Kipor Generators

You can also buy the Kipor off Novasmic via ebay. It's much cheaper, but you don't have a national network of service centres. Novasmic will pay for courier charges.

Mike

Peter,
I am going through the same thing at the moment. Checked out the Kipor 2kva on ebay, $950 delivered to Cairns. If there is a problem you can return it to Novasmic at their expense, but only for the warranty period. The Kipor dealer in Cairns gets them through Powerlite so they will only touch the Powerlite distributed gennies. They told me they will not even service the ones bought elsewhere once they are out of warranty. They coincidentally sell the same gennie for $1250. They are probably a good gennie but definately have warranty issues if your not careful.
I am now looking at both the Honda and Yamaha, so i will be watching this thread closely as well. The best price i can get for the 2400is up here at the moment is $1950, however the dealers have the upperhand due to Cyclone Larry. As quick as they hit the shelves they are gone. Your price does not sound too bad.

Cheers
Dave.

Another option which may be worth considering, is the Engel generators...

I believe these are Honda powered, w/- Sawafuji electrics...
(The "guts" of the Engel 'fridges is of course, Sawafuji)....

I'm also led to believe that the electrics in the Honda gennies are supplied by Sawafuji, so the 2 brands should be (more or less) identical in operation...

RRP on the Engels is...
1Kva.... $1299
2Kva.... $1699
(could probably do better with some haggling)...

I have a Honda (EU20i), but if I was in the market for a genny right now, I think I'd be having a close look at these Engels... I don't think warranty would be an issue.....

Regards, Ed. C.

I spied a Kipor Generator recently and it looked like a good bit of kit to me.

HOWEVER,..... after reading the above about how they support their product,,,,

I wouldn't have one as a gift.

Let's get real, Bunnings offer a two year guarantee on a $98 cheapie.

Seeing as I how started this I thought I would give the full story of what happened.
I'm in the fortunate position at the moment of just having sold an investment property and have purchased a 23 foot van ready for retirement. I was looking for a generator that would allow me to run the electrics in the van when required. The Kipor certainly looked the way to go. I visited MacFarlane Generators here in Brisbane on two occassions and spoke at length to 2 different sales reps. They advised me of the warranty issue but by the same token they stated they had only had 2 Kipor returned under warranty and for minor problems. Powerlite is mainly sold and serviced through lawn mower dealerships. MacFarlane sell Honda, Yamaha, Kipor (Powerlite), and several other brands. After speaking with the reps the Yamaha 2400iS was the best option for what I wanted. I didn't buy the Yamaha from them ($2000) but bought it from Trade Tools Direct ($1899), they even filled it with fuel and oil and ran it before I took it from the shop. Had I not had the money available at the time I most probably would have purchased the Kipor and taken my chances regarding warranty problems. I'm not sure how long they have actually been on the market in Australia so maybe none have yet run out of warranty to allow people to discover whether or not they were a good buy. If you are not intending to travel miles from the place of purchase the Kipor is probably a very good option. I can still remember the days when no-one would buy anything Japanese because it was always considered crap, now look at how much Jap stuff in on the market, and the excellent value for money they provide.
Good luck with whatever unit everyone decided to go for

In todays junk mail AussiAuto has the new 1kva Scorpion digital inverter generator for $699 ,,4 stroke ohv 58db eco throttle 13.5kg ect ect ,,Australian made ,,looks like a honda except is coloured yellow.

Hi to DaveNQ & Crazy Dog,

You might be interested to know that the Cairns waranty agent for Primus Kipor is, Tim The Toolman. I found him to be very helpful, he had my 1000ti back in 2 days, faulty on off switch. I'd be very surprised if he wouldn't service an out of waranty gen.
Anyway, give him a ring for advise, as he doesn't sell them.
If I had my time again, I would have got the Honda. The Honda is definitely quieter and smother.
I first time I needed the gen to run, cyclone Larry, it wouldn't start because of the switch. The next time was camping last week, ran for an hour and then stoped. Because my mate had his old Honda, we used that instead. After getting home, I found the plug was gummed up ? We were running 2x 39L Engels and one fluro light.
It's actually running now at the moment, after cleaning the plug, with 250W load aprox, been doing that for 2 1/2 hours so far. Go figure ?

Cheers,
Bob.

Look's the the ebay reseller (novasmic) is ramping up...

this website has the same contact details as novasmic

www.kipor.com.au/