ETQ TG1200 1,200 Watt 2 HP 2-Cycle Gas Powered Portable Generator
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of ETQ TG1200 1,200 Watt 2 HP 2-Cycle Gas Powered Portable Generator
Customer Review: Just what it says...
Summary: 5 Stars
Excellent product. I saw someone using one of these at a campground and was impressed by the noise level. Now that said, understand that this is only a 1200 watt surge rating, 1000 watt continuous. I looked at others that had a 1200 watt surge, but only 800 wats continuous. I also read somewhere that this particular unit used copper windings, while some others use aluminum. Don't know if thats true, but it was worth considering. What really put me over the top was Amazon's free shipping. It took about 1 week to receive a notice that the unit was shipped and that it could be expected to arrive in about 7 days. It arrived in only 2!!! Do exactly what they tell you in the owners manual before starting it. Mine started on the fifth pull (probably because I forget to turn the switch on!!) But it statred on the first pull thereafter. You can easily stand over it and carry on a conversation without shouting, and walking 10 feet away is not an issue. No smoking like most 2 cycles I've owned. Suggestions: Buy a good surge protector/power strip (only has 1 outlet), buy 2-cycle oil in the tiny bottles already measured for 1 gallon of 50:1, and buy a 1 gallon can and label it "50:1" and mixup 1 gallon at a time. Try to avoid mixing the oil and gas in the tank-one slipup and you're emptying the tank to try again. (The measurer they give you in the tank cap is not labelled and I can't figure out what the lines mean). It does just what it says it does. would definitely buy another. TWO THUMBS UP!!!Customer Review: Very impressed
Summary: 5 Stars
Let me say first of all that I just got this generator yesterday. Delivery was VERY fast I had no problems. I ordered the generator on Sunday night about 9pm and had it just after noon on Tuesday. Some of the reviews on here said that the generator came damaged but mine showed up in mint condition.
The generator seems very well built, nothing that screams cheap plastic that wont last. I followed the instructions on starting it for the first time and on about the 9th or 10th pull of the cord it fired up and ran great. After allowing it to run for a few minutes I got out my shop-vac and hooked it up, it ran the shop-vac with no problems.
I bought this generator for tailgating at THE Ohio State University and we will use it for the first time this weekend so I will follow up these initial impressions with more information after that.
For $129 and free shipping I dont think you can beat this deal.
Follow-up: We used the generator on Saturday for the Ohio State game. It fulfilled all of our expectations. It easily ran a 32 inch LCD TV and satellite receiver for 5 hours before the game and the entire game with only one refill of the gas tank (it wasnt completely full to begin with either). We put the generator at the front of my truck and watched TV on the tailgate and forgot the generator was even running. The sound is not nearly as bad as I thought it would be.
Great generator for the price!
Customer Review: Outstanding Performance!
Summary: 5 Stars
I originally purchased this generator for tail gating to power a fan when it is 100 degrees in the shade here in Texas. It was small enough for me to lift and wouldn't be a storage problem. That is true, but......
Before I could even think about the next football game, Hurricane Ike hit. This generator was a champion. Even though small, it kept my small upright freezer going and saved the food in it as well as the food in the refrigerator's freezer. I would let the freezer run for 3 or 4 hours, then changed to a 19" TV, satellite receiver, and 2 small lamps in the evening. This baby just kept on running. Eventually, I even added my laptop computer and my cable internet connection, but I did turn off one of the lamps. It even ran a small 4 cup coffee pot each morning.
I was never able to put a full gallon of gas in, but that didn't seem to bother anything. It never stopped unless I turned it off and I ran it for up to 4 1/2 hours at a time. It isn't quiet - but even with the windows open, if I closed the door the noise became just a constant hum.
I highly recommend this for anyone in hurricane country or anyone else who needs a little added boost for camping or tail gating or whatever makes you happy. It is a wonderful, reliable product. For the price, I don't think it can get much better than this.
Customer Review: A perfectly fine piece of equipment...
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been a pilot since 1959, and we fly airplanes by the book. This little "hundred buck" chinese generator arrived in a couple of days and replaced its Honda "thousand buck' counterpart that we had on loan here.
The first thing was to shake the hand of our UPS guy. The box did'nt have even a small ding on it. No broken spark plug or things of that nature. It's pro-packaged and boxed with a hefty double styrofoam holder just like any good technical product.
By the book: Just make sure that you do (regardless of how impatient you like to be) "nuff said".
Yes its 2-cycle, mix the oil/gas etc. Your option: $900 more money.
I ordered and put in a high-end Bosch spark plug ($10) and it went from smoothe and quiet, under load, to really smoothe and quiet. It runs at the same noise level as the Honda did, just outside on the front porch.
It has outstanding load/speed control, very responsive. I could hear the slight change in pitch, and load correction, as the computer was loading internet pages and then finishing. You can't get any better than that.
A gallon of gas gets you 4.5 to 5 hours of power.
By the book...enjoy...nuff said.
Steve Spears
Application Engineering
Kellus Products
Orrs Island, Maine
Customer Review: Cheaply made, but mine works fine.
Summary: 5 Stars
For this price, you can hardly expect to get a precision-machined piece of equipment. And indeed you won't -- this thing is clearly made with cheap materials, and is a bit "wobbly". But I've had mine for over a year now, and haven't had any serious problems with it -- it works fine (at least mine does).
* I've had problems with it randomly sputtering and dying out, but these are few and far between. Usually when this happens, I just shut it off, and let it cool down, and then it runs fine when I start it up 5 minutes later.
* I've run it for 150+ hours and have yet to have to change the spark plug, or replace any other parts.
* It sounds loud to me, but I'm not used to working with a generator nearby, so I'm not sure what's normal. And the smoke from it is nasty, but I guess that's to be expected for a combustion engine.
* I'm able to run a satellite, 2 computers, hard drives, car battery charger, AA battery charger, phone charger, and modem/router at the same time with no problems. It's pretty gas efficient, I can run all of that stuff for over 4 hours on less than a gallon of gas.
Anyhow, for the price I paid for it, I'm satisfied, and don't have any regrets about choosing this one.