Generator grew legs and need new, what is your choice?

path1 wrote:
My mid 1990's Honda generator grew legs from my carport.

Just curious .... what model Honda from the mid 1990's was it?

Sell the Handi for what the Champion goes for and it will get rave reviews too. Otherwise considering the EU3000 goes for less than the Handi and is quieter, I'd be pretty disappointed after spending that kind of cash.

pnichols wrote:

path1 wrote:
My mid 1990's Honda generator grew legs from my carport.

Just curious .... what model Honda from the mid 1990's was it?

It was prior to the little red ones. 2500 watt. weighed about 70 pounds and about twice the size the red ones. The news ones are a big improvement. It was also louder than the news ones.

The only service it ever had was a new carb after the new gas came out and gummed up the works.

I don't even know what model. It was prior to the little red ones. A 2500 watt. Weighed about 70 pounds and about twice the size the red ones. The new ones are a big improvement. It was also louder than the news ones.

The only service it ever had was a new carb after the new gas came out and gummed up the works.

(sorry)

Typically, 'generator polls' tend to get amped-up!!

Grodyman wrote:
Just curious why the Champion 3100 inverter generator gets rave reviews but the Honda Handi, which the Champion is modeled after, does not. Is it strictly price?

Gman

Maybe this is why.

As posted by otrfun on 5/18/15 posting, titled
" Champion 75531i 3100w Inverter/Generator Initial Review "

QUOTE:

Well, I'm one of those unique situations. I purchased a pair of new EU2000i's last year. Wouldn't start my Dometic 13,500 BTU a/c with the Eco mode on. I was disappointed. Installed a hard-start kit with the external relay---still no go with the Eco mode on. Just couldn't see spending $1900 and having to run 'em with the Eco mode off just to run my a/c.

I had a Champion 75531i that would start this same a/c unit with the Eco mode on. A local Honda dealer also let me try out an EU3000iS for a few hours to see how it compared to the paralleled EU2000i's.

Long story short, I compiled a whole mess of inrush data on all 3 generators with the Eco mode on and off. Without boring everybody with the numbers, the Champion 75531i is the king of inrush. A pair of EU2000i's a solid 2nd. The EU3000iS a distant 3rd. Surprisingly, one EU2000i with the Eco mode off can produce as much, sometimes slightly more, inrush current than an EU3000iS with the Eco mode on.

path1 wrote:
I don't even know what model. It was prior to the little red ones. A 2500 watt. Weighed about 70 pounds and about twice the size the red ones. The new ones are a big improvement. It was also louder than the news ones.

The only service it ever had was a new carb after the new gas came out and gummed up the works.

For what it's worth, we have a late 1980's non-inverter red color Honda generator that still runs great and is as quiet as the much newer model Honda inverter generators. We carry it along all the time in our RV for battery charging instead of using the built-in generator when not on hookups. I replaced a switch on the little red Honda once, years ago.

By the way ... what Honda generators were painted yellow? I've never seen one that color.

pnichols wrote:

path1 wrote:
I don't even know what model. It was prior to the little red ones. A 2500 watt. Weighed about 70 pounds and about twice the size the red ones. The new ones are a big improvement. It was also louder than the news ones.

The only service it ever had was a new carb after the new gas came out and gummed up the works.

For what it's worth, we have a late 1980's non-inverter red color Honda generator that still runs great and is as quiet as the much newer model Honda inverter generators. We carry it along all the time in our RV for battery charging instead of using the built-in generator when not on hookups. I replaced a switch on the little red Honda once, years ago.

By the way ... what Honda generators were painted yellow? I've never seen one that color.

OP here...

I've never seen a yellow Honda. I did look up what I had and it is this or real close. http://www.hondalawnparts.com/PublicMedia/GetClientMedia/62605

The only problem I had was when the new gas came in I didn't know it would gum up and had to replace carb.

I love my Yamaha 2000 inverter gen!