Cheapest Generator on AMAZON 2024 - But is it WORTH IT? 

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Bought my 1st Honda 2000 generator on June 2001 Have over 11,000hrs on it. Pull rope replaced once and two spark plugs. Oil change every 100 hrs and still runs great. I do have a second Honda 2000 so I can parallel them together for A/C in my 5th wheel trailer.

I did the same thing in 2022 and the one I found was $225. Looked very similar but it was light blue in color and had different controls. Luckily for me I thoroughly examined it before actually trying to start it. I added a little fuel and started smelling it really bad immediately afterwards. I had to completely tear it down to access the fuel tank. What I found was a bad O-ring on the fuel outlet that was dripping fuel directly onto the front panel's electronics. I fixed it with a new O-ring easy enough, but if I had started it and walked away (like you would with any generator) it would have at least destroyed itself and possibly burned my house down too.

Honda is undoubtedly excellent, but it is too expensive. I would be more willing to purchase Aceup Energy, as it is more cost-effective and affordable compared to Honda.

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Pro tip" it's amazing what a little extra distance can do for noise. If you are camping, just use a slightly longer power cord and place the unit on the other side of your car.

I have two Honda generators. One is at least 15 years old. Yes it was expensive. It cost almost $1100 back then. But It’s quiet and sips gas, it will run 6-8 hours on 1.1 gallons of gas. We power a travel trailer with it and use the trailer in temperatures as cold as teens or 20’s during hunting season. When gas soared over $4 a gallon that really saved us money.

If you ran the battery down on your car and you had the Aceup with you you'd probably figure out what that 12V outlet was for provided you had the battery charging attachment.

When we used to go camping, the idea was to bring a small box and place it over the generator. Worked Miracles regarding noise.

Another great review. Thanks!

I run a couple of Firman generators, they are great quality.

Have 2 of these little Hondas and they’re excellent. Expensive yes but are very reliable and quiet.

I use a harbor freight generator and I could not be happier about its performance.

I used to sleep near an 18-cylinder diesel engine and it was the best sleep while running. You guys have to stop being so damn fragile.

I have a question regarding MLV, which I know you are a huge advocate of. I would like to know your thoughts on the comparison between MLV and Tecsound SY, which comes in a 10kg per square meter version. Which would you recommend as the best material between two layers of drywall? Again, many thanks for all the great content you've produced on RU-vid!

Thanks so much for sharing this! I don’t know a lot about generators, but I feel like you explained the pros and cons in a way that even a dummy like me can understand!

I have a Firman with roughly the same specs. I built a ventilated box for quiet use at night. I live in FL and have had a few extended power outages over the last 5 years. I run my (non-inverter) monster jennie during the day and scale down to my 2200 watt Firman at night (or light use).

Your thumbnail stated, "This can't be legal." Was it legal? What aspect of legality was in question?

Just remember, cheap doesn't mean anything when it comes to repairs. Eventually that will need service. When you take it to a small engine shop and they laugh in your face, do not say I didn't tell you so. I refuse to work on this type of equipment. Finding parts will be impossible. If ANYTHING goes wrong within 5- 10 years, good luck. At least HONDA has been around for years and I can still get parts for them. Throw away mentality here.

Great video! I am currently working on converting an all aluminum empty trailer into an rv/toyhauler. I’m wondering how I can achieve the highest thermal protection and best sound deadening properties. I’m building in from the aluminum shell and every inch I can save in wall thickness and every ounce I can save in weight is precious. Imo saw in another vid you encourage new questions, so I thought I’d just leave my question here. Thanks for the very informative material 👍👍👍

Glad I bought the Honda EU2200i back in 2018. It's super quiet and very reliable. Never looked back. Just me. 😊

Amazing! Thank you.

I could see it for a trailer/camping, but not household backup. These things don't reduce the noise that much. I found the most effective noise suppressor to be distance, as in putting it in the garage on the far side of the house away from the bedroom with an exhaust extension to the outside. For the price of this "quiet" generator, I got 4400 watts and can run the whole house off that.

Let's see, my honda EU 6500 is 29 years old, I'm staying with Honda.

