PowerSmart2500-Watt Portable Inverter Generator with Quiet Technology and CO Protect

This has been a great purchase! We already have a larger generator that will run everything that we need. But we didn't want to run that generator at night and waste all that gas. We put an AC in our bedroom window and last night we tested this little generator. We cut off the power to the house and turned on only the breaker for our bedroom, the bathroom and the fridge. We started the generator around 12:30am. We shut the door to our bedroom. That little generator worked perfectly!!! At 10am this morning, which is 9 hours after starting it, it was still running! We had it set on eco mode. Absolutely no problems!! We filled it back up and then worked on figuring out what else it could run. It did not like my one cup coffee maker, nor the microwave. I was able to bring up everything in my office. (I work from home.) We are actually going to buy a second one and use a parallel cable to connect them together for a bit more power. Overall, we're impressed!!

Received in a very timely manner, undamaged, and in good condition. Purchased Kohler 10W-30 synthetic blend oil and ethanol free gas for start up and break in, will probably go to full synthetic after break in period. Added oil and gas, oil can be messy so have paper towels handy as the oil fill is pretty deep inside of casing. Generator came with a neat offset funnel, so that was nice of them. Got the oil dialed in and rotated the motor a few times to get it going thru the crankcase. Added fuel, gave the pull start a few more slow tugs just to get fuel flowing and well, to my surprise, it fired up on one of the slow pulls! Generator ran really well and I tested outputs with a few small items, battery chargers, fan, little stuff. Had no problem running them. Pulled generator to my Travel Trailer and got out the big cord. Fired up the generator, plugged up my Travel Trailer, and no problems at all. Started up the air conditioner, dorm refrigerator, RV fridge and freezer, and all inside lights. Generator was barely registering a 50% load per the load meter, and worked flawlessly. It did shudder a little with the AC compressor kicking on, but recovered nicely with no loading issues. I ran the generator non stop for around and hour and a half, the generator performance was much better than expected, quieter than expected, and overall for the price, I am very pleased with my purchase.

Kept 2 refrigerators and a freezer running for 2 days after a major storm came through. Easy to start, and simple to run. Went through about 2 gallons of gas a day so fairly fuel efficient as well. The retractable handle made it easy to move and store. The battery had drained enough so that it would not spin the starter (after 6 months of no use), but it started fine after 8 or 10 pulls of the cord. The battery was charged up while running and is working fine now. No complaints so far.

Starts in one pull and is extremely quiet. This is by far the best generator I have owned. I replaced my I power with this one and can’t be more happy. It’s light enough to pick up and put in the back of my truck and powerful enough to run my travel trailer.

Everything worked OK. I filled the oil with 30w 4 cycle "break-in" oil.I filled the Gas to 1/4 full with 89 octal non-ethanol gas. After a few pulls to get the gas to the carburetor, I put the gas cap position to ON and the Selector to choke. Started up after a couple pulls, switched to Run. I ran the generator for 1 hour at 50 - 75% load, then I drained and refilled the oil. I did not see any metal debris in the oil that was drained.I connected the generator to my 3.6KV power bank. I set the charge rate on the power bank to 70%. Started the generator. It was charging at 1300 watts. I changed the charging rate to 80% and the generator was putting out 1500W. Then to 90% and the output went up to 1700W. I tried 100% charge rate on the Power Bank, but the generator kicked the load OFF. So, I guess I found the limit was 1700W continuous output. So, it's far below the 2500W, or even 2000W output. But, it will do the job for me.I am changing the oil to a 10W30 synthetic blend at the 10 hour mark. Then again at the 50 hour mark. Then every 100 hours after that. Might be a bit of overkill, but the oil isn't that expensive and fairly easy to change out.

Works great for our 2007 30w RV travel trailer camper. No problems at all. Great buy! Very powerful, lightweight, easy to pull start, not loud, love the bright red color, easy to use, clear instructions, overall great purchase and works exceedingly well! So much better than those heavy metal generators!

I needed a small generator to power the block heater on my old bus for a recent winter road trip in the northeast US. My bus will not start in cold weather without the block heater, and there's no telling whether hotels have available power sources for this. I also only wanted an inverter generator due to the cleaner power delivery that those offer over traditional generators.This generator had great reviews and was significantly cheaper than an equivalent model at the local discount tool store which is what compelled me to go with this one. Upon receiving this generator, I checked it over and added in some 5W-30 oil, making sure to fill the oil reservoir. I will also note that the generator is relatively light and easily portable; I had no issue toting it around.Regarding actual performance, this generator works great. I've only put a few hours on it so far, but it served its immediate purpose of running my engine block heater each morning during my road trip. It's very quiet and had no issue with powering the block heater (1000W power draw.) I used the eco mode setting for this; I can't speak for other types of electrical loads, but for purely resistive loads such as a heater, the eco mode worked very well.I am looking forward to using this generator more. I think this generator is perfect for use cases such as camping/road-tripping, job-site needs, or any other situation where a small amount of AC power is needed. Only time will tell how durable this generator truly is, but so far, I am impressed.