I will never purchase anything from Harbor Freight again (If I can help it).... enough said about that!
I have 2 P4500i Onan Cummins Inverter generators. I have 2 of them so I can pair them for 50 amp service. I usually run only 1 at a time, very, very seldom have I had to run both, but I have them for the 50 amp Fifth Wheel (just in case).
Meanwhile, the Onan is a little more pricy. Dry weight is a little over 100 pounds. I used one of mine just this last week-end. It ran for 36 hours and used 6 gallons of fuel. I filled the gas tank up every 12 hours, and each time, it was only 2 gallons. I was greatly impressed with that. Mine over about 5 years old now and used sparadically. Sometimes they get used a lot and sometimes they sit for months. I've never had to service them (yet), still running on the original spark plug and battery. I do keep the generators plugged in with the electric trickle charger that comes with the unit to keep the battery fully charged all the time. I have (in the past), kept the units unplugged for up to 6 months, and the batteries still turned over the units with no problem at all. Still, when I remember, I keep them plugged in, and I do run them them for about a half hour at least monthly (when I remember). But when needed, they always function as expected.
Yes, they may be a little more pricy, but they are darn good generators that won't give you any problems or issues for years and year of service. I use ramps to pull them up into the bed of my pick-up truck. When traveling with the trailer, they travel inside the camper. I've never, never, never had gasoline odors inside the camper. In the Winter at home, they are kept inside the house. Never any odors.
When I turn them off, I always shut the gas off first and let the engine starve itself out of gas. Once the stops sputtering and finally shuts off, I know the carberator is empty, no gasoline will gum it up and then I shut the power button off.
That is the only maintenance I've done to it.
I highly recommend the Cummins Onan P4500i for a good household and RV generator. And the portability allows me to take it with me when I need electricity for powering my power tools when I need electricity and there is none available.
Fyi.... the Westinghouse 4500 inverter generator is suppose to be identical. It's priced a little cheaper. I've not been able to find any complaints about the Westinghouse 4500, but for the lesser price.... I still think there must be something different. Still, I've heard zero complaints about the Westinghouse. It's worth looking into also.
with a control box to connect both but usually just carry 1. One ensures hair dryer or coffee maker, or 1 AC will with soft start will work. We carry the second when we think we might need it like at a 30A campground in summer or they might have iffy power.
