04-16-2006, 08:02 AM
I spent 3 months researching/shopping/soliciting opinions on this very subject before buying a Honda EU2000i 2KW inverter genset, & mella and I love it.
Our main considerations were quality, reliability, portability, size, QUIETNESS, and to a lesser degree price. Noise level is a big issue with me, so that pretty much excluded most 'contractor grade' generators. Our unit will be used primarily to recharge the batteries on the temp housing travel trailer we're parking on our Eden Roc lot (right next to you, AkoniV
), and to run a few power tools during the house construction
project. Loud generators are a PITA and I don't need the aggravation of annoyed neighbors. The general consensus among the people I talked to was that you can't go wrong with Honda, Yamaha, or Robin-Subaru brands.
We settled on the EU2000i primarily because it's not much larger than small suitcase and weighs less than 50#. Honda also sells a parallel kit that allows 2 of these little guys to be connected together to produce twice the power - 4KW @ under 100 lbs . . . not bad. Also, as an inverter generator it produces a much cleaner sine wave. This is important if you are planning to run sensitive electronic equipment such as your
computer or printer - you don't get the power surges inherent in non inverters.
MSRP is right at $1000 but we paid $935 at the Honda shop here.
Here are a few links to some of the more well regarded online generator dealers. There's an outside chance that free shipping to Hawaii may be included with some of them, but even if a person has to cough up $2-300 in freight on the bigger units it will still probably be competitive with the locals.
http://www.yamahagenerators.com/
http://www.mayberrys.com/index.html
http://www.wisesales.com/index.html
aloha,
Gene
Our main considerations were quality, reliability, portability, size, QUIETNESS, and to a lesser degree price. Noise level is a big issue with me, so that pretty much excluded most 'contractor grade' generators. Our unit will be used primarily to recharge the batteries on the temp housing travel trailer we're parking on our Eden Roc lot (right next to you, AkoniV
), and to run a few power tools during the house construction project. Loud generators are a PITA and I don't need the aggravation of annoyed neighbors. The general consensus among the people I talked to was that you can't go wrong with Honda, Yamaha, or Robin-Subaru brands.
We settled on the EU2000i primarily because it's not much larger than small suitcase and weighs less than 50#. Honda also sells a parallel kit that allows 2 of these little guys to be connected together to produce twice the power - 4KW @ under 100 lbs . . . not bad. Also, as an inverter generator it produces a much cleaner sine wave. This is important if you are planning to run sensitive electronic equipment such as your
computer or printer - you don't get the power surges inherent in non inverters.
MSRP is right at $1000 but we paid $935 at the Honda shop here.
Here are a few links to some of the more well regarded online generator dealers. There's an outside chance that free shipping to Hawaii may be included with some of them, but even if a person has to cough up $2-300 in freight on the bigger units it will still probably be competitive with the locals.
http://www.yamahagenerators.com/
http://www.mayberrys.com/index.html
http://www.wisesales.com/index.html
aloha,
Gene
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