Buying this

Yeah I have one of those generators I put 30 hours on it and then went to pull it the next day the pull rope broke didn't think it was a big deal but it'll cost you about $300 just to fix the pull rope because you have to take the entire thing apart to get to The recoil assembly

The Honda is running at a lower RPM in all the tests you did.. that would probably indicate lower power output from the engine... Should also do a a max output load test to see if it will even do the rated amount. Harbor Freight often has deals on similar generators.. You can get a warranty and a local place that will exchange it if it breaks in that warranty time. For the slight premium in price there I would probably do that. I have a couple HF gens.. one tailgate model.. a little 2 stroke one.. its over 10 years old.. still runs great. I added a small fuel filter and changed the fuel line to some better stuff when I got it. The second is a 2400 Watt Inverter gen... also works great. One feature that seems to be missing on these now.. is a separate fuel shut off.. If you are not using them regularly.. being able to drain the carb of fuel by running it dry will vastly lengthen its life before a cleaning is needed.. especially with ethanol fuel.

How about building a quick tripod to place over the generator and draping it with a tarp and a blanket? To muffle the sound. I guess you would have to make sure air gets in to this small tent, made from sticks and paracord + blankets. Just an idea. This would also stop rain or snow from reaching the generator. Anyway great upload thx!

Living in a state where non-ethanol gas is not available at the pump, my first questions for any off brand or cheap generator: Are spare carburetors available? How Much are they? and How easily are they changed? One thing about Honda is that their parts are ubiquitous. Ont eh other hand, I do like that this unit does not seemed to be hindered by the ticking clock of a non-user replaceable CO sensor.

Noise,simple.Make a small folding insulated screen,to put around the generator.

What uses 12 volts ? Car radio, CB radio A great deal of ham radio equipment ( with global coverage)

I bought the Westinghouse iGen2200 6-7 years ago for HALF the price of the overpriced Honda and it works just as good. Great little generator!

I will agree Honda makes a great generator BUT it's out of most peoples price range. Like you said you could buy 4 of the Chinese generators to 1 Honda. How you break a generator in and maintain it plays into how long they will last. I own two Pulsar generators they work great.

I bought this today off Amazon, will not be using it everyday so I hope it works out

The usb issue you claim is actually not, what is happening is the most popular charging cord is usb to usb-c this is the most average used around the world especially rhe USA. This is because most people buy devices of middle and economy versions. High-end devices and newer as of now have usbc just takes time to catch up. And it's proven usb-c are easy to damage so also low end products support what each other used. Its just simply facts.

I bought 400 of them generators and now I run the entire Town's power source take that Honda

Love Honda

cheap tools surely work, the question is for how long. Quality products often last much longer.

Thanks for these vids. I have a room in the basement where I play guitar. I want to keep noise from leaking out, mostly through the ceiling and ceiling HVAC vent to the main floor. Since it's mostly about keeping airborne noise in, would those high density acoustic tiles do anything? And I still haven't figured out the vent... Maybe attach an insulated air deflector to it? Thx

When the power is out you want to power your main thing that is going bad after a few days. Your refrigerator, tv, lights and charge cell phones. With any grid down or an emergency situation when you don't have power for a few days everyone's having a cookout. Because there's stuff in the refrigerator and freezer is going bad fast. After that everybody's rushing to the store to wipe out what's left if any is left at that point of groceries. Trying to run this cheap Chinese inverter generator for a few or several days when you've got a lot of money in the refrigerator and freezer. And on top of that is vital. You be lucky if you could run a full size refrigerator freezer with this Acer. But the Honda 2200 does and I've tested it on a 50 ft 10 gauge extension cord a full size refrigerator freezer. also with a big 19" fan running and kicking on a Skil saw. Honda is commercial grade. You better buy a few of these cheap Acer generators because if you go the cheap route you're going to need a few spares when they break. I first went the cheap route and bought 2 new cheap Chinese inverter generators and they both run on propane. One was the dual fuel and the other one was propane only. If you know anything about fuels propane is superior to gasoline. It doesn't have all those gasoline, carburetor, needle and seat, stale fuel, hard to start, no start, flooded engine, crankcase full of gasoline and more gasoline problems. The 1 dual fuel New cheap Chinese inverter generator I had stop making power. The overload light would come on right when it would start up it would still run but it would not make any power. The other small portable generator propane only. The engine locked up you couldn't pull the cord it was extremely tight. I've lost some time and money but the valuable lesson I learned. You get what you pay for and this is when I went with a new tri-fuel Honda. That I only run propane on because it's the superior care free fuel. That's been years ago and I haven't looked back since. Hondas are so good and extremely dependable and built for longevity. I now have a few of them. And of course all of them only run on propane. I even sell Honda tri fuel new generators on the side. On Facebook Marketplace if you're interested in one leave me a message thanks. You can also look up my name and search Honda eu2200i in Roanoke Virginia on Facebook Marketplace in the search bar. The price is 123, 456 and has the blue rubber cap beside the carry handle. I've got a few ads on Marketplace.

