Can it run a Kuerig Cofffee maker..

Champion generators are known to last quite some time and are a good quality brand. I had a 3000 watt champion generator given to me that had been sitting outside for a few years uncovered and neglected, I cleaned the carb put new oil in it and it fired right up. I tried putting it under load and it ran flawlessly while under load.

Every winter when real cold or ice mixed with snow is forecasted I bring my 900 an my 1800 Harbor freight non-inverter generators inside the house to keep them warm with clear plastic covering them ,if needed they will start quicker when taken outside!!!!

I got this model on Offerup for $80.00. 2012 model. After cleaning the carb and oil change I tested it. The Armature doesnt use brushes. No sparks. That's good. Fuel burn at 600 watts resistive load 17oz per hour. 2 hours per quart or 8 hours per gallon. Do the math. Nothing else at this price point goes this good. On a backfeed test the little genset powers the fridge and the Natural gas furnace. Lights Modem Tv Computers. They say it won't or isn't recomemded to power the fridge and furnace however this has not been my experence. It has a Capicator for loading the field current and it work very well. Someboby reported these are showing 4000 plus hours service life. I ordered for $20 aliexpress a propane/Natural gas carb kit and have plans to run it off Natural Gas, some fabracation needed. I painted it flat black and made it look bad. I installed it in an outside barbaque box and have the fuel tank removed and mounted on top of the box so fuelling on the go is safe. Everybody should own one. Make it ugly so the theves will think twice. This thing gets my vote.

It seems they have updated this generator in the past 3 years, it looks nearly the same but now has 2 outlets and a digital power readout instead of a gauge. Engine wise it all appears to be the same machine. Just picked it up at Canadian tire tonight after our 3rd outage so far this winter. I only want to run a few lights and charge stuff/run the modem. It seems to be fairly quiet. 1 hour in I'm pretty happy. I used the 10w30 it came with but I'll switch it out for 5w30 synthetic in the daylight lol hopefully it lasts several years, but the price was right. $349 at Canadian Tire, but the price increase isn't too surprising given the last couple years of inflation haha

Outstanding!

Thanks for the demonstration showing how easy it is to use.

Those chokes are confusing sometimes, I don't know why they can't just put a label on there that says choke on, and choke off, rather than those silly pictures.

Mine is a 3000 watt and I love it. They'll last for yrs if you take care of it. I was told to run it once or twice a month to keep it running right. And drain all the gas before storing. And the carbrator to.

Ive had mine running on rainy days my solar panel keeps my invertor going.but today i started it up it ran for 5 minutes n turned off.the pull cord seem s to have half the pressure now ..it wont kick over either.any ideas would be helpful.

Just picked one up today for 100 off Facebook.. Was being sold as not working properly. Cleaned the carburetor and bowl it runs like a champion. Going camping tomorrow

so its 30 below zero and your wasting your generator on a freezer?

ivee got 5 canadian winters and 7300 hours on mine. conks out around -25C

Just wondering how it worked out ,still going good?

Bought one back in 2003 for $100 brand new from the car parts store. Went great with my small solar. Work with my 940 watt battery charger no problem. Had it for 8 years, I sold it, sorry I did that. Best little generator out there for the money. I think I change the oil once or twice that's about it. Never had any problems with any carburetor or anything getting sticky in there, everything worked just great! I'll say it again. I never had a problem with mine in 8 years. One last thing. I thought the prices would go down, when sales go up. But apparently not!

I just bought this same exact generator for $180 on amazon to deal with these ridiculous california PG&E power cutoff hostage situations.

It’s been over a year now, are you still liking it? Looking to buy the same make and wattage

Predator 4000 watt generators are selling for 269.00. Wether your Leary of Harbor Freight Predator Generator on the + side it’s about 100lbs dry although many gen sets out there are Chinese made. When you buy a Predator gen set the engines are 100% Honda clone using the older Honda molds. From experience I look at how we’ll Generators are built and they were awarded the last 3 years on price reliability performance and problems and they are solid units. One example Champion has a duel fuel 5,500 max 4,000 running watts output for 700+. I have a Predator 8750 max 7,000 running watts on sale I paid 499.00 + tax and spent 30.00 on a Chinese duel fuel carb and besides gas it runs LPG and NG. The duel fuel carb on most hybrid Generators have Chinese carbs and the ironic thing is people frown on Chinese made when In Fact Honda gen sets are very good and very high in price because their very solid units. If I’m going to buy a generator I’m looking for the most watts at a much lower price I’m not paying for a Name I’m paying for what I need reasonable. My Predator 8750 is now hybrid will run Tri fuel and if you buy my wattage generator and a Champion or Westinghouse you will pay around 1,000.00 for the same thing mine will do. Now you bought a Champion one outlet 1500 max for a little more then a Predator 5500max 4,000 running watts with 2 or 3 110 plug ins 1 14-30 amp outlet and 1 110 240 3 prong RV outlet. You can run 3 times the power on less money.

My bad, you did say 10W-30. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3mbhZ6NeK-Chpo

Is there a specific kind of oil for it or the same kind you use for a lawnmower?

Viewing from Vancouver Island in B.C.I agree the choke instructions very confusing.I just purchased the 1200 too.I can run the pellet stove together with laptop and internet modem or microwave on its own.The oil fill must fill slowly! check oil on mine with cap not screwed in. Thanks for vid

current top API rating is SN Plus. in case anyone is wondering what brand of oil to use. helps weed out the crummier oils.

I have the same one. After I put the rubber feet on, is now higher on the engine side. Yours that way?

sorry but this was not a good product. I returned mine, 40 start attempts and only 1 start and the engine shut off within 5 seconds. Help line couldn't resolve the issue, and Lowes in store help couldn't start it either. Pre purchase research showed this to be a highly rated product. After having the problems and looking online further, I found many people had the same problem I did.

Is it good out in the cold wanna use one for ice fishing bud let me no thanks

How do you power your furnace with it?

Thank you for the review, can it handle cold weather operation even if it's left outside for hours? I just bought one on Kijiji for $200 and I plan on using it for winter camping.

Right on you guys,bet yer Pop giggled his crazy giggle when he saw this.