Customer Reviews

Kipor IG6000 6000 Watt Inverter Generator With Electric Start

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Bought this for emergency use. It weighs about the same (240lbs) as the comparable 6000 watt Honda inverter but costs much less and provides the same quiet usable power. After mounting the small wheels, adding oil and gas (uses regular) and charging the battery (electric start only) it started right up. Unlike cheaper generators, it produces a pure sinewave at exactly 60Hz and powers even sensitive devices such as computers, audio-video electronics and even our forced-air furnace, which is very picky about clean power. The $700 Colman Powermate we had before would not power the forced-air furnace. The Powermate had a large muffler and was relatively quiet but the Kipor is much quieter, using an even bigger muffler and padded enclosure. In addition, the Powermate needed to run at 3600 RPM all the time to produce the needed 60Hz output. The Kipor, like the Honda, runs only as fast as needed to provide the electrical power demanded. One problem with the unit we received was that the neutral and hot outputs on the 120V sockets were reversed (240V socket was OK). Even with this reversal everything ran but the forced-air furnace (this is how we discovered the problem). It took about 20 minutes to take off the side cover, unscrew the wires to the sockets and screw them back correctly. Now it powers everything without a hiccup.

Bought the 6000IG to power my fifth wheel. When it was delivered the battery was dead and wouldnt take a charge... had to purchase a new one myself because kipor blammed the vender I bought it from, and the vender blammed kipor as it was kipor's product... I gave up and bought my own. Engine cranked when I put the knew battery in so not wanting to travel with a full tank of gasoline in my camper, off I went to go CAMPING. Once I got to the site and filled the tank, the engine fired right up, about a half hour later, the fuel shut off was dumping fuel inside the unit. I shut it down, packed it up and was without power the remainder of the week... WHAT A NIGHTMARE! Got back home tweeked a few things and everything thing seemed to be ok. The next time I needed the generator, I made sure it started before I left home, however, once again as soon as I got to my camp site, the generator would not start, another week without electric. ANOTHER NIGHTMARE!!! So now I am working with kipor to drop the nearly 300lb peice of junk off at a shop located over an hour away from home. In conclusion, I expected to have a unit comparable to the honda 6K generator, instead got one of China's finest peices of junk...

I've owned my Kipor 6000 watt generator for over a year now and have used it extensively 5 times running over 100 hours each of the 5 uses. Its not perfect. It is hard to start even after running for hours. I'm sure its a carb setting, but I haven't taken it in to be serviced. I use it to power my 5th wheel RV (with 50 amp service and two 15k ac units) at the NASCAR races. In the summer months, it runs from the time we arrive, until we leave; with the exception of refueling.

Its a work horse. The only time we throw a generator breaker is when the wife forgets to turn an AC off prior to using the microwave. Let me talk about Kipor customer service. I've had two chances to contact Kipor customer service. Both times they were very helpful and supportive. All four original wheels had to be replaced the first 6 months or so. The generator was just too heavy for the original wheels and the bearings and tread separated from the wheel. Second time, the gas gauge stopped working and the lens fogged up to where the needle could not be seen. In both instances, they quickly shipped replacement parts. I like this generator.

I'd give it less than one star if possible but I guess since it lasted 7 months 1 star will do. Warranty service is near impossible as every shop Kipor sent me to refused to work on it citing lack of parts and sloooow payment and in fact said they regretted even selling them. Finally found a shop willing to work on it, found out the inverter was bad as well as the valve cover. The real shocker came when I was told it'd be many weeks before they could get parts to fix it since none were available in the U.S.. Had about 40 hours total on it before it went south. When it worked it did the job just fine but should last longer than 7 months and shops/parts should be available somewhere other than CHINA.
Got a partial refund from the company I bought it from, at least they're standing behind what they sold!
Buying a Yamaha 6300, lighter,quieter,more bells and whistles,less fuel usage and dependable and the biggie, if it happens to break there's shops willing to fix it and parts that are available.
DO NOT BUY THIS HEAP unless it's not critical that it runs.

