Editorial Product Review:Item Description:This Eastern Tools portable digital inverter generator provides a run time of up to 3 1/2 hours at 50% load, making it a great choice for recreation, camping, sensitive electronics and emergency use.
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Buyer Reviews
Average Buyer Rating:
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Works great if you can get it to work
I am a photographer who bought this generator to power a couple of computers and maybe a printer. It works great for that but you kind of have to trick it into working, meaning you have to be very specific in the way that you plug things into it or else the overload light comes on. It seems to be very sensitive to which extension cord you use, 15ft seems to be the limit. Also, if you use a power strip don't even think about using the switch on it as it will trip the overload every time. The overload situation wouldn't be so bad if you didn't have to stop the generator each time to reset it.
After about 20 restarts I figured out you pretty much have to go in order from largest load (My 17" DELL XPS) to the lightest load which was a cheapo Lexmark printer. Any variation caused issues. On the plus side you do feel like you have accomplished something when you get everything up and running. My peak load was 4.7AMPS and it handled it fine, this included a 17" Dell XPS (often running at full load processing pictures), a toshiba 15" Laptop an LG 19" monitor, netgear wireless N router and a cheapo lexmark inkjet.
I have used this generator for 1 event and I am thinking real hard about returning it, there are just too many bugs with it. I wasn't expecting the world with this generator, I was expecting something that would be for the most part hassle free with my small electrical load. What I got was something that is great when it works but frustrating to no end when it doest.
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Not bad for the price
For the price it is ok,I was thinking 800 watts would do more than it can,so you are limited to what you can plug into this thing.
The oil is tricky,the manual is unclear.
Put in gas & put oil in the oil reservoir.
IT IS A GAS ENGINE (not a 2 cycle like some think)
3 or 4 pulls and it started up.
Ran smooth and sorta quite.
If you try to plug in a high watt or high amp tool (chainsaw)
The overload light will light will come on,shut it off,wait 1 min,restart it and plug in a lamp or low amp item..then it will work fine.
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Light weight, well built, looks good, and is easy to use
Received the shipment on time and in good condition. Well built and runs great. The generator will power a TV but the the picture shows a lot of noise from the generator. Maybe using a long extension cord would improve the picture quality. I have not been able to find anything with a motor that the generator would run. Great for lights or for keeping my battery charged on my RV (that's what I bought it for in the first place). Light weight, looks good, and is easy to use. Just don't by it if you have a tool to run.
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Great for the price
It arrived ready to use. Started quickly. Very quiet and seems to be built well. I'm a mobile DJ and I got this to run 2 laptops and 2 hard drives. Could power lots more. Very clean power. Many places I perform have "dirty power" and that affects sound quality. Eastern tools and equipment sent it fast. Has a good owners manual, and a small tool kit with an extra spark plug.
