Comparing *Small* Inverter Generators

The *** could a little worrying, does it repeatedly give up at less than 800 watt load or do I misread that 782 number?

Did you catch the 3,500 ft altitude? At sea level it reliably ran in the high 800 VA area for several hours (I'm using VA now because I was running the power converter). I didn't use the 15' measuring distance for any reason other than that's the size of the clear area I had available. The sound numbers aren't for spec comparison, just head-to-head comparison against the Honda. If I go back to when I was 10 years younger and had a bigger rig with big storage doors where I could easily lift the generator in and out, there was absolutely no reason to go smaller than the eu2000i. Now that I'm weaker and have pitifully small storage compartments that I have to reach the generator into, I'm willing to have to fiddle with the charge level to save storage space and my back. As far as the 10 year-old-helper goes, if I had to lift the helper in and out of bed and carry him around, I'd choose the 10-year-old over an adult.