Aldi Generator

"Sound power level LWA/Uncertainty K:89 dB (A)/0.96 dB(A)"

At almost 90dB it's going to be noisy.

And what about spares in 18 months time?

Goddamn 90dB!! And I thought the little 700W Kipor I bought was noisy at 60 odd dB!!

Hi Road Warrior

They are tested to quite different specs / distances from the product , so its hard to compare , also differences in type of "db" used.

You can be sure though that price you aren't going to better the Honda's etc.

Honda 2 KVa will run air conditioning.

Depends on the aircon, my Honda 20i will run my Aircommand Wren which needs 1600w continuous but will not run my mates Dometic which needs 2400w continuous. Starts it and runs for about a minute and then the overload kicks it out.


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But obviously he doesn't want to spend $1700 on a high quality product that has parts availability 10 years down the track.

We have 4 Honda EU20i's in our service vans with the oldest coming up to 6 years and it's never missed a beat.

Aldi products and changeover/warranty normally very good, but 1 Kva useless !!

I wouldn't mind a dollar for every Honda EU1.0i that has been sold!

Me to, that's a lot of $$ but still uselless for a Air/cond

Yep. I have never even owned a 4WD with an aircon & travelled the outback without one for the past 35 yrs.
What is up with eveyone who needs aircon.

Yes I am married & my wife agrees!

I forgot to add that I am 53 & have NEVER bought a TV for home or in particular travelling.
I should add that I have been given a few hand me downs over the years but there is no way they will be going bush with us.
I am determined to go to my grave having never bought a TV.

You talking about my wife or the caravan? :)

hi bushranger 1
yep we are all softies
god mate you must have saved a fortune over the years no tv and no aircond
your probably smart and the irony is
there's no aircon in a casket
either so you will be well and truly used to those elements lol
cheers

So I shouldn't have bought my GMC 750W two stroke generator for $99 from Bunnings five years ago then? Despite the fact that it's still running well after many, many hours of use and has served my purpose admirably. I should have spent $1400 and bought a Honda instead although it would have done no more for me than the GMC - yes... I see the error of my ways now.

I'm with you Nigel, you got rripped off though, I only paid $98. I bought it for lights and to trigger the gas hot water on the occasion of blackouts. It works great, last two times the power has come back on when I got it out and put the fuel in.. you wouldn't bother spending big bucks for standby so it's horses for courses.

"you got ripped off though, I only paid $98"

Curses! Those damn salesmen were just too clever for me! :)

"it's horses for courses"

Exactly.

Mine is only used for battery charging when I'm bush. I take a large AGM battery which runs my camp (I might be out in a remote site for 2 or 3 weeks) and the GMC and a smart (stupid!) charger keep the battery going. Even if the gen failed it wouldn't matter much, I could either do without most of my 12V stuff or run the vehicle and do a temporary hook up to charge the AGM. To pay $1400 for a generator to do that would simply be a waste of money.

mine was $89 :)))

did us for about 3/4 years but eventually not up to the job and I gave it to a mate

excellent value but time came when I needed a better unit

Well fellow threadsters : I to had a gmc 9 '' grinder now binned ,petrol water pump binned , cordless drill ", " & so on . you dont need to buy the best that money can buy , just a fair price for a fair thing, it all come down to how much you use it . I have a brand name generator it runs my drill , water bore , small welder and has bun so for many years
& is still goes well , starts every time . I to use to think that the cheapies was a good option but as I said i,m well over that .
I would rather buy good s/hand .
P.S buy Australian & keep your mates in work !!!!!!!!