WEN 11,000-Watt 120V/240V Dual Fuel Portable Generator with Wheel Kit and Electric Start (DF1100T)

Finally unpacked, assembled, and tested this today. I live in Fl and have used a Kubota 6500w diesel generator for the last 21 years. It got me through a lot outages. It quit working and I haven't been able to find parts to repair it and with freezers full of food and hurricane season approaching, I choose this unit for my power needs.. This Wen DF-1100 was delivered by ABF trucking. They communicated well about schedule/time, the machine was in it's factory box and strapped securely to a pallet in an enclosed semi trailer. Not a dent/tear/mark on the box so hats off to ABF trucking-great job. Finally got the box out of my van today and assembled the unit which consisted of attaching the wheels, handles, pads, adding oil, connecting positive cable to battery, removing the 2 shipping bars, connecting the propane regulator line and the propane tank. Very easy setup. The battery seemed fully charged and within a few spins the engine was purring nicely. I ran it for about 5 minutes and then connected my pool pump to it and let it run about 20 minutes. Everything checked out fine and the meter/monitor functions as it should. The unit is fairly loud but not dramatically louder than any other I've heard. It seemed to me it was actually a bit quieter than expected. I'll be building a dedicated enclosure for this unit near my power pole and that will make a huge difference on the noise level. I haven't put gasoline in the tank yet and have only run it once on propane. The dual fuel aspect of this genny is great. I have a 1000 gal in ground propane tank and I'm considering running a permanent line to it once I have an enclosure built. It is more expensive to run it on propane but for longevity, the propane burns much cleaner and the engine will have an extended life versus gasoline. I plan to get a magnetic oil dipstick for it to help keep the oil clean as there is no oil filter. Oil changes look like an easy affair and at 1 quart, I plan to change it frequently. I will add an inline fuel filter before I try it in gas mode. I like that it has an on/off gas petcock as I always run the carb dry when shutting down. This is key and here's an example of why. I have a gas powered pressure washer with a small Honda engine. I always add fuel stabilizers to the gas on all my small engine stuff, mowers, p washers, generators etc. as sometimes a good deal of time goes by between usages. The last time I used the washer was almost 2 years ago. I turned off gas petcock at last use and it ran until all the gas was burned. I just used it and it started on the 2nd pull after 2 years. No gunked up carb because all the gas was burned out of it and the gas in the tank was still fine. So far, this genny seems like great value but only time will tell regarding longevity. The owners manual is pretty good. There is an exploded view of the engine and the generator with a complete list of ALL parts with part numbers. There is also a complete wiring diagram of the electrical components. I just spent an hour looking up parts on the Wen website. Every item I clicked on was readily available. I plan on assembling a good selection of replacement parts as I will have this unit for years and it seems everything can be repaired with current parts availability should the need arise. I think this is a good strategy for anyone purchasing a generator for the long haul. Based on my initial unpacking and test, I would not hesitate to recommend this unit. I will do some follow up reviews on this unit as time passes and usage goes up.

Easy to move and operate weight isn’t that bad I picked it up and put her on my tail gate pretty easily now don’t get me wrong I do weigh about 275 so for some I could see why she heavy but assembly was straight forward she has plenty of power to run my ole tombstone Lincoln welder and noise isn’t a problem for me seen as though I’m mostly in the bush with mine . Battery is fine and I definitely recommend

I just finished putting the generator up after using it the last 36 hours after Hurricane Zeta knocked power out to our house. What a great purchase! I flipped off the main breaker and back-fed the house via the 240V Dryer plug. This thing is a workhorse. We have a two story house on a basement with 2 HVAC units plus a mini-split AC in the basement. I left the upstairs HVAC breaker off, but powered two refrigerators, the main and mini-split HVAC, all the lights, internet gear, laptops and TVs in the house, plus the occasional kitchen appliance. With that load I burned about 6 gallons (nearly full tank) in 8 hours. I filled it back up while it was running, and it didn't seem to be getting hot, so ran it about 13 straight hours the first day. The next day it started right up and ran it for 5 hours until street power was restored. IMPORTANT: Make sure if you backfeed your panelboard that you DISCONNECT your street power and then disconnect your generator before reconnecting street power. An Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) will do this for you, and may be required by code to feed your panelboard. You'll also want to crank the generator up once a month for 30 minutes or so to prevent the carb from getting varnished, and to keep the battery charged. I let it sit 4 months and had to jump it off my truck as the hand starter is brutal. Pros + Great value for money + Dual fuel + Reasonably Efficient + Built in Volt, Frequency, and Time Meter + Key-start (when the battery isn't dead) Cons - No Amp or Watt Meter built in - Hard to Manually Start - Battery was dead - PRO Tip: Use jumper cables to your car to get it started - A Little Loud (maybe the same as other generators the same size, but louder than typical smaller tailgate type generators) - Waveform a little dirty - my APC UPS would not charge off of it even though it should the voltage and frequency were well within range.

I was VERY impressed with the quick responses I received from NYRS. They handled a problem I was having with delivery, quickly and completely to my satisfaction. Thank you NYRS.

Great unit, performs exactly as stated, Thank you

generator seems to work fine altho haven't had a chance to reallytry it yet. Started easily. Problem I have is that I have ordered a couple of dipsticks, supposed to be for this model. Not ! I can't get info to see which one has the proper threading. The ones recommended do not work. So this is a frustrating issue.