Anyone own a Champion Generator?
For anyone who owns this brand how about a review? I know they are louder than the Honda's, but how about reliability? (That would be my main concern.)
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77charger wrote:
I had the 3500/4000 it did fine but only got about 2 years out of it.after about 1.5 years it was struggling to start my a/c and even the micro would load it down.
Before that i had an elim 3000 i got about a 1.5 years out of it.
I would use them to run my a/c for hours straight in the summer in my toyhauler,and quite a bit over the winter riding season at glamis to power my flood lights or charge batteries.
When my champ went out i priced them and the price jumped here in ca i had 600 into gens that got me 3.5 years and i could dump another 400 into a new one.I decided to get a used honda 3000 in 2009.So far its been great and put alot of hours on it.It also uses half the fuel of the champion and in a week long trip it makes a difference.
Again, I stated numerous times that the Champion is for someone who will only use their generator in a power outage situation...nothing more, nothing less...not hours or weeks on end, though the 3500/4000 that I spoke of provided power 24/7 at our own campsite on a river in WVa after the winds tore through there and caused a lot of devastation. Used it at home once when power was out for a couple of day's...again, 24hrs/2...never had a problem starting it, never had an issue....
Guess I must not be able to communicate well, but did say, yet again, and numerous times that "I" use mine in power outage situations only...don't boon dock...would only fire it up at a campground, (should I go somewhere else other than my own property), IF and only IF there were a power outage....SO, in MY CASE, see know reason whatsoever to put the money in a Honda or Yamaha when the Champion has met my needs in emergency power outages to supply power for lights, AC, Fridge, whatever...
IF I DID boondock or plan on firing up my generator while camping as some of the posters do in here, I would have puchased a more expensive, quieter gen set...but don't need it.
Guess most in here can read the minds of others and KNOW when and where some are going to use theirs....I can't do that...thus the reason when I answer one of these questions, I qualify it with "depends on when and where you're going to use it", and "how often"...depending on the answers to these questions...THAT should determine just how much money you should put into on.
