Generator Honda eu10i or Yamaha ef1000i

Dave

We've had a Honda 650 for years ... great little job. Don't know anything about the Yamaha but expect it'd be a good unit. Is it 2 stroke?? If so noise may be a problem. The Honda is very quiet ... 8 metres away and you can't hear it over the surf. Need to be in the bush to hear it and then it's not too bad.

Cheers

Hey Dave
We have a Honda Eui10 and before that had a little honda 350. Still have the 350 actually. The Eui10 is so quiet we set it up over the bank and about 20 metres away and run it throught he day to charge batteries and run the fridge and sometimes at night to run some lighting. During the day we leave the camp and come back and I find myself running over to see if the thing is still going. I have ramped it up under load and while the noise increases it is not significant or annoying..
I looked at the yamaha when I was buying, it is a good looking little unit but couldnt see much difference really.

cheers David...........

Hi dave i bought a yamaha 2800 inverter model in december and the dealer i bought it of is a yamaha and honda dealer and he wouldnt sell me the honda they have had a few problems with the inverters packing up and to replace them costs neally as much as the generators worth.A mates old man bought a honda about a year ago and its been back to get fixed about four times so far.

IMHO
Have seen both in action....very similar noise etc. etc., but I believe the Yamaha is more economic to repair if ever necessary.
A friend who sells them both said he would go for the Yamaha as it was a later design and they learnt from the mistakes of Honda.
I do know the Hondas are horribly expensive to repair....
Hope this helps
Cheers

Hi Dave
I own a ef 1000 and it is a lot louder(more of a deeper low pitched sound) than the eu10i that my mate has as for the service from the yamaha dealer in Perth that I brought it from well This is the second unit that I Have owned ( the first had to be sent back twice for the same problem ) I would buy a Honda next time

Jack

Hi Jack66
Could you elaborate on the problems you had, I have just purchased
the yamaha & it hunts a lot when first started ,but settles down when
under load on economy
Friar

Dave,
A lot of good feedback (on the caravan forum) from people who have the GMC 850, only costs $198.00 from Bunnings.