Generator

 

For example - One guy might think Ford trucks are best.  I think Chevys are best.  He's happy with his Ford.  I am happy with my Chevy.  When all is said and done, that's all that really matters - that each is satisfied within themselves.  The right choice in most matters is the choice that is right for YOU in YOUR situation. 

Thanks for the info. One of the reasons my wife and I did not want to spend lot of money on a generator was we only need it about one week a year when we go to the Nascar races and the rest of the time we camp at parks with hookups. The Generator Tent is designed with with ventilation. The top opens up and so do both ends if you need it for exhaust and air intake. also the bottom walls of the tent are 4 inches off the ground so that it will draw cooler air in from the bottom and out through the top like a chimney. 

I will give you quiet and light but the part about sensitive electronics not so much. Inverter Generators are less noisy which means they will run audio and video equipment with less aritfacts but computers don't care. Computer power supplys will work with anything from 100 volts to 240 volts AC and filter it to within an inch of their lives. There is nothing more robust than a computer power supply. There is very little  danger of damaging sensitive electronics only in introducing hiss to audio and snow to video. Having said that I ran my TV and Radio in the Pod and it was dead clean. 

Have fun with the Honda It really was my first choice just not in the budget and any of the budget inverter generators really are junk as far as I can tell. 

Mine is brand new just has 5 hours of break in time on it and at 58 Db really quite for the price and as for easy starting mine has the electric start so I just push a button.  

I am getting a small tent type device made with sound deadening material put put over it to cut the sound even more and eventually I am going to get a tri fuel conversion kit for it so it will run on propane. Earlier I said that it was 3500 watts but it is only 3000 running watts and 4000 surge. More than enough for everything on the Rpod. 

The Motor is a blueprint level copy of the Honda GX200 engine. I am really happy with it so far. Its only downside is the weight but I don't think that you can get 3000 watts much lighter. I could save a little by taking out the battery and using the Pod's battery to start it but I don't want to do that just yet. I also took the wheels off mine so that I can get it on a rack I put on the tongue of the trailer. 

I think that the Champion is the best bang for the buck in its class but would concede that the Honda and the Yamha generators are in a whole different class.