Harbor Freight/Honda smackdown....
I see HF is now offering a 3500 (maximum) watt PSW inverter with all the bells and whistles for $700.00 (regular price. Even looks like the Honda that retails for $1999.00 the HF puts out a bit ...
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Hmmm, I guess I could do a study to see if red or yellow generators are stolen more often by leaving my champion 2000 generators out where they could be stolen. One of them is red.
As for getting what you pay for, I think that is true to an extent. I've found more often than not, the more expensive items are much worse value. For instance, with my little champions, the Honda 2000 generators cost twice as much. To be of the same value the Honda would have to be twice as good. I know a lot of different folks personally with an assortment of both types of generators and both seem to do well, with the only real difference being the Hondas handle a little more surge load. I don't know anyone who has trouble with either generator other than the normal carb issues caused mostly by not using a fuel additive with alcohol gas blends.
As Mex mentioned, time will tell how these new HF generators work, but at a third the cost of a comparable Honda, they would have to be fairly bad reliability wise to be a worse value.
As for getting what you pay for, I think that is true to an extent. I've found more often than not, the more expensive items are much worse value. For instance, with my little champions, the Honda 2000 generators cost twice as much. To be of the same value the Honda would have to be twice as good. I know a lot of different folks personally with an assortment of both types of generators and both seem to do well, with the only real difference being the Hondas handle a little more surge load. I don't know anyone who has trouble with either generator other than the normal carb issues caused mostly by not using a fuel additive with alcohol gas blends.
As Mex mentioned, time will tell how these new HF generators work, but at a third the cost of a comparable Honda, they would have to be fairly bad reliability wise to be a worse value.
