Kipor Genset
Submitted: Tuesday, Jun 26, 2007 at 20:00
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chiko45
I recently purchased a 1000kw kipor from
Cairns I ran an evakool 90litre,Kelvinator 130litre tuckerbox,40lt Engle,1200mm fluro,two lead lights ,and a battery charger.two tanks of fuel per day for 10 days first few tanks lasted 5 hrs now getting 8 hrs out of a
tank approx (2.2 lt) made some funny noises at times butt did the job
well. When I got home I ran the engine to get it hot so I could service it then it would not start I have replaced the spark plug and it is running lucky I was not still up the gulf as I did not have a spare plug with me. I have now
Reply By: Member - Andrew (QLD) - Tuesday, Jun 26, 2007 at 20:24
Tuesday, Jun 26, 2007 at 20:24
A bit over-rated for the load isn't it?
Andrew
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Reply By: Member - Norm C (QLD) - Tuesday, Jun 26, 2007 at 20:51
Tuesday, Jun 26, 2007 at 20:51
Chiko, a good unit while it goes. I've had one one for about 2.5 years. It failed after about 15 months (12 month warranty). Inverter stuffed and I was quoted $800 to fix it. Primus, the importer, eventually fixed it for me free of charge, which was good. It failed again on a recent trip to
Borroloola. Not many Kipor (or any other) agents around there. We have since replaced it with a Honda.
It's likely the Kipor can be repaired and I probably will do it one day. But with the type of remote area travel we do, I don't want to try for a third time.
Not knocking the Kipor.
Mine did a great job if you leave out the two break downs. One of the great things Kipor had done is make Honda more competitive. Two years ago, a 1KVA Honda was around $1,600 (which is why I bought a Kipor for $800). You can now get them for around $1200 I think. A 2KVA was about $2,300. I paid $1,800 with a 5 year warranty.
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Follow Up By: Mike Harding - Tuesday, Jun 26, 2007 at 21:26
Tuesday, Jun 26, 2007 at 21:26
>One of the great things Kipor had done is make Honda more competitive.
Ner a truer word spoken Norm.
No question but that the Honda is a far better quality gen than the cheaper competitors BUT... it has been seriously overpriced for a long time.
Honda (as I have done in my niche area) adopted the philosophy of "charge what the market will bear" and that's fine but don't believe "you get what you pay for" because you may be paying a considerable amount more than the product is really worth.
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Follow Up By: Member - Norm C (QLD) - Tuesday, Jun 26, 2007 at 21:42
Tuesday, Jun 26, 2007 at 21:42
Mike, I don't blame Honda for 'charging what the market will bear'. When I ran a business (B2B), that was my philosophy also. It works too when you are market leader, but the competition always catches up eventually. Competition is a good thing though. Doesn't only lower prices. It also keeps smart market leaders on their toes to manage costs and continue innovation so they can continue to justify the higher price.
Honda may have lost a little market share, but the lower priced units have expanded the market. More people own generators today than ever before. Wouldn't have happened without low priced competitors. Some of those new owners (like me) will eventually upgrade to Honda.
Sounds like a good system to me.
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