New and looking for a generator

Partsbob wrote:
I don’t see that anyone has mentioned WEN brand inverter generators, so I’ll throw that suggestion out there to consider. I did a lot of research for over a year before buying my 3800 watt WEN unit for our 32’ TT and couldn’t be happier. Granted the unit does weight 98lbs, but it’s very well built, super quiet, has more than enough power for our needs (with 15K AC for our pup in the Summer) and we caught it ON SALE for well under the Champion 3400 watt I had originally considered! Even when not on sale, it is priced below most and ships free when purchased directly from WEN.
I had also considered buying (2) of the WEN 2300 watt units with parallel cables, allowing me to use a single unit in Spring & Fall or both during the Summer months, but ultimately decided to just go with the single 3800 watt for less maintenance. Plus, the 3800 unit already has the 30A outlet built-in, so no adapters needed like on the Predator and some other brands!

Similar story as above. We also ended up with the WEN 3400/3800 genny. When shopping our comparison spreadsheet that analyzed similar models eventually steered us toward this unit, and we have been absolutely delighted. As to an important comment above on real world use (altitude, etc), our relevant experience was an all-nighter in Santa Rosa, NM at the Pilot/Flying J. Altitude is 4,600' and our WEN ran our 15,000 btu Dometic A/C without a hiccup - all night long. With fuel to spare in the tank.

Unrelated to RV'ng, but as a testament to the endurance and efficiency of this unit, during the recent really hard freeze in Texas, we set the WEN up in an outdoor courtyard at a safe distance from the house (which had lost power) with power cords from both 15 amp/120V outlets plus a 6 ga extension cord from the 30 amp RV outlet (with an adapter for household current) all running through a window gap - that in turn had a 3-way splitter outlet for more access to power . . . Well, we ran our home's fridge, a 50" plasma TV, stuff for 'net access, various lamps as needed and the same ceramic heater we carry in our travel trailer - all for 3 days or so.

Funny thing: we decided on this WEN as a dual use machine - mostly for our RV needs as necessary . . . but also in case we needed to get through yet another Gulf Coast HURRICANE! But it ran happily while surrounded by 3" of gradually melting snow!

That said, I appreciate the excellent Champion (& Predator) units out there. There is surely a reason that one can read so many favorable comments about them. But we surely can affirm this WEN unit.