About this product
Product Identifiers
BrandDuroStar
MPNDS4400E
UPC0811640013561
ModelDS4400E
eBay Product ID (ePID)219464851
Product Key Features
Power Rating4.4 kW
Power SourceGasoline
Tank Capacity4 gal
ColorRed
Noise Level69 dB
ApplicationHome Backup
Voltage120 V
MaterialMetal
TypePower Generator
Additional Product Features
Battery IncludedYes
Ratings and Reviews
Most relevant reviews
- Oct 16, 2015Top favorable review
Great Generator For The Money!
Assembled, put in fresh oil, and gas. It started immediately, and functioned beautifully under a heavy load. Couple that with the fact that I paid half price off retail, and you can't beat this purchase with a stick. If you need one; buy it! It's a lot of machine for an incredibly modest amount of money. At this price, they're guaranteed to vanish of this seller's store shelves. What are you waiting for? Quit wasting time reading this, click away on the buy button, and then sit back and relax, knowing quite well, those that came after you, just missed out on the deal of the century! No, I don't own the majority of stock in the company. If I did, I would be screaming at them for blowing my profits, by giving this little gem away for next to nothing. All kidding aside. Do yourself a favor, and buy one, if you need one. You can't go wrong! :-)Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Nov 06, 2016Top critical review
nice generator if you just want to run some small appliance and some lights
purchased this generator to keep as a spare at my camp but it is not going to work. I have a travel trailer that is 110V 20Amp service. so plugged in generator to unit and turned the AC on.. the generator almost died out then came back to life... the ac unit tripped the compressor stall circuit that auto resets. one the fan was running the compressor came back on line and with a lot of strain the generator ran the ac unit. So the unit is running and the wife turns on the television and pow,, the breaker trips on the generator.. Being an electrical contractor and engineer I used a amp probe to test the amp draw on the ac and it was only running at 7.6 amps. given the formula amps x volts= watts that comes out to roughly 836 watts and the tv is roughly 120 watts and another 500 for the inverter in trailer total of 1456 watts at 110V and generator craps out. Advertised to be 3500 running and 4400 surge... well I'm here to say that's BS. I'm sure this generator is very comparable to similar units at harbor freight that would be good enough to run your refrigerator and a couple of lights in an emergency, so nothing in excess of 1800 watts continuous. other than the weak power output that does not match the advertised rating the generator is nice, started right up with the electric start and is reasonably quite. For the price I paid for it I got exactly what I paid for as usual. I don't know why Chinese equipment manufacturers are allowed to put such blatantly over hyped specifications on items. I'm sure that given the right set of circumstance the generator may in fact run 3500 watts of power but would have to be incrementally loaded a little at a time and for a very short duration.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Nov 11, 2015
Great value
Firstly, I'm not a generator expert and I've used this unit a few times. That said, it has performed flawlessly. It's easy to setup, not too noisy and runs like a charm. I'm very happy with the product and hopeful that it will last a long time.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Apr 22, 2018
Sweet deal, good running generator
I received my generator in good time, I was worried how long it would take, surprisingly fast shipping for such a big item. It took about 30 minutes to put together, I did not realize I would have to lay it upside down to put the wheels on and remove the yellow engine brace. I put fresh gas with stabilizer in, added oil and it fired up on the second crank of the key. It started manually with one pull of the cord, I could not be more satisfied. I tested it with a few appliances and tools, seems to work as expected. a little louder than I expected, buy not as loud as my lawn mower, I'm not sure I would run it much at the campground, may annoy others, but I am no expert in the camping world. You can't touch another generator for the price, not an electric start anyway. Be sure to use fuel stabilizer and fresh gas and exercise this tool regularly to keep it running.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Jul 10, 2018
Great little Generator
Put a hour meter on it right before it started the generator for the first time. 1.5 years later and 112 hours 2 oil change with synthetic 10/40 oil the machine is still working perfectly l use it for changing my 2018 ALTA Redshift Electric ⚡️ Moto Cross dirt bike motorcycle with its 240 volt charger. Nice electric starting gen. With nice big 4.1/2 gastank Good buy!!Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Aug 14, 2019
It keeps on runnin. Pops
Using to build a dock, lite weight, easy to move around , powers my saws; however, the solid wheels went FLAT,Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Jul 23, 2022
Excellent generator
Very pleased. The wheel kit only took a few minutes to install. I had seen the only complaint that other owners had was the oil fill process, where you had to basically turn the generator on its side or at an angle to fill, but they included a funnel and a hose with mine, so that was no issue. I simply added oil and gas, connected the battery, pulled the manual start rope slowly a couple of times to help prime everything, turned the key on and hit start. It immediately fired up and ran great.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Jun 04, 2018
Good value.
