Generac 3300i - Good, but not for my RV. I bought this to power my RV for dry camping, because the one from a different brand that I wanted was unavailable. Since it did not have a true 30amp RV connector, I bought an adapter to solve that.Unfortunately, this was not powerful enough to run the air conditioner in my 33ft travel trailer. It couldn’t consistently put out enough power through that connection to work. I wound up selling it and buying the Hudson Motors 3300, which had a true 30amp hookup and works beautifully.This is a nice little generator, ran well and is probably good for various types of uses, but did not work for my needs.
Great for power outages. I bought this generator a few months ago but never had a chance to try it out until hurricane Ian. I used the generator to power my refrigerator, to charge our electronics and to run fans, lights, the microwave and the coffee maker. It is great on gas on economy mode and is very quiet.It started very easily with pull cord (husband didn't realize it had electric start)I wish it would have come with wheels. At 109 pounds it isn't easily moved.I wish it had a gas gauge. I have no idea when it was near empty.All in all I highly recommend this generator.
It’s a good generator but came used. Purchased this after not having power for a few days after Hurricane Ian. The generator seems fine but it came used. How do I know you ask?… There was some oil in it, which smelled like it had been run. Some of the oil was drained out but it still had some in there. The gas tank was empty but smelled of gasoline. The box looked sealed and untampered with and it looked clean with no scratches, so I’m not sure what happened but it definitely was not brand new.I did change the oil, run it and change it again so the break in was done properly. It runs under load so I’m confident it’s okay.A few years ago I bought a 2200i and it came with no problems, brand new and with no oil in it.Amazon made it right.The generator is fine so this really isn’t a negative review about the generator.
Not worth buying. My son and I both bought generators at the same time, he bought a Harbor Freight Predator 3500 and I bought the Generac IQ3500.We wanted to see who got the better machine and hands down, he won.Both started, both had about the same noise but after that is what made the difference. His has wheels, fuel gauge and adapter plug. Mine I have to find a dolly to move it, have no idea when it going to run out of fuel and on top of that, I 6 months the battery died and had to use pull start which wasn’t fun.As mentioned in other posts, the internals were exactly the same.To this day, he laughs at me when I try drag this thing out to use it.
Didn't Quite Live up to Expectations. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with this backup battery, it simply doesn't supply enough power for what I purchased it for. That is my fault. My original intention was to use this to power my CPAP when camping and not having a power source available. I learned while using it that it can only power my CPAP machine, even with the humidifier and heater turned off, for about 7.5 hours. I was hoping for much more, but miscalculated the capacity when I purchased it. It does charge phones, tablets, etc., very well and for quite a few charges before needing to be charged itself. That is what I will be using it for in the future. Will consider purchasing a battery with much higher reserve and using a small generator to recharge it during the day in order to run my CPAP in the future.
