DuroMax XP13000E 13,000-Watt Gas Powered Portable Generator - Electric Start, Whole Home Backup Power, Transfer Switch Ready, RV & Emergency Ready

I already owned an older smaller generator, and during hurricane Ian it worked well but could no longer run my whole house A/C as it and the A/C had aged. I wanted a unit with more capacity so that I could run my A/C and simultaniously a few additional appliances such as my refrigerator and freezer. After looking at reviews and competition, I selected this Duromax. My brother owned an older Duromax and is very happy with it. I ordered it and selected a ship date. Amazon kept me appraised on the delivery. The delivery window was 7 am to 5 pm and this showed up around 10 am (but no more granular detail than that). The delivery folks showed up in an Amazon truck but were subcontractors. They were a tad rougher than I would have liked with the physical delivery, but I imagine it saw worse on the trip here from Vietnam. I unboxed the unit and assembly was about 1.5 hours. The manual was sparce, and the photos for assembly were poor, but I suppose that if you are buying one of these they expect you know your way around assembly without much instruction. You only had to remove some shipping braces, put on the wheels and handles. It did not ship with oil, so I had to go out and purchase 2 quarts. Once assembled, the unit fired up immediately. It was much quieter than I expected. I connected it to my whole house connector with the cable I just purchased on Amazon. All worked well. I put a good electrical load on the unit and the voltage held. So far I am very happy with this unit and would recommend it as a value way to get a whole house generator without paying the cost of a Generac or other unit.

Amazing generator. I have a 3br house, 2700sqft, 2 ac units 2 friges an a deep freezer, i got the 220v plug tied into my main breaker on a 100amp breaker. It powered my whole house but with both ac units was at the top end of its output. However i can run every but my upstairs ac which is fine being a temp power source. Be sure before to start it to add oil, they dont have any in them when you get it. Def worth the buy. It is a bit heavy but managable. Not very loud considering its a 500cc engine. Fuel consumption is about as expected under 80% load, the 8.3gal tank should run about 8-10hrs. This is a better bet over generac an other standby units for the money. If you step up the the 15000w model with the bifuel option it will easily take the place of much higher priced competitors.

Got it on sale. Very good price for what you get. Was delivered promptly and in good shape. Assembly was easy. It even comes with the tools you need. As well as Plug ends and even the starting battery. . Put oil and gas in it and it fired up right away and ran smooth. I measured power output and it puts out good clean power. Not terribly loud. It is very heavy though. But not hard to wheel around at all. All in all I’m glad I got this generator.

So, i hooked up the generator to the house, ran a few tests and the performance is sufficient for my set up. I'll start with the quickest first, then break it down below. 1) Noise level. >Standing next to the exhaust it hit a max of 99.9dba >standing on the other side of the exhaust 3 feet away 92.9dba >standing on the other side of the exhaust 10 feet away was 86 dba built a box out of plywood with an exhaust fan, insulation and door on concrete, 72dba (still pretty loud outside) > standing in the house, about 15 feet away, in the box with the doors closed was around 50dba (hard to get a reading with the kids yelling. could be heard very minimally in a small enclosure. 2) running the whole house I ran the generator to power the entire house, i'm not an electrician, i also don't really know what these amount up to in terms of watts, but you can average them out yourself with an idea. I have 2 refrigerators, 1 soda Vending machine, 1 deep freezer, 1 IBM server, 1 gaming pc, 1 DVR w/ 6 POE cameras, 1 work PC (total of 8 monitors through out the house) led lights through out the house. 2 - 75" tv's, 4 - 40" tv's (6 kids), 12 charging dock stations for various tables, 2 POE access points, a POE switch and regular router. various other electronics as well. so you have an idea of size. the generator handled the load no issues for a solid 30 minute test. 3) weight Generator is pretty heavy, difficult for me (a smaller person) to get up a small 3" curb even. once the wheels and handles are assembled it's relatively easy to maneuver around, but not for lifting. 4) assembly + access >the oil is easy to get to with a funnel, took about 1.2qts if i remember correctly. >battery requires you to take off a plate to access, which you have to do to connect it to the terminals before usage. > gas is pored directly on top, would have been nice to have it on a side with a little corner piece cut out, but i don't really know if generators have this type of flexibility. it holds 8.3 gallons total, as a little dummy gauge on it. 5) overall I gave a 4 star mostly for noise and a small portion towards lifting points, otherwise if it had a better muffler and some better areas for gripping it'd be a 5 star. Not much can be expected in terms of weight, it's a generator it's going to be heavy.

This generator is great. I just used it today for a power outage and it performed great. It ran for 3.5 hours and it only used about 1/2 tank of gas. My 2000 sq/ft house with central air worked great. When the air came on the power on the generator dipped for a second and came right back to full power. Central air pulls alot of power. It was great. I even ran an extension cord to my neighbors refrigerator. I encourage everyone to buy one of these. Get a qualified electrician to install the plug in the garage. Have the garage door or side door open to vent it. This way your generator won't be in the elements.

Price increased twice while I was thinking about buying, so I locked in at at $1299 and had it in just a couple days with Prime. Packaged well, this was my first Prime truck delivery, and there was no damage to the generator. (I'm very thankful it was not delivered by FedEx....as their service has been horrible in my experience!!) I put wheels & handles on, added the oil, and gas....it started right up first try. It included connectors to build my own cable and had very clear instructions for the easy assembly that was needed. Had generator running in less than 15 minutes after opening the box. I opted to not get the dual fuel, just because getting additional propane tanks and having them filled is too much of a headache and expense, for the diminished output of the generator. Connection to the house was easy, and took another couple hours to hookup. I test run the generator every month or so, and turn off the fuel supply and letting it basically run out of gas so the carburetor doesn't sit with fuel in it, then turn off the switches so the power doesn't drain. I've added a solar trickle charger from Harbor Freight, to keep the battery topped off. Very happy with my DuroMax XP13000E purchase

Build quality of this generator is amazing, been using it on and off to ensure it stays in good condition. Bought it in 2021 and has 35 hours of use between regular maintenance and times that we needed to run. So far it has been good.

They delivered on time and help me unloading Buy the generator it self stop working after a month of used and still on the shop after 3 months and they can't get it fix so if u planning on buying one of this I recommend it not to cuz u gonna have hard time if it broke down and trying to fix it