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Yamaha EF2400iS – Best Portable Inverter Generator

by Greg on June 2, 2010

Looking for something small? Something you can carry around, especially during those camping trips deep in the woods where your local power company can’t provide for you? Well do not fear, because in this day and age portable generators are abundant and can even be used to power most of your important household needs, well the Yamaha EF2000is is one of those generators, it’s like carrying a mini home power supply with you.

First of all the thing you should know about top quality portable generators is that it will cost you, and expect to spend about a thousand bucks on one because that’s how much this Yamaha costs (you can however get more deals on Amazon), but prices aside let’s take a look at this generator.

Yamaha EF2400iS 2,400 Watt 171cc OHV 4-Stroke Gas Powered Portable Inverter Generator (CARB Compliant)

User Friendly

Yamaha EF2000is comes in a nice bold blue color, and really stands out, and when they said portable, they really mean it, because at 44 pounds I know some kids who have no problem moving this thing around. The unit is ready to be filled out of the box, no assembly means less messing up but also less to be done, which leaves me with nothing to do but fill the oil and fuel.

So I poured in a quart of 4 stroke engine oil and a funnel and gave the engine the much needed drink, there was no knowing how much to put in it, it was guessing all the way, I sure wished there was a dip stick or some kind of measuring device to let me know if I have poured the right amount of engine oil or not. So after the engine oil I poured in some gas, this generator uses about a gallon of gas.

Lacking a Dipstick

The buttons and light up indicators were on the front section next to the rip cord, all the basics that you would expect from a user friendly generator like this, it comes with three indicator lights, the first one is oil indicator which lets you know if you have too much or too little oil, and earlier I was wishing for a dipstick? Well because the overload oil indicator only goes on when the generator is running and it is very annoying to have to turn it off and drain it again.

The second light is a green AC light which lets you know if the generator is producing power. Third light is power overload to let you know if you are running the little guy way over what it’s built for. The regular switches are present like the choke and turn on switch, but there is one called the “economy” switch, this lets the engine adjusts its speed automatically to cater for the power needed.

Comparatively Less Noisy

So I turned on the generator (pull choke, economy switched off, and engine switched on) the generator started with a single pull, after I returned the choke and pressed the economy switch on, the generator made less noise and was considerably less noisy than other generators, I could barely hear it at 25 feet away.

The knob that has a gas icon (pretty much like your car does) is for turning off the gas, while running if you switch it off you can run the entire bowl dry and not waste any gas from the main tank. Another feature is that if you have 2 of these, you can hook them up and increase the power output, talk about nifty.

Thumbs Up for Campers

This Yamaha EF2400iS is definitely coming with me this autumn during trout season, as this generator has a spark protector at the muffler, so no worries about causing a forest fire thanks to some blow offs. I highly recommend this for campers and outdoor enthusiast who want to bring a little power on their trips.

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