greenrvgreen wrote:
I'm glad Curt continues to post on this thread, he has a valuable perspective to share, IMO.
FWIW, Curt was an early "voice of sanity" regarding the champion gennies. When all sorts of wild (and false) claims were made regarding these products, Curt calmy related his own experiences and praise of the Champion 3500, and because he was a Honda owner his words carried more weight with the red-only crowd.
I also agree with him now. As I learn more about the 2000 watt inverter, the more I am convinced that the price will have to improve, or I will buy a Honda as my first inverter gennie. $100 is not a significant tradeoff for slightly lower performance specs, and an unknown reliability factor. While there's no reason to doubt Champion as a company, Honda has earned its rep for reliability.
The more I use my beloved Champion 3500, the higher the bar goes for my next gennie, Honda and Champion included. IMO, for any job the 3500 is appropriate for, it dominates its category, and at a much lower price. I'm not seeing anything like that yet with the inverter gennie, in fact it seems slightly weaker than the Honda, or else I've misunderstood.
Thank you for the kind words! :o I will tell my DW that SOMEONE agrees with me!!!!!!!
