More Genny wars
Just got the e'mail from Home Depot on their Cyber Monday sales and noticed a LOT of generators listed, new inverter units especially some larger Briggs types with 4500 to 6500 watt sizes, and thought...
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Well, don't knock 'em until you've tried 'em! You just never know.
We got a free "King Craft" gasoline generator with the purchase of a previous travel trailer. It probably didn't originally sell for more than $400. Reviews on the internet and such gave it a miserable status. I was reluctant to even use it.
I never used for boomdocking, but I've used it for power outages at the house. We'll, we've had that generator for 14 years now. I fire it up about once a month and have used it many, many times over that time when we've had power outages at home, plus when we needed electricity for family events and such where no electricity existed.
It' still running beautiful. Granted, it's a pull rope start. I had the pull rope replaced once. I've changed the spark plug only once in all these years, and when I turn it off, I always run the carburetor dry by turning off the gas line to it. I also keep Stay-Bil in the fuel.
It's still running like a champ after 14 years. So much for all the negative reviews and all the nay-sayers back then. The only problem with it is, it is a little loud! But for a free-bee, I'm still not complaining.
So, before shooting everything down, you might be surprised what the reviews are on these in a couple years.
All I know is, Honda's are pretty expensive. Competition for new-comers on the market is a good thing. Competition can only help reduce the cost on the old beloved dinosaurs or else, drive them out of business.
We got a free "King Craft" gasoline generator with the purchase of a previous travel trailer. It probably didn't originally sell for more than $400. Reviews on the internet and such gave it a miserable status. I was reluctant to even use it.
I never used for boomdocking, but I've used it for power outages at the house. We'll, we've had that generator for 14 years now. I fire it up about once a month and have used it many, many times over that time when we've had power outages at home, plus when we needed electricity for family events and such where no electricity existed.
It' still running beautiful. Granted, it's a pull rope start. I had the pull rope replaced once. I've changed the spark plug only once in all these years, and when I turn it off, I always run the carburetor dry by turning off the gas line to it. I also keep Stay-Bil in the fuel.
It's still running like a champ after 14 years. So much for all the negative reviews and all the nay-sayers back then. The only problem with it is, it is a little loud! But for a free-bee, I'm still not complaining.
So, before shooting everything down, you might be surprised what the reviews are on these in a couple years.
All I know is, Honda's are pretty expensive. Competition for new-comers on the market is a good thing. Competition can only help reduce the cost on the old beloved dinosaurs or else, drive them out of business.
