Chinese Inverter Generators

I suppose you get what you pay for & apparently there are numerous factories in China exporting gennys. Most of the Honda & Yammy look alikes or copies are OK. I have one & never had a problem over 4 years. However mine is 10 KG heavier than a Honda. I think it is 64 to 67 decibells (noisy as a lawn mower) a lot noisier than the Honda. I carry two ext. leads & put it well away from everyone. But the Chinese model I have was not expensive $601 on Evil Bay & I picked it up from Melbourne. This Generator is rated at 3 KVA maximum & about 2700. normal operation. It will do what most Honda 2 won't & that's run the heating or A/cond, lights & microwave without tripping out. It does not have the warranty the Honda has or the resale value but who cares at the price you buy them for IMO.

I use a couple of Kipor gennies which have been great over a period of 5 years, they aren't made as well as a Honda but are better than the no name Chinese brands. When's it's too good to be true....???? It is..

Heaps of them on ebay at the moment,, quoting twice the power output of the "usual" brands at sometimes half the price. Make from that what you will...

Any particular brand?

ob

Hi Lester,

In my line of work, I have tried Chinese replacements for some of our parts.

My experience is that the Chinese copy has obviously been reverse engineered so they dont fully understand why certain parts are designed or have the characteristics that they do.

The Chinese built equipment also had varied degrees of quality, some not bad others poor, this reflects to a poor QA program.

The Chinese mostly reverse engineer products which means that RD (improvements to the product) isnt being supported.

I personally believe that if we (consumers) want better products, then we shouldnt ever buy reverse engineered products, Look for quality and for companies prepared to do R n D.

If not then itll be a race to the bottom of the quality barrel.

Cheers Wilko