Can a Harbor Freight Generator Really Beat a Honda?

lucy6194 wrote:
We have two honda a 2000's and a harbor freight 3000. Love the push button start of hf. Hf is as quiet as the Hondas just heavier.

If the Harbor freight has an issue, where will you get it repaired? More accurately.....where will you, or your repairman or repair service of choice, get a part if needed? Especially so if its a select (proprietary) part. The answer is you may find it by scouring Ebay and the rest of the web, or you may not. Or you'll be trying to jury rig some generic part to make do. Where you won't get it is HF. All of the HF stuff is made for them in large lots under contract by different offshore manufacturers, so the one you bought 2 years ago, may not even be made by the vendor who makes them today, and has a slew of different components and parts.

With Honda they maintain dedicated service facilities and parts supply and distribution no matter who they contracted with for the supply chain. You can get specific parts for something they made 20 years ago with little effort. Any Honda equipment dealer, either sticks and bricks or online, will be able get anything you need with nothing more than a model and serial number.

That's one of the things you're paying a premium for with a Honda.

Bumpyroad wrote:

Ralph Cramden wrote:

Padlin wrote:


The HF may well work out too, but you won't know till it either starts or doesn't. A 90 day warranty doesn't fill me with confidence.

And if the HF doesn't and is beyond the warranty, you most likely chuck it in the trash and go spend another $500.

one of the responders in that article said a 2 year warranty is available on the HF unit, full replacement.
bumpy

Yes you can......for $99 I believe. That way when it ***** the bed at 25 months you can toss it in the trash and go spend another $600.00