Since their introduction, I would bet that I have sold over 2000 Honda EU2000 and EU2200i generators. As of yesterday we have close to 250 homes that are off grid all year and about that many cabins in use from May to October. The Hondas (off grid) typically run 8 to 12 hours a day, all year long. One of my employees once calculated that the worst case "offenders" running their generators, would accrue the equivalent of driving a car or truck at road speeds around 450,thousand miles in a year. I'll let you do the math if you want. The op suggested that he would use a generator sparingly, so the above really does not affect his choices overwhelmingly. The people that are off grid get on average around two years out of theirs. Wonder how the others would hold up to that?
My guess is that it'd be about half that. Fuggin Honda, you can't beat their small engines...but you pay for them.
