GENMAX Generator，EPA Compliant, Eco-Mode Feature, Ultra Lightweight for Backup Home Use & Camping

I couldn't justify the price of the named brand for my needs. I just wanted a small generator that I could take on my sailboat a few times a year to run an AC in hopes the wife would tollerate a few overnights on the coast. After a lot of web searching, youtube research, and review crunching, I decided on this little guy. What a great buy. It is light, quiet, and runs well. It is thoughtfully designed with all the buttons and switches clearly marked and a well engineered gas cap. When I got it, I put in new oil, ran it for the time prescribed, replaced the oil, very little shavings. I bought a little run meter so I could keep up with the hours. I haven't used it on the boat yet, but I've used it a couple of other times. Once to run a power tool, and once on a camping trip with our little camper trailer that doesn't have a generator. It ran the camper AC and lights just fine. A high dollar camping trailer next to us had the high dollar named brand generator of the same size. Ours ran just like his, but ours was even quieter. Haha, that felt good. It starts within a few pulls when it's been sitting up for a while, and if I've run it within a few days, it starts first pull. I take it out of the shed to start it every few months just to make sure it will be ready when I need it. I haven't been disappointed yet. Buy it. Edit: one year after my first review, I thought I would update. The gen is still running great, no issues. I use methanol free gas and always run the fuel out of the line and carburetor by turning the orange knob. I think using ethanol free means you don't have to do that, but if you've ever had to clean gunk out of a carb, you don't mind the extra precaution. I'm attaching a vid of me pulling it out of the shed after a few months of non use. It took 7 pulls to get the gas fully back into the line. One pull restarts when fuel is in the line.

Being an older lady, I could no longer move my larger generators around. I really only needed something to power the fridge/freezer and charge my batteries and power stations. I've used it for the last year off and on a few hours at a time when power goes out for any length of time. Its managable with its lighter weight suitcase design. I will say that it takes 10 pulls or so to get it to crank. But I let the carb run dry before storage. But it cranks and runs smoothly. Fits my needs perfectly. Its really quiet in my opinion having had much larger ones. The screw in oil funnel is so awesome. While it only had a total of about 12 hours on it, I just changed it and was glad I did. It was dark. The funnel made it so easy to drain into an old bottle and add fresh oil. I dont need to run it for more than a few hours at a time, so I cant advise on all day use. But its built for ease of use for sure

UPDATE: 10/3/23 We brought this item into the shop and found out there was a missing wire. The guy fixed it for us and didn't charge too much. Since then we have been using it regularly and it is really efficient, pretty quiet and is very lightweight. Was surprised it even runs our saws. It's a shame they don't have better customer service, we could have been using it much sooner. We purchased this as a backup for our bigger generator. We didn't try it right away but while still within the return window we tried to start it. Followed the directions to a T and even went back through everything to make sure, double and triple checked. It never would start. I was told to contact company who insist I send them a video of me trying to start it. We had already drained oil and gas to ship and this was a ridiculous request as far as I was concerned. I told them exactly what happened when I pulled the chord. They would not respond to emails or phone calls. The return window with Amazon closed and now I have a giant, expensive paperweight. Very disappointed and upset with this purchase.

The first run of this genny was rough. It didn’t seem to idle high enough and the overload light was illumined, of course no output. After shutting it down and waiting a few minutes I restarted it to see how it would run and it ran just fine. It’s got about a dozen hours on it so far, at a guess since there is no hour meter, and it’s performed flawlessly. I’ve had a lot of low draw loads on it and even had an 800 watt load at max and it works fine. It should be obvious, but you should give the genny at least a minute to warm up before putting a load on it and you should t run it on eco mode if you’re putting more than a 50% load on it. It’s still early in its life, but I expect this to offer years of service.

After a long search and comparison, I decided on the Genmax 2000i, which I wanted to take with me to Mexico. The generator was in Laredo for another week, I picked it up at the bodega, opened the box and checked the generator from the outside, everything was fine, like new, only the adhesive tape on the Kortan was transparent. When I was in Mexico, I read the instructions, filled up the oil, filled up with petrol and the power generator ran on the third pull and was very quiet. I thought that was a good thing. Now the assessment: 1: The specified amount of oil did not fit, it should be 1/10 gallon, 0.378 liters, it was too much. The level on the dipstick was exceeded. 2: the big disappointment. The generator does not have an hour meter, so I wanted to install an hour meter, which is very easy to install. I pulled the spark plug cap and saw a cracked spark plug, not good!! In various Amazon reviews from various generators I had seen spark plug caps or spark plugs broken, now I had the same thing. 3 years ago I had a Westinghouse igen 2200i from Amazon that had a broken spark plug cap, I bought a cap from Honda which was better and worked fine. But here the broken spark plug was a bigger problem, picture 2 and 3a 3: the supplied spark plug wrench only worked for a 1/4 turn, then it got stuck. The included spark plug wrench only went on because the spark plug was bent. After changing the spark plug, the original socket wrench can be put on, but it jams. My assumption, someone had this generator and tried to unscrew the spark plug, bent it and sent the device back. That's why I couldn't fill in 0.378 liters of oil because there was residual oil in it. 4: I was only able to turn the spark plug wrench a 1/4 turn then it stuck to the housing, the spark plug was crooked and porcelain stuck the wrench to the spark plug. I had a hard time getting the spark plug out. 5: Porcelain parts were on the outside of the cylinder head thread, picture 4 6: there was a chip in the spark plug hole thread picture 5, I was able to remove it with tweezers. 7: mmh, did some parts fall through the spark plug thread into the cylinder? I checked with an endoscope and thankfully didn't find any parts pic 6 but a thread burr on the piston pic 6, using a small 7mm diameter hose on a car vacuum cleaner I went into the spark plug thread and the first time I was able to remove the instep pic 7 8: it was a lot of work to create space for the work picture 8 9: why all this? Look at the pictures 9, 10, 11, and 12, the spark plug can hardly be changed with the long original tool. Even with a short spark plug tool with a 1/4" drive, it is almost impossible to change the plug. A flexible 1/4" or 3/8" socket wrench must be used. The spark plug wrench does not line up with the spark plug. Summary: It took me 4 hours to fix what someone broke and covered up. The top thread is slightly damaged, but it should still work. After taking the whole case apart I can say the plastic parts, the finish everything I saw seems to be of good quality and finish. When assembling it, I noticed that everything was a perfect fit. The generator has a very low running noise, very quiet in Eco mode. I was amazed that even in Eco mode the generator runs without any problems with a 1400 watt electric oven. Would I buy the generator again? Yes, but the supplier has to change the spark core tool immediately, or even better, install an engine that has a spark plug that is slightly slanted to the side, then there will be no problems even with a standard tool. I hope the seller, wholesaler and manufacturer respond to this comment. PS: Years before that I worked as a development engineer for electromechanical devices.

This portable generator starts quickly and easily and runs very quietly. Surely this is a great generator.

Great price, works great

Buenisima hace 5 Años q se las lleve a mi mamá a Cuba y estan muy buena

Fácul de desplazar adonde se requiere corriente. Trabaja muy bien, bastante silencioso. Le conecté digerentes aparatos (incl. Compu) Todo bien.