Generator Observation

[hohenwald48]

We spent last Thursday thru Sunday dry camping at the Auburn, AL football game. We stayed in an area called the "hayfields" with what I estimate to be about 1,000 other dry campers. People were in all kinds of rigs from A-frame pop ups to Marathon coaches. Everybody had a generator and some had several. They all ran for the whole 3 days due to the heat.

Anyone who says another brand (including Champion and Yamaha) of generator is as "quiet as a Honda" simply doesn't know what they are talking about. All it took was a short walk thru the field and it was very evident that Honda's (EU1000 up to EU7000) were by far the quietest generators running. No doubt about it.

Folks can quote specs all they want but a long walk in the park convinced me. If "quiet" is important to you then there is no other way to go than with Honda.

Also, I saw all kinds of stupid while there. I guess the best example was a generator about 6" from a TT being refueled, in the dark, by a guy smoking a cigarette, probably drunk, while it was still running. Lots of crazy stuff. But we had a good time.

[korbe]

Instead of an open field of football game revelers, how would you like to be taking a walk along a stream adjacent to a dry campground operated by the Forest Service, and not even be able to hear the stream because of the generators going so RVer's can make their coffee and use their microwaves.

[Ductape]

There's the decibels, and then there's the nature of the sounds emitted. Some less pleasing than others, even when a db meter records them as equivalent.

[jaycocreek]

My Honda 3K inverter is alot quieter than the my Honda 2k inverter,especially under load and my Onan 4K is slightly quieter than my Generac 4000 XL.

The Honda's are more expensive but there are reports of them lasting 10-20,000 hours.

[C_B_]

Boon Docker wrote:
And another HHO (Happy Honda Owner) heard from. :B

Make that 2 Happy Honda owners!!!!:B:p

[hohenwald48]

Yeah but only one generator was mine. The other 999 belonged to someone else. 🙂

[SoundGuy]

hohenwald48 wrote:
Anyone who says another brand (including Champion and Yamaha) of generator is as "quiet as a Honda" simply doesn't know what they are talking about.

Well having owned two EU2000i gensets myself I guess I don't know what I'm talking about :R ... IMO the equivalent Yamaha EF2000iS is really no different, meaning regardless how "quiet" any manufacturer may claim their gensets may be they're ALL still way too noisy. :M

If "quiet" is important to you then there is no other way to go than with Honda.

Disagree with this as well ... if you really want a "quiet" genset you gotta enclose it in a properly designed quiet box, just as I did ... there's just no comparison between an unenclosed genset and one that is - period.

[Boon_Docker]

And another HHO (Happy Honda Owner) heard from. :B