3500-Watt Portable Inverter Generator

Michael Shuttleworth: I really want to like this because I was so excited to get it .but the the choke knob has come loose ,and of the 6 times I have used it all of about an hour total .4 of those times the engine light has come on ...and it won't give me power ...when it works ...it's good .it has oil and the plug is new .and I use midgrade fuel .it takes 4 to 6 pulls to start and is very light weight .hopefully my issue can be solved .

Canada on Nov 30, 2023

Amazon Customer: I'm dubious how necessary the extensive break-ins people talk about are - I did that, but I haven't seen a metal shaving in my oil yet and I'm using a magnetic drain plug. Works great, have used it on job sites, noise is fair for a sub-$1000 generator. Only complaint is that it could use some sort of fuel level indicator.

It's physically compact and is 'heavier than it looks', and is difficult to carry or lift in any way besides one-handed. It's unlikely everyone in your household or workplace will be able to haul it around, especially if stairs are involved.

Canada on Sep 21, 2023

Dave: This product is the best inverter i have owned. All my camping and hunting buddies are jealous. Its so quiet. Works perfect

Canada on Sep 12, 2023

Brent K.: Purchased to power RV air conditioner. I knew it wouldn't power it on its own but opted for this small gen with a Soft Start. Powers the Coleman Mach 15 (15K BTU) without issue.
Haven't used it much yet, but have tested it successfully while simultaneously running the converter.

Canada on Aug 10, 2023

Hector: Es menos mucho menos ruidoso que los generadores normales. Mantiene la energía que aporta, desde el principio.

Mexico on Jul 18, 2023

J M: I own a Honda EU2000 which cost $1200 and love it but I wanted a 3500 and didnt want to spend $2000+.

So I bought a Generac 3500iO last year, used it on my farm that does not have electric and it worked great. Strong generator. I put it in storage for a year in 2021, then came back to my farm in 2022. Filled it with fuel, and it started easily on the 2nd pull. I put about 10 hours on it this year and still works perfect and starts very easy. Love it just as much as my Honda so far. And its very quiet, super pleased with this product. Its easy to carry with the medal frame. Love it. I like the open frame so that the engine gets plenty of air and runs cool. Perfect balance and design and function.

So I just ordered a 2nd so I can run parallel for more power when needed.

Highly Recommended. 2 generators for twice the power and half the price. This is the only brand I could take a chance on other then Honda. Generac did a great job with this model.

United States on Dec 27, 2022

Mas: I have owned other generac products before and have been disappointed by them, ironically the last generac generator I owned was a gp3300, and that model was a standard pull start model not inverted and not clean power.

This is the total opposite of that.

This thing is totally silent, so quiet we chained it to one of the blocks at our fireworks tent for we were afraid someone might steal it.

Anyway I got this to directly replace the noisy older GP 3300 and I have to say this is one of the best generators I have ever owned. As mentioned this thing is near silent, even under full load it's near silent. It provides roughly 3100 Watts continuously for our purposes.

During the day it ran a mini glass door refrigerator, register, open sign, and two portable AC units. At night this thing ran the lighting that was built into the fireworks tent without a hiccup, it also ran 8 100 Watt led ground floodlights to light up the banners outside the tent, and because it cooled off at night we could just run fans instead of the AC units.

This thing ran nearly continually for 2 weeks as our fireworks tent is 24 hours. The fuel efficiency on this thing is...

United States on Jul 22, 2022

Bangarang143Bangarang143: Okay, so here's the TL;DR

Awesome generator for a camp trailer. Amazing bang-for-your-buck in comparison to popular brands. SUPER quiet. Quieter than I expected. Weighs less than expected. Starts very easily. Ran my AC unit no problem. Very fuel efficient.

Full review:

This thing is absolutely perfect for what I needed. I have a 30' travel trailer with a 15,000BTU AC unit, and my main concern was running that periodically while boondocking.

I looked at the "red" 2200i's because that's what my in-laws run, but I would have needed 2 of those to run it (like they have done.) That puts me in the ~$2,300 price range. Other 'cons' to this approach: 2 engines to maintain, and 102 total lbs. (I try and travel as light as possible, so I'm always thinking about weight). The 'pros' to this approach: it has the right name on it, serviceable pretty much anywhere.

Anyway, back to this one. The first thing I noticed was how light it is. It only weighs slightly more than a red 2200i. It is a little bigger, but not by much. It fired right up on the first pull (make sure it's on 'choke' as it doesn't seem to start on 'run' even when warm).

The next thing I...

United States on Jul 27, 2020