marketing, kipor

I think the red ones are the square wave gens (less featured) whereas the yellows are the Honda equivalents.

Kipor makes two types of "Digital" generators in the 1000kVA range.

The cheaper Red Tg series - KGE980Tc maximum output 0.72kVA, 10kg
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and the more expensive Yellow Ti series - KGE1000Ti maximum output 1.05kVA, 14kg
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The Yellow one is 9db quieter, uses 55cc instead of 37cc motor.

Mike

Sorted in two series,i.e Ti series (Yellow SINEMASTER) and TC series (Red CAMPINGMATE).

Doesn't appear to be a marketing ploy but a different model standard within the make.

Not Kipor, but K-mart is selling a genny now for $599 with it states you can use a laptop etc with. Maybe a copy of the copy? I think I would feel better buying it at kmart than on ebay because if you have trouble you can just walk into one of their stores for an exchange or money back.
Tony

Yes I think whats happened here is that some of the larger retail chains such as Kmart or Anaconda have approached the distributors of Kipor about custom models for their markets. Obviously differentiated by Red and different wattage ratings these are aimed at the entry level market. I recently broke 2 of the rubber feet on my 3000ti and I believe this part of the generator is not built anywhere the quality and robustness of Honda and Yamaha, although the engine side of things they have been faultless so far. Mcfarlane Generators have been a great help with sourcing replacement bits for the Kipors.

Have a look at the new range of Engel ones. Honda parts and assembled by Engel as I understand.

The 1000w is $1299.00 (Good buying if you compare others)

Yeah, but I can only scrape together $800.00, so the Kipor 1000w looks good to me. Considering some are paying $98.00 at Bunnings for those noisy cheapies, I recon the Kipor is a good buy compared to the Honda or Engel, at over $1200.00

The Yellow Kipor 1000kVA Sinemaster is selling for $625 Buy-It-Now on eBay.

Mike