Briggs & Stratton 5000W / 6500W QuietPower™ Series Inverter Generator

Reliable and pretty quiet. It was a great deal .We used it on trip to Spokane Indian days on labour day weekend and it ran Ac in motor home without blowing breakers

We purchased this unit for use at events. The first time it was used it had a fairly modest load and worked fine. The second time is when things went sideways. We had this "5000 Watt" generator setup to run 2x 12 amp blowers for bouncy castles. Yes these blowers have quite a startup load as they are 2HP. Well.. this generator could not even start a single blower. The overload light came on (as expected) but the generators surge capacity was not enough to hold the overload for the blower to start up. Here's the kicker, we had a small 2100 watt generator that was able to start the same blower without issue. Same thing the overload light lit for about 4-5 seconds and then came off and it ran perfectly for the entire event (7 hours). We also had a EU3000, and a EF3000 at this event (also inverter generators) all running the same blowers at various locations without issue. So the overview of this review is: B&S 6500 Watt (5000 running) Inverter generator CANNOT start a 12 amp blower. 2100 Watt (1800 running) Inverter generator CAN start a 12 amp blower. (It won't let me post brand names but this was a budget generator) Super disappointed in Briggs & Stratton. Don't waste your money. Additionally, I find this generator to be quite loud if loaded more than 10-20%, and it rattles and shakes when at idle. I thought maybe we got a defective unit, but after reading other reviews I think this is just a poor product.

It’s been awesome- powers our 44ft fifth wheel, A/C and microwave no problem. Put in the oil provided and ran for 5 hour break in. Did an oil change after the break in and it hasn’t missed a beat so far! Bad reviews seem to be more based off user error than reflective of the quality of the generator.

Packaging great First time starting 4 pulls Ran for 10 min 120 GFI plugs both Kick out under heavier loads To run heavy load I have to use 220 locking 4 pin connector … try to find an adapter. With adapter in hand to see if it would run my air conditioner on trailer I tried to start inverter. Handle on pull start let go of starter rope.. almost broke hand hitting a wall on its release.. Starter rope was sucked into unit.. Attempted to access rope in unit to re- tie to handle..wow impossible to get to recoil unit.. If pull cord ever breaks on unit return to dealer for repair.. Also note a small person will not be able to pull start this unit. I returned unit to Canadian tire and refused a replacement .

The generator is what I expected. Electric start would make it more user friendly. The price reflects the absence of the electric start in relation to the competition with similar wattage.