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Wanting to buy small generator
« on: July 22, 2015, 08:56:17 PM »
for awhile now I've been wanting to purchase a smaller generator to take with me camping and hunting. It will mostly be used for smaller things like maybe plugging a lamp in or charging cell phones. Wondering what you have and what works the best for you. A quieter generator would be preferred.

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Re: Wanting to buy small generator
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2015, 08:58:56 PM »
Honda 2000W nice and quiet. Yamaha is good to. Depends on ur budget.

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Re: Wanting to buy small generator
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2015, 09:02:13 PM »
Buy a Honda or a Honda I love my eu 3000. A little 1k  would be sweet

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Re: Wanting to buy small generator
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2015, 09:05:09 PM »
Honda..........
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Re: Wanting to buy small generator
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2015, 09:12:52 PM »
There's a bunch of the 1000s on Craigslist if you don't mind used
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Re: Wanting to buy small generator
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2015, 09:27:01 PM »
I'm looking at Champion inverter generators,  lot less money and getting great reviews.

you could do with the smaller one,  I would stick with invertor style though.

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Re: Wanting to buy small generator
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2015, 10:17:33 PM »
Love my Honda 3000. Best $2k I ever spent for my wiff's comfort. If mama is happy..... :)

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Re: Wanting to buy small generator
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2015, 10:55:19 PM »
I'm looking at Champion inverter generators,  lot less money and getting great reviews.

you could do with the smaller one,  I would stick with invertor style though.
I have a Champion 3500 (Continuous) and like everything except the noise. It's easy to start, has never failed, is economical, and the price was right. That being said.................

Scott - this probably isn't what you were thinking, but here's something to consider as I was reading what you want it for. You said a light and to recharge cell phones, right? Well, in the past couple of years I've been replacing the light bulbs in the house with LED bulbs. They average about 7 watts for a 60-watt equivalent (incandescent). Just for the fun of it I put a couple to the test - well a couple of lights and a couple of my deep cycle batteries. I hooked up one of the lights in our living room to one of my deep cycle trolling motor batteries. 3 days later it was still working just fine. I don't know the total number of hours because I turned it off when we went to bed. I bought a 15-watt solar panel from Northern Tool a few years ago just for the purpose of keeping one battery charging while I was using the other. I was just thinking that you might not need to burn any gas at all or listen to that noise if you had a couple of deep cycle batteries, an inverter, and a small solar panel.
I also have dimmable LED bulbs and 3-way LED bulbs. A good battery could power an LED rope light and some other lighting, recharge phones and portable video games and have power to spare.
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Re: Wanting to buy small generator
« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2015, 11:30:11 PM »
For only that much power, just use your truck. Plug in phone. 12V LED lights, small inverter if you need AC for something. You could even put a second battery in the truck if it's not a diesel.
All cheaper than any decent generator.
Presuming youre not Needing the power a long way from the vehicle.
You could put a solar charger on your batts when parked or start the truck to recharge.
Otherwise, hard to beat the little Hondas I gave $500 for a 2000w Honda, looked beat up but runs like new.
Been offered $500 for it years later.

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Re: Wanting to buy small generator
« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2015, 06:53:40 AM »
Love my honda eu 2000.....its QUIET.

Id be curious to go solar though


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Re: Wanting to buy small generator
« Reply #10 on: July 23, 2015, 07:11:35 AM »
Swing into Sumner lawn and tractor, I bought a Honda 2000, it runs at 59 decibels, humans talk louder than that.. I got mine for 1100 after tax, you will never have to buy another..
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Re: Wanting to buy small generator
« Reply #11 on: July 23, 2015, 07:35:41 AM »
bought a Honda 1 k and a Yamaha 2k after my champion quit.  they are quieter and are more powerful.  a 1 k wont run a coffee maker , hair dryer or heater but a 2 k will.  mike w

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Re: Wanting to buy small generator
« Reply #12 on: July 23, 2015, 04:08:49 PM »
Another vote for the Honda EU2000, they run a long time on a tank of fuel and are extremely quiet. We've been using the two my dad has for about 8 years now, sometimes alone, others in tandem to run the AC in the motorhome. Keep the fuel fresh and conditioned, change the spark plugs occasionally and they start/run perfectly.
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Re: Wanting to buy small generator
« Reply #13 on: July 23, 2015, 04:51:28 PM »
   I second the fresh fuel.  I use stabil to pick things up.  don't try to double your money on spark plugs.   mike w

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Re: Wanting to buy small generator
« Reply #14 on: July 23, 2015, 07:07:28 PM »
Wow thanks everyone!! I'll look into all of your suggestions and see what I like the most. Appreciate the help guys!

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Re: Wanting to buy small generator
« Reply #15 on: July 25, 2015, 07:26:15 AM »
ive been very impressed with my 3100w champion inverter, more genny then you need, but I have to think that their 2000w would be just as durable, and the price cant be beat!

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Re: Wanting to buy small generator
« Reply #16 on: August 15, 2015, 10:30:11 AM »
We just bought a Honeywell 2000 watt with inverter last night. Good reviews that we have seen and is quiet aswell.

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Re: Wanting to buy small generator
« Reply #17 on: August 17, 2015, 09:24:48 PM »
Honda 2k, I use it for camping and it can actually power a fair amount of stuff in our house during power outages.  I wired a plug and transfer switch and it will fire the furnace, freezer, refrigerator and some lights.  It helps our house is all natural gas.

I figure it is a lifetime investment the few hours I put on it.

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Re: Wanting to buy small generator
« Reply #18 on: August 17, 2015, 09:37:47 PM »
i have a honda eu2000I i bought at sportsman warehouse 3 years ago. used it 5 times. sold my travel trailer, so it just sits in reserve. I paid 999+ tax.  I could make ya a deal. pm me if interested
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