Looking at a more portable generator to haul to the track. Tired of loading/unloading my 130# Generac by myself. Looking at harbor Freight 1400w and 2000w units. About all I do is run the charger on the car between rounds and maybe a droplight. Would it be worth the extra money for the 2000w?

Thanks!

Thankfully there are other quiet gens available now. Personally I’d go with their 2k unit. Our Honda eu2000 is at least 20 years old. Comes in handy if the power goes out. Both fridges and the dish satellite is easily powered up. I run it once a month and keep gas around for it just in case.

Thanks Jay!

I’ve got the comparable Yamaha inverter 2000 and it’s been flawless for 15 years so I’d say get the Honda or Yamaha. It’s powered the home essentials many times during power outages. Buy another and you can run them in parallel if needed. I run mine several hours keeping the race car batteries topped off and only use half a tank of gas. You can find the exact consumption rates online but they’re very thrifty so don’t need to carry extra ethanol free gas with you to the track.

I'm mainly worried about just running a charger at the track. I have my 3500w Generac for home, just tired of loading/unloading it by myself when it's time to go racing.

Plenty of Harbor frieght 2000's around at the track. They run a charger with no issue. I've even run my roof air with one.
Doug

Honda eu2000 here, works every time.

I have two larger Hondas and love them. Never an issue one is years old now and never given me any issues. I would not be afraid to buy a used Honda personally if you cant swing new.

The Hondas are definitely the best but they are pricey.. I had an old Coleman unit in my trailer for years but it was noisy. ( I still have it ) A few years ago I bought a Predator / Harbor Freight 1400 it works great and is fairly quiet . I runs my battery charger , small compressor , electric impact , lights in the trailer etc. and its pretty light and doesn't take up a lot of room in the trailer.

I use 29 lb 1000 watt Honda. 2000 is 43 lbs. Harbor Freight 1400w sounds like you. No on the 2000w.

My home gen is Honda powered. Way better than the B&S one I had before twice the power and uses less gas.
Honda small gas engines rule.
I have used the small Honda ones on job sites without problems

A little history on the now discontinued 2000 watt Honda generator. I’ve had mine probably 24 years or so and I runs every weekend I race and sometimes for days at my house. I bought a 3400 watt champion inverter generator just in case I need a little more power for the motorhome. I can’t remember the last time I ran my Onan generator in the motorhome. And yes the Preditor inverter generators are very nice too.


https://www.elephantenergy.org/honda-eu2000i-review/