Setup was easy. Love the oil fill spout that screws into the oil fill port. Great displays. Even tracks service times for oil and others. Gives load, and exact fuel amount in liters. To break it in ran the fridge for 6 hours on the generator. Easy to start, and low load for the fridge. Fuel use was 2.1 liters for the 6 hours. And of course having options if one generator were to fail is just a bonus. UPDATE: So I have about 20 hours on the generator at this point. It was getting progressively harder to start. As the other day it took 30 pulls to get it to fire. Also seemed to be running rough. Great another generartor issue. Started with the simple, checked oil and replace the factory plug. Installed new NGK plug. Read online some people were having issue with factory plug, cheap. This was the issue, started on the first pull. The following day it started on 2nd pull. Also read that you could run the carberator dry by turning it almost off. Just a hair before it shuts down. This worked also and is a good practice. Hope this helps someone else.