Don't know much about Champion but I have heard of at least one person who bought one from CanTire and it didn't work. Then when he tried to return it they told him he couldn't because he already put gas in it! It took a lot of complaining before they allowed him to exchange it I think.
Anyway, it'll probably work fine. But like all bargain equipment the chances of it not working fine or not being very reliable are worse than with other, more established brands.
One more thing - cheap generators are very loud. Since you have to run them outdoors, be wary of local noise ordinances especially at night. Some dude in the neighbourhood a while ago decided to do some renovating late at night with various power tools. Somebody actually called the cops (not me) who came and told him to STFU. Needless to say that was the end of his reno work that night.
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