Repco - Scorpion gennies

Or within 1,000ks of the fanatics :)

Go the 4 stroke in any size.

that should read $30/100/150 discounts

I have a 950w 2stroke Scorpion ,now 2yrs old ,ducks guts and only 53db ,runs 12+ hrs on 1 tank / 4.5lt. price was somewhere round $200/220. only modification I have done is ditch the original crap plug for a NKG , made heaps of difference.

go the elcheepo bunnings

I put some pics on my web site of the different wave shapes from a couple of gennies. I have both a four stroke and a two stroke, The four runs longer on the same amount of fuel and similar loads.

www.bycompass.com

Go to the "of interest" page and find the gennie stuff.

I can't find anything wrong with the bunnings unit. The repco one is probably the same thing anyway, same mother different father.

Pooley

Theres been el cheapo diesel generators advertised at some of the local shops. Anyone got experience with them??

Cheesr
phil

For a start I would buy the Bunnings unit for the 2 year warranty. Secondly if you look closely they are all pretty much the same, because they all come out of the Yamaha Factory in China. If you don't believe me go to a Yamaha Outboard Dealer & look at the 2 stroke gennies & more importantly the large price that they want for them. You could buy at least 3 of the Bunnings 850 watt ones for the same price & probably with more warranty.

My understanding of the brand mentioned up top,is that the first models out had a plastic pawl in the ratchet for the starter rope.The firm I know of had every one it sold come back for that reason..The rope just "free-wheeled" after a few pulls..Unlike the long gone pre-historic models that you could wrap a hunk of rope around the pulley (which had a rope location slot) and pull start it.If they have gone to ever so costly expence of substituting metal for the pawl,no doubt,these gen sets would appear to offer good value as long as camping neighbourhood realionships are costed into the overall package..The name brand units Honda™,Yamaha™ etc are ever so quiet and reliable with top re-sale value also.Noisy gen sets and harmony on the trail when camping,don't always go hand in hand :-)RockyOne!MPG:6!

And on Thursday Aldi have their 2kW generators for $299

Yep no misprint..2kW - $299

Peter

yeah, I got that in yesterday's junk mail. Thing is, I bought the Bunnings 850w cheapie the other day for $98. Not out of the box yet so I could take it back - but just wondering about size etc.