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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Searching_Ut wrote:
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.
X2. Hum, rattle, or roar, all generators make noise. I know some of us think "Ours doesn't" but "Yours does", but we are just fooling ourselves. I like quiet when camping and use my batteries or shore power. Both are truly quiet. If I need a generator to run my AC, I am in the wrong place. That is why God created mountains and men invented shore power.
