Kipor Generators

Hi Nick, hope all is well down in Tassie now for you guys,the temps would be VERY different from those of where you were situated previously? We have had our Kipor1000w for some time now and so far so good. My mate has loaned it a few times to do some landscaping/ bricklaying jobs and its been tossed around in his work ute for a while and still performing well.
I've just done the first oil change on it and have been using Magnatec, the thing has been running as smooth as. SO FAR, I cant complain!

G/day Nick,have not used my 2700 much but had to have carby replaced as it was leaking fuel this was after it had been back for warranty for same reason not fixed so give it to local lawn mower place that i found selling them and paid for repairs myself,could not be bothered to be ginned around anymore & it has been good as gold since.
Cheers Bob.

We've had our 2000 for a few weeks, and it has done two trips.

Works like a charm. Runs the Heron 2.2 Aircon in the Van.

Can't fault it so far. Uses very little fuel.

Nick
I had a 1kva for just over 12 months and had it back to the local repairer twice (waste of time) and then back to the importer who fixed it properly but in my opinion it was dodgy and I could not trust it, it had only done about 10 hours. Sold it, and bought a Honda.

eerfree

Hi Nick,
We have owned a 1000 since may 2005 and have had no worries with it. It has had a far workout with inverter welders on our three month trip we had back in 2005. Also since then we have been back home and it has come in very handy with odd jobs when power is out.

Regards
Troopytrek

We have had a 2000 for a couple of years and find it great. It runs a caravan Heron 2.2 fine. An asquaintance has a 3000 and has been tavelling Australia for a couple of years using it every day to power his batteries for a 12v fridge and run TV etc and is also very happy with his.

I am sure there are some duds in Kipors, but I am equally sure there are some duds in Honda, Yamaha etc.

I bought it because it was less than half the price of a Honda, would do the same job and my research indicated that they were a good product and I haven't regretted it.

I also have a Waeco 12 V fridge ( my second one) and am also very happy with it and bought it for the same reason, that is research showed it was a good product and the price was much cheaper than the Engel.

Do your research, make your decision and chances are whatever you buy you will be happy with it. Generally we hear a lot from the wingers, but little from the satisfied customers and I bet some owners are the cause of their equipment failures.

Brian DJ

Am tossing up between a Kipor and an Engel ???

A bit off topic but was talking to a camping shop owner and he reckons that Honda don't make their gennies..... they supply their engines to Engel who then do the electronics etc...and of course Engels have the same Honda engine !!!

Or was he just a bit biased to his Engels ?? He also sold Kipors as well....

Hi Nick,
We had our Kipor 1000 for almost 12months, & it has done only about 25hrs run time over various camping trips, for battery charger/fan/heater etc etc, it has not missed a beat & runs very smooth.
Cheers Simon.

My Kipor 3000ti has done approx 100 hours , always starts and people always comment on how quiet it is. I broke the feet off the bottom and they were not engineered very well. My 100 hours have been in a salt air enviroment so will be interesting to see how it goes over time, only 2 years old now, no signs of anything. I think it is fair to say they offer good value but you wouldn't dare say they were built like a Honda or Yamaha.!