Honda EM7000IS Reviews

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Bad Points: The unit is heavy (which probably implies that it is well-built and robust) and a little bit hard for my wife to roll from inside the basement to the outdoor spot where we run it. Also, the unit needs to be run on a monhly basis per the manual... this for me is a pain ... more of a chore I guess. The option is to long-term-perserve it.

General comments: The Honda EM7000IS is rock solid. Easy to start. Perfect features for my residential temporary backup power needs. Very little maintenance required, and the maintenance that is required is simple and well-described by the manual that comes with the unit.

Have had this unit for two or three years now. Have only used it for test purposes until the last snowstorm that we got (Feb 2009) that killed power for a couple of days.

I wish that the unit had some way to remote the "i-sensor" output so that I could check the unit's status from inside the house (ie; check power draw, etc). There are remote start/stop add-on's available, but I don't think that there is a remote monitoring add-on available.

I've never owned a generator before so take my comments with a grain of salt... others are problably better qualified than me to offer meaningful comments... but I'd buy another one of these if I was in the market for a replacement should this one break down.

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I have this run Honda EM7000IS thru a transfer switch, Runs computers, servers, plasma and LCD TVs, furnace, lights and separate master bedroom AC, sump pump, 240 well pump, and other pumps. This generator is very quite, I have bought an off brand before this and it worked 2 times at another location for basic stuff, when I moved, II could not get the off brand one to work, so I bought the Honda. I think they renamed this the 6500, this one does have the inverter technology.