My distrust meter goes way up when there is one of the those checklist style comparison charts that omits key data to tilt the scale. I notice "fule injection or carburated" is mjissing from the chart. Unless the Predator has fuel injection, is it deception by omission.
In our business we called them “shit lists” and they are
always biased.
Much to my annoyance (as we own three Honda EU2000i, which are a grand each) Chsmpion and these Predator generators seem to hold up pretty well.
Looked at 240V inverters for our needs: there were not a lot of them. At the time, the Honda model (EU6500?) was carbureted and EFI is fairly new. It remains the only EFI model in that class. Running wattage is 5,500.
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The second competing machine we looked at was the Yamaha EF6300, which is carbureted with electric start. Running wattage is 5500.
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The other model we found was the then-new Briggs & Stratton Q6500. It was much less expensive, much lighter, but is pull start only, doesn’t have an easy way to lock it, and is only 5,000 running watts.
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Power outages are extremely rare in Boston: one two hour outage since 1998 in my personal experience. So we opted for the least expensive option - it’s still less than $1,400. Only run it for break in and exercise thus far.
But this new model would have been an interesting choice for our occasional use. Have an HF pressure washer that has worked well and was half the price of our DeWalt/Simpson.
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