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Planning on using on my farm to run power tools and at home to run appliances for a few days as needed. In 5 years, my power has been out maybe 8 hours lol. But need it for the farm and being able to run a freezer if power was off for a few days would be nice. So throwing this out to the campfire experts. Which one is best in this size range?
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I have a Generac IQ2000 that’s been a damn good generator
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I've got a Honda 2800i that has done well by me. It's not as quiet as the real expensive units, but it works great and is safe for electronics.
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Go bigger, you can never have enough. I got a 3500/4000 Champion? Or whatever TSC carries.
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Kurt, I bought a Generac GP 3300 last fall for my camp trailer use it isn't as quiet as those honda 2k-2.2k units but it didn't cost $ 1000+ either. I think I paid $379 at Menaeds for it. Mb
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I got banned on another web site for a debate that happened on this site. That's a first
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The Champion 3500/4000 does what i need.Good generator for the money.
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He asked for the best “2,000 watt generator”.
The answer is Honda.
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Do not get the Ryobi 2000 watt Inverter Generator.
It does not put out what they advertise
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Yep, the Honda eu20i is the best. Just don't make the mistake of leaving old fuel in the tank & carby bowl.
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1. Honda
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3. All the rest
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He asked for the best “2,000 watt generator”.
The answer is Honda.
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Honda, I have two of the 3000is and you can get a cord that allows you to link them, so that one just idles until the load increases and it is needed. The same setup is available for the 2000is, you may later decide to get another 2000, and link them up for 4k amps.
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^^^^^^^^X2^^^^^^^ I have the Honda 2000 red suitcase generator and a Honda 3500 for bigger loads. I've run a refrigerator on the 2000 but it wont start a circular saw or other heavy power tools. I woudnt buy any other unless the price was 1/2 of the Honda, then you could buy 2 for when the first one quits an you.
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Honda EU2000i period full stop.
Mine runs a circular saw no problem. Sometimes if there's other stuff running I have to feather the trigger on startup. Runs a Makita 10" chop saw no problem too.
My cabin is 100% off grid, and the Honda 2000 is what I've run on for 10 years for about 6-8 weeks per year. Temps from -35 F to +85 ish. Usually runs 10-12 hours a day, with an oil change every 50 hours. I think I'm over 700 hours or so now- lost track of counting the blinking light on startup (counts one blink for every 50 hours).
The only think I couldn't run was a POS Craftsman air compressor that would spike on startup... about 50% of the time, it would run, the other half, it would pop the breaker.
Heck I even run a little Lincoln buzz box welder on it, and no issues whatsoever.
FYI P=V x I Watts = Volts times current (amps). Therefore, 20 amps on a 110V circuit equals 2200 watts. So, a generator with 2200 starting watts will power anything that can be plugged into a standard 20A household outlet as long as everything is operating properly.
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I went with the Honda EU2200i (newer version). You can couple with a 2nd one down the road for more power if you wish and they're easy to move around compared to the larger ones. Also, if one breaks down, you're not chit outta luck!
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Got my 2000 Honda runnin now. Great little rig.
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I have a 3500W Champion. I got it because it was the smallest one I could find that put out 240V. In an outage, I need 240 to run the well pump.
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Planning on using on my farm to run power tools and at home to run appliances for a few days as needed. In 5 years, my power has been out maybe 8 hours lol. But need it for the farm and being able to run a freezer if power was off for a few days would be nice. So throwing this out to the campfire experts. Which one is best in this size range?
Btw kurt, it’ll run my microwave, air conditioner etc in my camp trailer
Ping pong balls for the win.
Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable
I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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