So we actually started kicking the idea around a couple weeks ago to get a small portable to go with the 5k (noisy, uses good deal of gas). Then we had the Labor day storm and lost power for 3 days, longest ever for this location in Stevens county. The Generac 5k worked well but the idea is the smaller portable could be much more easily deployed for those more common (but still rare) over night outages in the winter. Idea is to fire up the small one to run fridge a couple lights and the pellet stove, then if power is still out in the morning and its going to be a while, fire off the big noisy.
That is the back ground of my search for the best option available in small portables, and for the life of myself, I keep coming back to the Honda EU2200I and know even though more expensive, I will go into it with peace of mind knowing like many many others, I have made a wise choice (I think). I cant get past the Honda.
