I bought a predator 4000 probably close to 15yrs ago, on sale, $399, loaned it out twice. Only two times it was ever used. Pulled it out of the shed today. Still looks like a new one. Started on the third pull. I did have my uncle and my dad drain all the gas out of the tank and bowl when they were finished with it and put it back in the box. Good experience. Now the bad. They ran a $300 off sale on their 5000 super quiet at Christmas. I bought one. It wouldnt even run a skil saw. Cut one board, overload trip breaker on the second board. Took it back, got another one. Same thing with it. I took it back tonight. 20% restocking fee. That cost me $160+. They tried to give me a harbor freight gift card for the return. I asked if alot of those generators got returned. She said "almost never". I noticed there were two of them sitting under their discounted return items table as i was walking oit. Theres a recall on that generator for doing exactly what those tow did. I would recommend staying away from them.