I guess you need to define "portable." I am not all that up on generators, but I have never seen a 7000+ watt gen that I would consider to be portable. Now the Honda 2000w, that is portable...

I would categorize the Honda 3000W as luggable. One guy can move it, but for me, some grunting is necessary. I use a dolly to move it more than a few feet.

The 2000 looks MUCH more manageable for one person to move.

We are coming up on 19 hours on generator power and all is well.

We are open for business, although most of the town is still without power.

So far, the consumption rate with what we have connected is about 1 gallon per 4.5 hours. If this holds, it will be just under $20 per day to keep the generator going.

Just out of curiosity I looked to see how much they weigh. Does this sound about right?

Honda 3000 + Fuel is around 160lbs.

Honda 2000 + Fuel is around 54lbs.

Honda 3000 - Yes.

Bummer.

I keep the generators chained to a fixed object 100% of the time for fear of the same. I didn't buy wheels so they are harder to move, but I have them set in fairly permanent locations. If I was in the habit of moving them, a wheel kit would be a big help.

I agree with you, genetators are a hot item for thieves.

About 3 years ago we lost a new Honda 3000 (still in the box), on a weekday afternoon, from a locked covered trailer, within a locked compound, within sight of a security camera!

Very bold, we never recovered it and or caught the culprits.

Mike

Honda is the way to go. Damn good generator. We test 'em hard down here in hurricane alley.

Craig.

Sounds like an inside job...

Hi OBG,

I had a feeling you were going to say that and I think you are correct!

The storage yard is in a rural industrial park surrounded by 5 other large companies with lots of traffic around. It would be easy for a person to slip-in to our compound unnoticed, as long as they did not go through the front gate (they cut through the rear fence).

A year after the generator was stolen we lost a Honda ATV the exact same way, DUH!

I now store only my largest work equipment there (e.g. boats on trailers, trucks), the more portable items I store at my residence.

Mike

We are 52 hours into our test. So far it has been very realistic.

The estimate we have been given is 72 more hours to go without power.

I have been refueling every nine hours, about two gallons.
Without a doubt, Honda gets my vote. Super quiet, easy start, easy fueling, fuel efficient and most important, wife approved for ease of use.

It was a confirmed tornado that took out this tree



and seven others in our yard (found three more) Then it skipped over our house and did the same thing in the next four yards. Dozens of large trees where toppled or sheared off at about 20 feet up. Several crashed across power lines, taking them down.

Amazingly and thankfully, nobody was hurt and no homes were seriously damaged from what I could see.

The dogs posed in the picture to give is some scale.