New and looking for a generator
Hello everyone. I'm buying my first travel trailer, a Forest River Cherokee Wolf Pup 16BHS. I am planning to do a lot of boondocking, and I want a generator. I want a small portable generator, but I d...
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TurnThePage wrote:
I would have to say, at first blush, that venerable NT Powerhorse 3500 looks almost EXACTLY like that throw away HF Predator 3500.
I believe they are exactly the same units, one in red, the other in blue. The difference is in the support. Northern Tools claims to support their stuff at any NT location, Harbor Freight AFAIK makes no such claim. I don't have personal experience with NT actual service because I haven't needed it yet. I have tried to get parts for HF products in the past with little success.
Lots of people like the HF Predator and I considered one. NT claims of service availability and a friend's advice that they did stand behind their products pointed me to the NT. When/if I ever actually need service, I hope the claims hold true.
There was a time that buying a Honda virtually guaranteed a high quality, trouble free experience. Reviews of late seem to indicate that might not be the case any more. Even if it were still the case, many people, me included, based on positive long term reviews of the "inferior" alternatives would rather gamble on the less expensive alternatives. I could buy two 2K PowerHorse for the price of one Honda or three of the Powerhorse 3KW for the price of one 2.8KW Honda. I'll take the chance that 3 Powerhorses outlast 1 Honda...
