Mickey Blu generators

Rusty Iron.
Anyone can buy a batch of very very similar, if not the same generators and give bad or no warranty at a reasonably attractive price. Some reviews back this up. Look carefully at the features and panel/ controls so as to see other offerings the same. As soon as the key rating is stated as more than a similar size I would be very concerned if it was all true. Even with well known brands, parts are expensive, BUT, with a cheap brand no parts are/may be available so if a major component fails, all is lost. Is warranty availability real?
Why would someone use their own name as his name is Mickey and obviously it is Blue. So are Yamaha gens but they aren't Yamaha Blu. Perhaps a get rich easy money generator, maybe not. Go and physically look at similar/same generators and begin to gauge the benefits or disadvantages. Honda parts and Yamaha are fairly good quality components, are the cheaper ones also up there? Many of these come from the same Xi based source and rebadged and renamed to suit.
PS what happened to the "E". Should be Bloo!

Hi from WA. Mickey Blue had a retail
Outlet in Midvale. I cruised it a few times. From memory he said the gennys were manufactured by Hyundai. He also used to sell solar panels etc. He was a very talkative gentleman and very enthusiastic. Did I buy one? Yeah...nah. (bought a Honda )

Think JJAdv may have used them Rusty. Seem to recall a couple of threads he started on Exploroz.

........Searched and managed to find one of his threads: Sine wave generator testing

That led me to his Youtube channel:JJ Adv Youtube. See "Operation Power Kalbarri."

Don't know how you'd contact him but he seems like a very honest and straightforward fella who doesn't embellish.

Hi, I have a MB genny. I have used it remote and had no issues. Mick is an interesting guy. I guess he could be called eccentric. I actually don't know him that well, but he helped out with the Kalbarri project, he has helped me out with a few parts for other peoples gennys. Not that much really as they are very reliable, but he has most things available. He has a 5 year warranty, and he answers the phone..

I dont think his gennys are any worse that anyone else's. We also have Yamaha x2 in the family, and had far more trouble with those, and the parts were not available..

Would I but another MB, Yes, but I would also consider a Honda.. even another Yamaha in a pinch.. Honda make good reliable products, just expensive for what you get output wise.

The advantage MB has is they are 3.5Kva.. and they do actually do this, I have tested them on a meter. The Honda around the same class are 2.2.. just not enough for what most people seem to want these days.

I have no issue picking up the phone for a chat if required.. Mick did help us out getting generators, but we paid for them all. So I can be 100% honest.

I looked at the Hyundai site and they don't offer a 3.5kw generator, so hard to understand the claim the Mickey Blu is made by Hyundai. Perhaps there is an explanation! Do they make them but don't sell them?

Yes, the MB is made by Hyundai .. Like a lot of these companies, they make their own brand, and also "what label" to anyone who wants to have their own branded product.. this is very common in nearly every industry..

You can also ask for changes and improvements, for a cost.. for example, for a while MB was getting stainless fuel tanks, while the normal one had plastic tanks.

Here is a video of the MB generators being put together.. I found this on YT when researching generators..

BTW, they are Hyundai (Korean) but they are made in China..

as far as I am aware MB went out of business. Had a shop front for number of years in Mundaring (where I live) and then headed down the hill to Midvale.

after maybe a year or two it disappeared altogether and any google searches stated permanently closed.