Any 12 V device! 12 V devices are usually found in RV's and campers, like coffee makers, lights, and tools. Don't forget about running your Ham Radio rig from 12 V.

the 12-volt hookup is great for when you have a dead car battery

the honda tone frequency reminds me of some youtube sleep frequency videos...so that may be another use for it...however, $300 is a very good deal...

Please tell me, what kind of oil does the Aceup require?

Seems the ACE is running too fast. Did you verify the Frequency at each gen?

I love my HONDA generators.

One Question I would like to know is if the 12 Volt DC Plug will efficiently use the entire power output potential of the Generator, or not, for charging a Battery Bank. Or would that be a waste of gasoline? - T

Its strongly seems to me, but I maybe missing something. The cheaper machine was running more than a few more revs higher compared to the Honda. Therefore more noise. Honda make very nice products but yes higher price. Do compated with other branded machines how does the cheap yellow one compare would be a more accurate comparision.

Great video dude except for one or two very big bloopers but more about that in a tick but for me personally the EU2200 Honda Generator is by far the best choice as far as noise level and performance is concerned with a realistic run time between 3.2-8.1hrs albeit shorter than the stated 10hrs from the running time of the AceUp AI 2300 which as most of us can agree there needs no further comparisons nor introductions that should be necessary. Although if you are being entirely honest in respect of your presentation dude then you've kinda let the cat out the bag so to speak when you stated at 1:23 'and just to let you know this is not a sponsored video' which certainly does not come across as entirely accurate revealed by the hashtag alone. It's only when we are being presented with the AceUp AI 2300 generator compared to the Honda EU2200 then the blatantly obvious elephant in the room is in your statement dude that you made at 3:05 before immediately recommending the latter for the Honda generator but with no AceUp generator in sight, would it not be fair to say that if this is not a sponsored video then could we ask you to pull the other one dude?? 😆👍

The real issue is long term reliability and repairability. Assuming that it works out of the box and is not defective, the performance of these is not far off from the Honda. Also, for occasional use, this type of product will probably last for some time. But if/when it breaks it could be difficult to find parts. No product is perfect. I’m sure even Honda has its share of quality issues, but they are actually repairable and maintainable over a long period of time instead of being disposable.

Is the ace up pure sine wave

I have a Honda 3,000 watt and when I run it on quiet mode it makes a big jump in RPM to run a close to full load. Every time it does this it trashes the clean sign wave power and kills my wi-fi!! Sure if I run it on normal it doesn't do this!! I also burn a 5 gallon tank in half the time too! I found a work around! A stand alone battery to run the WI-FI. It gets charged by the generator but no spike in the power when a load hits the Honda. This is an amazingly stupid mess for a $2,400 honda to keep doing. I just replaced that Honda for $2,400!! Exact same one too. Why replaced because the Honda store put the wrong oil in and overfilled it!! Amazing service!! I'm getting a Kohler 2 phase 10kw that runs on natural gas next!! I'm 68 and too old to hump a 90 pound gasoline Honda out everytime the power craps out!! Back in 1960 the house was new and the power only went out once. Today in 2024 the house is 64 but the power craps out 8 to 10 times a year!!

Why were you charging small dc batteries with AC power?

will not ship to CA...?

Your English is really good, what is your first language?

You should have had the generators in exactly the same location doing the decibel tests! You had the Honda in the grass close to the ground and the Aceup on the table where the vibration and resonance would be much louder than on the soft soil! You failed in this comparison!

That ace looks like the Yamaha?

how loud it is, doesn't effect the load. Who cares how loud it is, we want to what can you actually use on it. You boiled water?? that's it? i though you was gonna hook up some power tools, a frig, a stove.

$338 on amazon as of 19 Jan 2024

With a ceramic muffler would be super quiet

Well that's outside..i hope please remember to keep the gas ones outside.

