Worth paying for a Honda generator?

[ireload]

Can't go wrong with Honda. We have one at work. EU2200i that my facility dept inhereted from our marketing dept. Come in handy when we need to.power our electrical tools for prolonged periods at the parking lot or roof. It's light weight and it's quite.

[ar15robert]

Long term yes. I have an eu3000 I bought used in 2009. It had some time on it no doubt and input some good time on it too. Still going strong and working good.

have friends who buy the newer off brand inverter type and first thing they say is it’s pretty much like Honda just cheaper and just as quiet lol.they end up not being loud but they definitely ain’t as quiet as my Honda especially running a load. I will say the predator is the closet from hearing though.

But long term two friends have replaced their champion 3500s since they had issues and eventually got tired of fixing them.one had issues first trip out after telling me how it’s just like the Honda. He then said we’ll they sent me the part to fix it but had no genny for a camp trip.

[Flying Sig]

I’ve had 2 Honda 2000’s for over 12 years. They each have several hundred hours on them. I’ve run them in parallel with an extended run fuel tank for over a week straight when dry camping at Naci during the summer, A/C on 24/7. Zero issues. It’s also nice to have the flexibility to just grab one if I don’t need too much power and like the redundancy of having 2. I’ve only had to do oil changes and had to adjust the valves once. Love the things

[bv141]

I bought a Honda 2200 because I wanted the minimalist operation system (in the Silicon Valley.)
If the power is out (meaning the gas stations are 'off line'), I want to run the refrigeration and freezer up.
I don't want to run everything in the house but I do want it quiet.

My neighbor is 75, wants to run a 9 KW generator. Noisy as hell. He wants to maintain his 'standard of living.'

I want long longer term emergency generator (5 to 10 days no power), I want minimal fuel consumption (unlike my neighbor)
where I can use the cars as 'fuel reserves.' If my neighbors need 'help, I don't mind but they need to bring gasoline also.

Ultimately it depends on fuel availability, length of outage you plan for, operational security (noise) and std. of living you want to maintain.

[LuckyGuy]

We've been at the same place more than two decades. Our power connection seems to be pretty reliable. How many times have we had an unscheduled outage in the last 20+ years? I can count the number of times on one hand. No idea why; in other places where I have had some personal experience, the power was less reliable, sometimes much less.

There seems to be a perspective of experience which says, outside of reliability and ruggedness, quiet operation is worth paying for, dual-fuel is worth paying for, but what about electric start? How big can one go before pull-start becomes unwise?

Someone I know who has had a generator for years is pretty disciplined about starting it monthly (pull-start, not electric), and recycling the gasoline kept for it through cars about every two or three months. As for me, no experience here, but the difference between the highest-scoring Westinghouse and the Honda that is just below it score-wise is real money. That is why I am asking the collective brain-trust.

If you have back problems, make sure you get electric start. Do not forget, the bigger Gens. are heavy, consider that also..