Originally Posted by boraticus
"and half the cost of a Honda time will tell."
That would be correct. Time will tell.
I initially bought a brand new Chinese built Hyundai 2000is Inverter at less than half the cost of an equivalent Honda or Yamaha and was thoroughly impressed with everything about it except it's weight.
All was great for the first few hours of use. It was quiet, fuel efficient and provided good clean power. When it blew the inverter at around 85 hours, I was less impressed. Replaced the inverter with a new one under warranty then the magnets in the generator disintegrated at 175 hours, pretty much destroying the machine.
Needless to say I was considerably less impressed.
I ended up buying a Yamaha EF2000is inverter and it's going on 1500 hours so far. Initially it had issues with oil consumption that I closely monitored, measured and recorded. I kept a daily log of hours used, fuel & oil consumed. It took 900 hours of run time to finally reduce oil consumption to acceptable levels.
Initially, I'd need to add apprx. 2 oz. (60 ml) of oil every 25 to 30 hours of use. Now I can get a full 100 hour run with around the same amount of oil consumption if not less. More than happy with it now. It's quieter, lighter and more fuel efficient than the Hyundai machine and obviously much more durable.
It would be encouraging to hear of Chinese built brands that have the same quality and reliability of the Honda & Yamaha inverters.
Very happy with my Champion 2000, at least 5 years trouble free.