Champion Power Equipment 11,000-Watt Wireless Remote Start Home Backup Portable Inverter Generator with Quiet Technology and CO Shield

Quite and power a whole whole house with ease. Fighting SCE PSPS one generator at a time.
I bought this during thanksgiving day. Shipping was delayed due to the holiday. The only one within my budget and allowed to be shipped in California( I know) I used it last week during the Santa ana winds power shut off. Did not have power for almost 4 days. Came in a big box and well package. Heavy and probably need a ramp if it needs to be transported. Assembly is easy. does not came with cables. But comes in with oil what to break in the generator. I followed the 5 hour break in as instructed on the manual. Then used the full synthetic for the first oil change(bought a jug -cheaper).The inverter is what I needed for it was advised better for home electronics .As far a capability, it powered my whole house with ease probably never went to 30% load. With A/C around 45-55% load but no problem. Can even do microwave or coffee maker if needed but never ran it simultaneously. By the way all my lights were LED bulbs, 2 refrigerator, freezer,3 TV’s, surveillance camera, heater(uses natural gas) and other modern living power sucking gadgets. so when there’s low load it will last 10-12 hours on 5.5 gallons of fuel . 8-10 with using washer and dryer(natural gas heat).I’ve notice if you add fuel stabilizer it will last longer. I just let the thing ran until it rans out of gas and fill it up 10 minutes after shut down and kept it running. At night I use the remote to shut it off (which is a plus) when everyone is already sleeping. then when I wake up use the remote to start it. Its also very quite eco mode(like a lawn mower idling). Even if the load goes up its still quite. My neighbor have the non inverter(same brand) and I can hear theirs over mine. Constant 60Hrtz at 244 volts. digital hour meter. It has 76 hours on it and oil is clear. I did the prescribe check at 50 hours and did not need a oil change. I haven’t put it in storage due to heavy winds again next week. I also did the floating neutral mod because I did not want to spend extra for getting a transfer switch panel installed and just used a panel interlock switch. So if your using for home use do the research.My only wish that Champion will make this panels twist lock screw like the one on the 8500watt model to make oil change and checking level easier.Another one is a switch for making the neutral from bonded to floating. I give them props for instruction how to do this but I wish it was just a switch. ( a mod I have to do in the future)Another one is probably a pigtail for charging the battery and other attaching a solar trickle charger when stored. Lastly is the exhaust when you can attached a pipe extension for exhaust mod. The CO shut down sensor is very sensitive. I know its for outside use but if I put this in a protective case from element (when running in rainy days) it will shut off when intake get a whiff of the exhaust.(another mode I have to make)( to protect it from the rain when I ran it.) Also a drain line outlet for fuel when storing for longer days.Warranty is three years with tech support. But will buy extra from Amazon.Last one for me is the mod for dual fuel. they have a expensive version but was not going to ship as fast I wanted to.Overall highly recommended and worth every dollar. Tired of not having power when SCE shuts your power because of wind. I’ve already lost so much from throwing away food.

A quiet and powerful little monster
For someone with a history of Hondas, my (skeptical) first day leaves me MORE than pleased with this beast of a power plant. I’m on the east coast – it shipped from California (cross country freight jitters? you bet!). The promised delivery time was a VERY slow 13 days, but it arrived in Charlotte, NC after only 4 days. I called CEVA home delivery people who graciously arranged delivery 5 days earlier than originally scheduled.It came in on a wrapped pallet on a big box truck with a lift gate and took two guys to get it up to my porch (200+ pounds). The outer box didn’t even have a scratch and the inner packaging was as solid as I’ve ever seen. The unit was in 100% perfect condition.All of the promised accessories were present. The instruction manual was easy to read and easy to follow. Setup took me about 90 minutes only because I read and re-read the instructions to be sure I got it right, and because I don’t do this but about once every 10 years, and because I’m new to all the digital technology on generators. The remote paired up right away. The container of oil was exactly the amount the instructions called for (no waste or left overs). The battery connected perfectly and was charged up. The generator fired up on the very first attempt using electric push-button start. Later, it fired up using the remote start and engine stop. I’m not accustomed to an electronic choke, but this one’s automatic choke functioned perfectly the first time. The noise level is fully half of my NorthStar/Honda 10k current generator, and meets my expectations just fine.After running it with no load for about 30 minutes, I connected a 50 amp cable to my existing house port, turned off the shore power and all of the breakers, then fired up the generator. After turning the breakers on one-by-one, I was able to run air fryer, coffee maker, lights, water heater, and home PC with nearly undetectable groans from the generater running at full speed – NOT in the economy mode. My 10k NorthStar/Honda will groan a little when the clothes dryer starts and I expect this unit may do the same, but I haven’t tried it yet.These units apparently take more detailed and more frequent maintenance actions according to the manual, but if it performs like today over time, it will be well worth keeping this little beast in shape. Customer service is first class but takes time to get through on the phone (likley hurricane related). I needed an Amazon ‘receipt’ (easily done on desktop PC) to fully register my generator.In summary, this is a seriously stout competitor to the more expensive Honda inverter units I’ve had in the past. I will update this review if anything changes, but for now – WOW!*****Since my initial week, I’ve contacted Champion customer service twice (turned out to be my errors) and am very pleased with their ease of contact and willingness to help. Highly recommended product and company.