More likely these use 5w30 or 10w30

Wen generators are the best for the money

Comments from Honda owners is that the Honda requires non-alcohol premium grade gas.

You need 12 volts to charge the rv batteries

I can’t believe in 2023 we can’t make an absolute quiet fuel generator

Honda will start on first pull 20 years from now

They say 10hrs of runtime, that not how long it runs on a tank of gas, that how long it runs until it throws a rod.

How do u soundproof the ceiling and wall from low frequency sound / vibrations when u rent please ?

Can this charge a Tesla from the trunk?

I wouldn’t even spend 100 bucks for that

Starbrite fuel conditioner

Cheap generators make more noise and that is annoying every time you use them. I buy used Honda.

12VDC plug to DC Clamps? Top off the solar battery bank... Duh!

Honda sounds better, and revs lower makes more torque and power

It’s simple. Honda is more expensive, because not only are you paying for the generator, but you are paying for the research and development plus the the Honda name which is known for reliability. Ace up is a Chinese company. China has no copyright laws. They are literally ripping off Honda and undercutting them. If Honda goes out of business (which they won’t) they will be biting the hand that feeds them.

That’s only sleep level quiet if it was off

same color as champion

if it can't run a 700watt microwave save your money ...

I have burned through 10 generators in 9 years and I'm here to tell you the ONLY generator to stand the test of time, use, abuse, hours and reliability is The Honda. I'm over 2000 hours and counting without doing anything but general maintenance. ALL other generators start falling apart at about 600 hours. You'll get another 600 out of em after a bunch of maintenance then kerput. HONDA is the only generator to buy if you depend on it. I've been off grid for 9 years and I'm very hard on EQ. I can't seem to break that HONDA.

7:55 Honda quality controls their stuff in the country its sold in like Apple. That chinese junk will vibrate apart in under 1000 hours. The chinese saying "If you can cheat, cheat" is all over their products. I got a tecumseh generator 3kw for 40$ permanent magnet. It makes pure sine too. Inverter just regulates voltage if the motor surges. You have to have another country involved in the making of products in China for it to be 'ok'. If its purely chinese its in a landfill in 5 years.

But you said nothing about the power. What can you run on it? Can you run house fans? Can you run a tv on it? Who cares about how much noise it makes.

I'm buying this. Thanks. Like your Minnesota accent 😊

price

I remember drills being used for 30-50+ years at home. Now with low-quality "Made in China" many construction guys buy a drill for one job. A couple of weeks - and throw is away. Apple CEO seems to be lying when saying "cheap labor is no more available in China". Otherwise how they could make such a generator for so cheap? Items that lasted for 10-20 years now - Made in China - last 2-3-5 years. Then you buy from them again. And... the Chinese, they build roads and bridges, houses - that will last 50-100 years. They buy the best industrial equipment from Germany, US, Japan - and then will come to destroy the remaining car industry in Western countries. Then they might say "You can't survive without China, so... make concessions" - in any conflict. See how Biden administration is ready to make a lot of concessions because capricious Americans prefer an extra $100 saved in few months on gasoline - over ANY freedoms, humans rights and even their own national security. Trump was even worse on that. FYI, US is importing from China ONLY about 2% of its GDP. And could be making 90% of those items at home. Same for EU. For few hundred bucks saved a year (not always - given the durability), Westerners gave a lot of power to China. Sorry for off-topic - partially.

Harbor Freight has generators that are just as quiet, and about a third cheaper!

Remember if it to good to be true most likely it is not !!!!!!!!!

yeah honda stole engineering of aceup

I'm not sure?

Yea well the Honda might just last 10x longer . They are known to go 8000 hours!! I’ll bet that units smokes at 300. Did you test the power output and sign wave, no you just test what idiots test, noise.

The cheap Chinese generator is fine as long as there’s no power outage.

just get a stailess steel box and drill a cord hole.

Looks like a predator knock off

So, it's not quiet.

Bunch of reviews of this thing not working after a short while, not going to be able to fix it without parts.

That complaint about the usb port not being usb type C was not correct. 95% of usb cables are USB a to whatever is on the other end. Usb c to c is very rare and not required.

I doubt it works in 6 months.

STOP TO SPEND MONEY IN BEERS AND BUY A HONDA

Junk. Honda will last forever

Aboot that