We received our Kipor IG6000 6000 Watt Inverter Generator
a week ago. My husband got it ready to start, wrong! It wouldn't start the battery was DEAD. So he TRIED to charge it, but it wouldn't charge. Naturally, we are ready to use it, so we decide to PURCHASE a new batter, which cost $72. Add that to the cost! Well, we get it running, so off we are for a wonderful weekend, this is to run a large RV, Right? Well, we have a great start, off goes our switch to over load, but the Generator is still running, how about that. This happened several time. We call the Kipor for assistance, but according to Number we Called (450)441-2707, we were told that this was not a 6000 Watt Generator. Wow! She said that Amazon was not correct on the ad. OMG! NOT TRUE! RIGHT! Well, she did advice us to go to a Kipor rep. and they might be able to help. We are looking to travel, at least 4 hours to do this. Well, we are here with a unit that overloads, mind you 6000 Watt (as posted) and a Dead Battery, Oh! we can't forget the tires that are falling apart! I have learned an expensive lesson, which I am not giving up just yet. So if anyone knows where I might get some assistance with this problem, please help! Hope this helps all who are planning to purchase this Kipor IG6000 6000 Watt Inverter Generator.

purchased this product online to save 150.00 when the item arrived the battery was dead. no problem put it on charge and it will be ok. wrong battery would not take a charge. this item must have been sitting in a warehouse forever and no quality control was ever considered about looking into this. then after that problem was fixed the fuel filter on it kept clogging. there was setiment in the tank but the filter itself was just to fine for a fuel filter. after replacing the filter with a generic inline fuel filter and replacing the battery the genset itself worked good. take this revie for what its worth i will never order anything this big offline again i will pay the extra 150 to buy at a local dealer that way someone is close by to take care of the problems instead of having to do it myself.

PURCHASED KIPOR6000 USED LESS THAN TEN HOURS, WAS A BACKUP UNIT. WAS MANUFACTUERED IN 2006. WHEN I GOT IT LAST FALL EVERYTHING WORKED GREAT, PUT IT AWAY FOR THE WINTER. SPRING STARTUP-RED OVERLOAD LITE BLINKING=NO AC... HAD A HORRIBLE TIME GETTING HELP AND A DIAGNOSIS SO ON THE WEB I GO TO COMPILE INFO AND SERV/REPAIR MANUALS TO FIGURE THIS THING OUT. GOOD DIAGNOSIS MATERIALS. PROVED OUT THAT THE INVERTOR HAD FAILED SITTING OVER WINTER. A HUGE SOLID STATE $1,300 UNIT. WAS SHOCKED AT THE REPAIR COST AND THE FACT THAT NOW I FIND THAT THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON A FAILURE WITH THIS UNIT. POSSIBLY A COLD TEMP RELATED FAILURE?
KIPOR WOULD DO NOTHING AS TO WARRANTY. [SECOND OWNWER THING].
THE NEW INVERTOR LOOKS LIKE A REDESIGN, SURE HOPE THIS AN UPDATE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. IF I HAD TO DO IT OVER KNOWING THE INVERTOR PROBLEM, NO WAY I WOULD BY THIS CHINA SPECIAL. WAS A POOR INVESTMENT FOR SURE.!!!! ENDED UP BEING A THROW AWAY UNIT .....

I imported the Kipor IG6000 to Dominica, as we are off grid. Paying for Duty and freight in addition to the cost. First problem - dead battery. Kipor said "charge it overnight" We live on an island - had to pay $100US for a battery charger. It has been charging for 2 nights, and not even a spark.
Next problem. The spec for the Kipor very clearly says 240v - which we need. When the generator arrives, there is a huge socket for 240v which no plug will fit. After countless emails to Kipor and the RV company we got it from. We were told that we bought an American Spec generator, so they can't help. So we then have to spend $150US on a transformer, and we have to pay for an electrician to wire it to the generator. So I would NOT recommend this product at all. I am disgusted with the way I have been brushed off, and how the spec for the generator is wrong. I have no idea whether it is a good generator - because I have so much to do before I can actually get it going!

dead battery, how's that for a power outage problem with a no pull start option!