3000W Chinese Gensets Info.

Old & Slow wrote:
$500 could bring a really big smile that would last perhaps more than four years. DuroPower is getting close to what is to be desired in a RV genset but the dbA needs to be lowered, don't you think? I only wish I had this option when a purchased last year.

Well the four years part was a joke about how much Paul McCartney had to shell out to his wife in his recent divorce.

I wouldn't mind quieter but I also don't mind what I have now. As I noted, if the circumstances were different then my criteria would be as well but I bought cheap in the first place because my use is infrequent but heavy when it does occur.

I'm a bit cheap by nature and this is part of why I keep all my camping equipment separated. I have the truck, travel trailer and generator all separate from each other instead of integrated because as you noted and discovered, often integrated together means a very specific and expensive to repair or replace it in the first place.

I am glad I own a generator separate from my trailer so if a repair or problem crops up, I'm not stuck taking it to this authorized deal and shelling out huge money for parts and service. I feel the same way with the truck maintenance versus a Class A or C RV.

However if I were retired and doing like a lot of folks on here do, which is boondocking a full or semi-full time basis, I'd have $500 out of my pocket pretty quick for that generator so I could sit in my trailer and press a button. If I could spend $50-$100 more and knock off several decibels I would probably spend that too.

I am personally shocked that there isn't more interest in this area for businesses. Anything that adds to the value proposition disproportionate to the cost you think would be aggressively pursued. We are talking about some features here that likely would allow them to double the retail price or raise it roughly 60%+ for no where near that in terms of parts added.

This is well understood in other businesses. You go to McDonald's and they want to offer you more of the most inexpensive parts of the meal for huge mark ups (supersizing) because potatoes and sugar water are cheap compared to beef.

The cost of a starter, battery and the electronics for the remote have got to be cheap in comparison to everything else on the generator. To be able to offer it and raise the price so much would be something they should jump on if they were smart. On a per unit basis I would bet that it would't be an increase of more than $50 yet would yield $200-300 more in price. That is a great return for a business to seek in terms of profits.