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Originally Posted by Diemenz
Hope this isn't off topic but I was looking for some opinions on a generator.
I have a obscene amount of Home Depot gift cards and after about 2 hours of looking on the site I decided I know absolutely nothing about generators. I'm looking for something I can use to charge up the batteries on week long trips and is sub 100lbs.
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IMO, there's really only 3 choices in Generators. Of course Honda and Yamaha are at the top and they are excellent if you can swing it. If your going to go cheap then the Champion generators are the best of the chinese generators with the best support. (they can be purchased at Costco so of course easy returns)
Some have had good luck with Kipor, Generac, etc. but to me they are too close in price to a H or Y so you may as well spend a bit more and get them.
In other words, it seems to make no sense to me to buy in the middle ground, either go high end or go cheap. In any case for camping you want an inverter style generator that idles down according to the load required. Those contractor style are very noisy and will make your camping neighbours hate you.
Unfortunately, I don't think I'd buy anything that I see on the home depot site.
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