WEN Quiet and Lightweight 3600-Watt Dual Fuel RV-Ready Portable Inverter Generator with Fuel Shut Off and CO Watchdog (DF360iX)

Finally pulled the trigger on this after many months of watching reviews between this Wen 3600w and the identical Champion 4000w. The features of this Wen, with the digital data center for fuel gage, load, voltage, and run time pushed me towards this over the Champion. The Champion has none of that. This model, being identical to the Champion is rated a 100w less running watts at 2900w vs 3000w. That 100w just doesn't make the difference for me. The price difference is also significant, with the Wen being around $150 cheaper between the Dual Fuel models.I have switch to this Wen 3600w for my camp trailer from the much larger Champion 4500w Dual Fuel, simply due to size and weight. The Champion 4500 Dual Fuel is 100+lbs and an absolute pain to load and haul around, and is way more wattage than I could ever need in my small Jayco 184BH. Still planning to keep the Champion 4500 as home power backup though. This Wen comes in at 49lbs with oil added, and much easier to handle loading in and out of my truck. The noise level on this Wen is noticeably louder on eco mod and especially when running with higher loads. But that's the trade off. And it makes sense. The Champion 4500 has a larger 212cc engine that rarely needs to idle up to produce the power I need and they're just quietter to begin with, where this Wen has a 149cc engine that needs to rev up to hit the same output. At idle, the noise is very tolerable. There are many videos on YouTube for this model I suggest watching, showing decibel readings and comparing to other generators in the class, as well as a shootout between the Wen 3600w and matching Champion 4000wI have modified the included propane attachment with quick connect fittings, to utilize the output on my trailer. Very easy modification. The fittings can be purchased here on Amazon for around $15. I have also purchased a couple 12ft quick connect propane hoses so I can run the generator out and away from my trailer a bit to cut down on noise.I'm still in the break-in process, and plan on changing the oil every hour for the first 6hrs to keep flushing out dirty oil. And cycling the load between 0-50%. Once this is done I will put this thing into regular service and plan to change the oil every 25hrs or so with full synthetic. This is oil change interval is overkill, but clean oil is cheap insurance, and hopefully keeps this thing up and running for thousands of hours to come. One thing I have noticed is it seemed to run a bit rough after initial start up, but after 1.5hrs of running it has really smoothed out.Overall I am very pleased with this unit. The size, weight, and power output is great!I will update my review in the future if this falls short of my expectations.

Seems to be a good product for the money and runs on propane. I needed a bigger model than my old 1000w Honda to get out quickly and charge my solar generator while running other stuff especially at night or short term without dragging out my big loud one and hooking into the electric panel. Did add a magnetic dip stick to hopefully extend its life and time will tell.

Last night around 6:30 the power went out as hurricane Francine was approaching us. Waited half an hour and it looked like it wasnt coming back on so I went outside and got out my brand new Wen 3600 Watt generator that I bought in June. Still had to put the oil in it it was so new. So I put oil in it, gassed it up and fired it up. Second pull it started and smoked its tail off. And then it died and wouldnt restart. Tried the fuel cap and it had a suction sound to it so figured that was it, cap wasnt venting. Restarted it and it still smoked and ran rough. Died a few times and couldnt get it to run long enough to hook up any load to it. By this time I am in a T shirt, joggers with flip flops and soaked to the bone. Its getting dark and weather is getting worse so figured I would look at it in the morning after the storm and went in and dried off.Had some battery camping lights and a radio so I was set for the night and it was cool. Low 70's so me and Jasper my cat chilled while listening to the storm pass us on by. The eye of the storm went right over my house.This morning went out and started the generator up again. It cranked right up and still smoking its tail off. Plugged up the load from my solar system with the chest freezer, fridge and the gen idled way up and took the load. Almost died a couple times but it kept running while still smoking its tail off. Figured ok, lets see what else this smoking pig will take and plugged up the line that had the lights, computer, all the kitchen and living room appliances and it took that load fine. Still smoking but not nearly as bad as it was. So i plugged up a 5000 btu window AC and turned that on high. Damn lil generator took the load just fine. I estimated 2000 watt load on it now. Ok, time to get greedy and got out the coffee maker. That takes about 1000 watts and is a big load on top of everything else but I wanted to see how strong this generator really is. Not even a hick up. Damn thing took the load fine and I opened the door and the smoking stopped. It was sitting there running nice and quietly.At first I thought the generator was going to be pure junk that is way past its return date but I lucked out and its a keeper. It ran for about 4 hours before the power came back on and burned maybe half a gallon of gas. Not bad. Then my girlfriend came and grabbed the little generator to take to a friend that lived next door to her. She had a freezer full of food she didnt want to lose and I had power restored so sure. Girlfriend told me last night she watched her go out around 7 am and gas up my generator, cranked it up and went to work. Around 5 yesterday afternoon the wife said she heard it die so she went over, filled the gas up and cranked it up again. Thing ran 10 hours keeping a freezer and fridge running. Not bad at all on a gallon and a half of gas. At the time of writing this review the generator has around 50 hours run time and runs perfectly. No smoking at all and provides plenty of power.I was able to run a fridge and freezer (500 watts combined) desktop computer and monitor (300 watts) lights and small appliances like router and modems (200 watts) and a 5K btu window air conditioner ( 600 watts) for around 1600 watts combined and then use a coffee maker for another 1K watts which is about 2600 watts total and the generator took the load with no complaints Ran great. Highly recommend!!!

This quiet, lightweight "suitcase" portable generator is just what I was looking for. It's really handy to run it on propane, and not have to deal with gas cans. I keep a couple of 5-gallon propane tanks on hand, and that's enough fuel to power it for many hours. And it's much quieter than other generators I've used.The only reason it didn't get a five-star rating from me is that I thought the instructions were not as clear as they should be. I had to read a lot of fine print to learn that the engine does not come broken-in, so the owner needs to vary its speed and load over the first few hours, and then do an oil change. That seems like important information that ought to be highlighted. I also found the description of the control panel to be less clear than it could be. There are references to indicators and controls that are not clearly illustrated.But in the end, it's a good little generator at a very competitive price, very portable, clean-running on propane, and easy to store. For anyone who feels confident in their ability to decipher the owner's manual, it's a good deal.

Strong Gen, well built and solid. Have the pair for 220 capability. Quiet is a moving target. there are more quiet units, but I am not sure for the money what that is, I have used Champion as well. These are my favorite. Pretty good on decibels but don't expect really quiet. Bought them for power.