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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Stefonius wrote:Crabbypatty wrote:This right here is the whole issue to me. I'd rather have no power at all than use a generator that can be heard outside my campsite. Spending a few extra dollars to get something that won't annoy the neighbors is worth it to me, and I think the world would be a much better place if everyone thought about their neighbors' comfort a little more than their own.
It always mystifies me that we have 40-50k in a tv plus that in a rig, then folks go blind when it comes to generators.
Two years a go the park ranger to tell my neighbor to turn off his loud clunker, thankfully. My honda was running as well, they never heard it....
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I haven't seen a generator yet that can't be heard in a neighbors campsite when used in a formal campground. In fact, last month I talked the neighbor next to me into plugging into my electrical system and charging off my solar system rather than running his 2000 watt honda. They are less noisy than open frame when run at lower power settings, but still quite noisy in a nice smaller forest service campground. As we sat around the fire that evening drinking a couple brews and enjoying the night he was asking all sorts of questions about my solar system as he planned on getting his own so that he would have to run that **** generator as much. Generators are noisy, and even the with inverter models the noise level goes up rapidly as the load on the generator goes up. Running one of any sort in a campground is not being respectful of your neighbors. Just being "less" annoying doesn't mean you're not annoying.
