Salem/McMinnville - where to buy a Honda eu1000i?

bikendan wrote:

RoadXYZ wrote:
Honda vs Yamaha vs Generat Generator ... which is best buy for occasional use .. ?

Too vague of a question.

What's more important, price or quietness?
will you be using it near other campers or will you be boondocking?

H & Y are the gold standard, when it comes to generators used for camping. That's why they cost more.

Volunteering where we would be the only ones in the area - state natural and historical areas .. only need a 1000 as only for furnace use. But quietness would be very important if used in campgrounds/rv parks during our travels.

RoadXYZ wrote:
Honda vs Yamaha vs Generat Generator ... which is best buy for occasional use .. ?

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- Jeff

Niner,

Interesting point. I guess it's really no different than paralleling PSU's. I did notice the other day, my 2000i also puts out over 127v. Probably wise to check before buying a pair for paralleling.

RoadXYZ wrote:
Honda vs Yamaha vs Generat Generator ... which is best buy for occasional use .. ?

Too vague of a question.

What's more important, price or quietness?
will you be using it near other campers or will you be boondocking?

H & Y are the gold standard, when it comes to generators used for camping. That's why they cost more.

Honda vs Yamaha vs Generat Generator ... which is best buy for occasional use .. ?

dclark1946 wrote:

pnichols wrote:

dclark1946 wrote:
We own two Eu1000s and two Eu2000s. When we are dry camping I carry only the Eu1000s because they provide all we need. The second unit is only for backup. The 1000s are much easier on my back taking it in and out of the pickup bed when I use it to charge our battery. Now at home if we have a power outage I prefer the 2000 to run the refrigerator and freezer and any other critical items. With the EU1000 you do really need to be careful with the gasoline as the tiny jets are easy to get clogged. I use Stabile marine (blue) and drain the tank and carb when the unit is not going to be used in a couple of weeks

Are you aware that two Honda 1000i's can be paralleled together? In fact two of them in parallel put out more continuous power than a single 2000i does! Because of this, two 1000i Hondas in parallel might just run a 13.5K air conditioner in certain situations in which a single 2000i won't. As you said, two 1000i generators are each one much easier to lift separately than a 2000i and also provide some all-important 120V AC backup in case one should fail.

If I was going to ever buy "around 2000 watts" of portable Honda generator power and if could afford it, I'd buy two 1000i generators in a heartbeat instead of a single 2000i.

It's strange that you should mention 1000i jets being easy to clog up. For some reason my Honda EX650 has never had a fuel delivery problem. I sometimes leave it sitting for months (years - before we bought our RV) without draining/changing the gas between RV trips and it still starts right up. However, I do keep Stabil in the gas storage container that I fill the generator from.

Yes I am aware you can parallel EU1000s. I have even paralleled an Eu1000 with an EU2000 and while it works I could not get the load sharing to work properly. The EU1000 was always carrying more of the total load.

Dick

Put a Kill a watt meter on the Eu1000i and the Eu2000i, and measure the voltage. The unit with the higher voltage pulls the heavier load. I have 2 Eu2000i's one puts out 127.7V, the other 123.1V. The generator putting out 123.1V is the loafer, all the time. My Eu1000i puts out 123.7v. If I pair it with the 123.1V Eu2000i, they work well and pair together just fine running my 13.5 AC unit on top. You have to come close to match the voltages, for them to pull equally.

pnichols wrote:

dclark1946 wrote:
We own two Eu1000s and two Eu2000s. When we are dry camping I carry only the Eu1000s because they provide all we need. The second unit is only for backup. The 1000s are much easier on my back taking it in and out of the pickup bed when I use it to charge our battery. Now at home if we have a power outage I prefer the 2000 to run the refrigerator and freezer and any other critical items. With the EU1000 you do really need to be careful with the gasoline as the tiny jets are easy to get clogged. I use Stabile marine (blue) and drain the tank and carb when the unit is not going to be used in a couple of weeks

Are you aware that two Honda 1000i's can be paralleled together? In fact two of them in parallel put out more continuous power than a single 2000i does! Because of this, two 1000i Hondas in parallel might just run a 13.5K air conditioner in certain situations in which a single 2000i won't. As you said, two 1000i generators are each one much easier to lift separately than a 2000i and also provide some all-important 120V AC backup in case one should fail.

If I was going to ever buy "around 2000 watts" of portable Honda generator power and if could afford it, I'd buy two 1000i generators in a heartbeat instead of a single 2000i.

It's strange that you should mention 1000i jets being easy to clog up. For some reason my Honda EX650 has never had a fuel delivery problem. I sometimes leave it sitting for months (years - before we bought our RV) without draining/changing the gas between RV trips and it still starts right up. However, I do keep Stabil in the gas storage container that I fill the generator from.

Yes I am aware you can parallel EU1000s. I have even paralleled an Eu1000 with an EU2000 and while it works I could not get the load sharing to work properly. The EU1000 was always carrying more of the total load.

Dick

Unyalli wrote:
Can someone explain why they would pay $200 more for half the generator?

Excellent response and question to finally get folks to start considering a better generator value than what the good old red generators deliver.

In my opinion, Honda has been too high priced for way too long and is getting a bit long in the tooth. I think Honda may be considering a major revamp of some of it's generators because Honda folks have been taking customer inputs on desired improvements in these forums and elsewhere.

FWIW, the Champion design center is right here in California. They look to be a real challenge to the existing Hondas ... and at far fairer pricing.

Unyalli wrote:
Can someone explain why they would pay $200 more for half the generator?

Honda EU1000i $799_______________________________________________Champion 2000i $599


Jeff

Only you can explain how you choose to save or spend your own money.

Can someone explain why they would pay $200 more for half the generator?

Honda EU1000i $799_______________________________________________Champion 2000i $599


Jeff