If you're planning on using it that little and only in an emergency, a cheaper crappy tire one does sound a little more appealing. Thoughts?

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LOL mine is brand new sitting in the box in my closet. I don't want to put gas in it until its really needed, as it will smell! It's just for piece of mind.

I still would go for the Costco warranty over trying to return it to crappy tire in the event you just don't like it

My neighbour has a Costco generator which he uses on camping and snow mobiling trips he likes it as it is relatively quiet but his biggest complaint with it is below minus 10 it is a real bitch to start but you won't have to worry about cold per se where your at

Powerhouse Generator
 

Hey, we have the Powerhouse 3100. I chose to buy it because of the remote start and price point over the Honda. I have had it to the shop a couple times because of how difficult it was to get it to start. Finally they put a new starter and automatic choke upgrade in and it seemed to work if the temp. was 15 degrees celcius or above. Seems any lower and it struggles to start. Right now I am not sure I could get it going this cold. Remote start is great when it starts up easily, mine is slightly louder than the Honda equivilent but it was $1000 cheaper than the Honda. Costco has a great return policy if you find its not for you or you are having issues. I bought mine from the RV dealer who just gave me a phone number. If I was to do it again, I would spend the money and get the honda. Just my 2 cents. My Powerhouse is a great machine when it starts like it should.

There is a nice box frame one at Walmart. 3500 watt Hyundai. For $300.


Mike

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couple questions if you haven't gotten one yet.

do you own your house? and do you have natural gas.

if so you may want to look at a automatic whole house generator.
the costco here has a 17000kw one with auto transfer switch and such, which would mean that you wouldn't even have to be home and you can pick which citcuts it powers. so you could power a few lighting circuits, fridge, tank, and some house heat if its electric or your furnace if it is gas.

if you only want a cheep one for your tank then costco has this one
http://www.costco.ca/Powerhouse%c2%a....10354949.html

it is a quiet one also.

Steve

Gosh you know, even if you have never taken it out of the box; you should still engine fog oil the machine once a year to prevent corrosion in the cylinders; most of the cylinders have something called "nikasil" it's a silicon carbide coating to help against ware, it works wonderfully to help give longevity to a "working motor" however if left they can corrode quickly.

Food for thought :wink: