non-Honda generators
As we all know Honda and Yamaha are very proud of their generators and they are very good products. However for as often as most of us use them for camping only I've been looking for alternatives, any...
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otrfun wrote:2oldman wrote:Agree, 2oldman, it's more than just the name. The Hondas do offer better overall performance than nearly all of their competitors.4X4Dodger wrote:Oh, it's a little more than just that name.
and Honda has cynically decided that RV'ers will pay whatever they ask just to have that name.
But, 4x4Dodger still has a point. Is it worth spending 2 to 3 times more for this difference in performance? For some, yes. For others, no.
The EU2000i and EU3000iS have been in production close to 10 years with very little change. Honda long ago recouped their initial R&D costs. At this point and time, odds are high that Honda's per unit production costs are probably as low as some of their MIC competitors that offer less performance. Bottom line, Honda is charging what the market will bear . . . and making an absolute killing in the process.
Hey, that's capitalism at its best. Good for Honda and their stockholders.
I believe the frustration that 4x4Dodger expressed is based on why a hungry, industrious company somewhere hasn't seen fit to make a more serious effort to grab some of this windfall profit from Honda during the last 10 years. The Dream Machine(s): As quiet or quieter than the EU3000iS, with proportionally the same or higher inrush current capability as the EU2000i.
We'd ALL benefit if Honda had more serious competition.
I see your point gentlemen, but please tell me where there has ever been any real world testing done to actually measure this supposed performance? To my knowledge no one has. This means that unless there has been a side by side test of different generators using the same loading profile any claims of better performance are just so much supposition.
You are correct about the competition but that has now changed and Honda is in for some loss of market share.
And while QUIET is a good thing in a generator it is not my first concern.
Honda is a great company and they make some very good products but in this case I believe they are overpriced to the point of greedy because they have dominated the market for so long.
Thankfully that is changing.
