I bought a Honda 2200 this year and am super impressed with it. Quiet, efficient. But expensive.
I have both a Honda and Yamaha. The engineering on the Honda is space shuttle level. Honda calibrates the overload performance better than any company that I have seen. I would be very interested in seeing what they did with the 2200i. The Honda 3000i is the gold standard for performance and low sound level.
My Yamaha 3000iSEB has a battery boost feature that outperforms the Honda. The Yamaha is an old traditional motor/gen design that is very well implemented. I like the Yamaha but, if given the choice I would buy the Honda again.
My Honda is the 1000. It is over 10 years old and used for camping battery charging every season. The oil has never even darkened in it. I typically run the weekend with it and dump the oil. It only holds about a cup of oil. The first failure will be deterioration of the internal wire insulation. It is turning yellow now.
