DuroMax 4400-watt 7HP Electric Start Generator

I have one of these generators and they are the closest you can get to junk. Service is not available for these, nobody wants to touch them. Maxtool which sells them have no parts, or I should say they need to order them from China (27 days) that is what they customer service!!!! Maxtool is just an importer and they have units labelled with random names I heard, when they have too much problems they just change the name ( they use to be Powermax, now they are Dura Max ) same junk different name. Not impressed at all, even surprised that they let these in North America. Do not buy, do not recommend, ever, you are better to be without power than having one of these!!!! or any generators from Dura Max. This review was not written to hurt anybody, but to protect customers. Hope it will be posted!!

Just finished a weekend without power at our home and our first opportunity to use the Duromax generator. We wanted a decent generator when we lost power (which in our area happens from time to time). Our goal was to save our frozen food in a chest freezer, keep refrigerated items cold, and be able to switch back and forth as needed for furnace in winter or room a/c for sleeping in summer. Having a lamp on and charging our cell phones was also on the list, as was making coffee and toast here and there. This generator did all this and didn't seem to be working too hard at all. We definitely could have put more on it but didn't feel the need this time. We had a great experience with this generator-we set it up when it arrived with very little hassle. It was well packed for the engine part, but as a few others mentioned, we also had a scratch on the surface paint where something got through the outside cardboard of the box. It was a minimal issue, since the engine is the most important thing. The electric start is a breeze and the sound is what I would expect from a moderate sized generator-lots of others in our neighborhood were much louder during the power outage. We also ran it overnight and there was still about 1/2 tank of gas left in the morning. Like someone else recommended, we changed the oil after about 8 or 9 hours of use. We also only used the regular plugs in the generator itself, although my husband has a plan for doing a backfeed so we can hook it up to the whole house as an option in the future. We needed to go get some heavy duty extension cords because we didn't have any on hand, so keep that in mind if you just plan to plug your fridge in. All in all, we like that it is small enough in size to easily store and move around when we don't need it (thank goodness, that is most of the time), unlike someone we know who has a huge thing that is hard to store and move into place when needed. We wanted it to run a good amount of time, which it does. And we wanted to save the food in our freezer. Considering we saved about $200-$250 worth of food the generator is half paid for in one use!