Honda EM7000IS

I have a 6500is which powers my entire house though a manuel disconect box. It is a flawless unit. I replaced a 16000 generac automatic generator with the Honda. With the generac (when it ran) I had no control as to when it would start. Most times when the power went out, it would be late at night and I would have to listen to the noise untill morning. With the Honda, I dont start it untill I want it and then it so quite that it doesent bother any body. I an getting ready to purchase a 7000is for the garage. I would recomend a Honda to anybody who is interested a quality, no problem machine. The only gripe I have with the Honda is that I have to get on my knees to see the front mounted control meter. My advice is, instead of wasting your money on second rate units, get the best right off the bat. If you still wamt junk, I have a generac, cheap.

Best generator I have owned. Has electric start, runs about 10-12 Hrs with eco mode switch on and runs the entire house. I keep the battery on trickle charge and change the oil once a year. I have no issues with this quality product. I also run the generator once month for about 20 minutes. I also add the correct amount of Sta-Bil to my 6 gallon containers when they are filled at the gas station.

The EM7000is was a bit high on the purchase price, but in my opinion well worth the cost for a quality product.

I love this generator except when I turn on the furnace and it shuts down. My furnace takes 15 amps and should not do this but even after shutting down everything it still won't work. Any suggestions?

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.

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.