Not what I expected from a generator made in China. It's somewhat quite. Although it has an electric starter, it started first pull on the cord. It has been used every day since it arrived and hasn't skipped a beat I four weeks. It runs all the electric tools so far. A schools out how long it will survive and if something goes wrong if the warrenty is any good. So far so good but the plan is to use it hard. The key with anything is to keep up on maintenance.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Mar 27, 2018
Very happy with this generator
It fired fight up and does what it's supposed to. Though 3500 watts won't operate your central air or many other 220 appliances, I tapped it into my breaker box to operate all the essential 110 volt stuff during brief but fairly regular power outages. This covers the fridge, household lighting without worrying how many you have on, a couple large TV's and computers. This allows for pretty normal living for about half a day on a single tank of gas. The power is clean enough for computers and TV's, but doesn't seem to agree with the Uninterruptable Power Supplies (UPS) that people often use with computers to keep power failures from turning them off before proper shutdown procedure can be applied. I've only tested the generator for a few minutes and the problem might be on my end, however. It's possible that the UPS needs to be bypassed when using the generator, or that a power conditioner should be inserted between the generator and house wiring. At any rate, this generator delivers well within expectations, maybe even a little better. Incidentally, tapping a generator into your house wiring is VERY MUCH RECOMMENDED AGAINST. If you decide to do it anyway, there are two things that absolutely, positively MUST be done: First and most important: YOU MUST, MUST, MUST ALWAYS TURN YOUR MAIN BREAKER OFF BEFORE STARTING THE GENERATOR - otherwise you're energizing a line that is assumed still dead and safe by local utility workers. Remember, transformers work both ways - and left unchecked, your 220 volt generator output can VERY easily rise to 300,000 volts or even more as it runs backwards through the step-downs on the poles, making them step-ups. And even though the current goes down as the voltage goes up, the power still remains at 3500 watts - the amps and volts are just sliced up differently to keep the power constant - Ohm's Law doesn't allow otherwise. Second, there MUST be a dedicated disconnect for the generator, to keep it offline when the house electricity is working - you don't want to feed 100 amps or more INTO a generator! It is NECESSARY to make it impossible to have both the generator and your main breaker turned on at the same time - there are many ways to do this, and you probably shouldn't proceed with the project if you can't figure out a way to do this on your own. To use such a Jerry-rigged system safely, you need to know every single element of it inside and out or you run the risk of starting fires or blowing up your brand new generator. I worked in HVAC for 25 years, a line of work that gives you plenty of "breaker panel time" and requires the installer to determine proper wire size (#10 is good for the 30 amps this generator can deliver) as well as how to safely combine existing circuits in old, crowded panels to make room for two more breakers (three if I was replacing a boiler system with a gas furnace, or sometimes five if replacing a boiler system with electric heat. I considered myself capable if not officially qualified, but of course the electrical inspector's opinion might differ. Thirdly, you should only consider tapping a generator into your house wiring if you have absolute 100% confidence in your electrical knowledge and skills, as well as a thorough grasp of grounding (including why ground is different from neutral, even though they are generally at the same potential and read continuity to each other with an ohmmeter). At this power level, not knowing exactly what you're doing can easily kill you AND other innocent people. All things considered, I highly recommend this generator.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Nov 08, 2015
very happy
Hooked right up to my switch panel , tested did want I wanted it to do.... Great price and shipping came early... hooked up to battery tender should be ready for any emergencies ...Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
