Briggs & Stratton P3000

Good solid generator – Our power went off for 4 days during a cyclone, I raced out and bought the last generator available which happened to be the Briggs&Stratton P3000 so that was my only choice. This was in March 2017. We have at least 2-4 blackouts a year due to storms, floods and people hitting power poles. Anywhere from 12 hours to 4 days. This generator lives on… Read more

the back porch at the ready. 270 hours on the meter and still going strong. Has run up to a large fridge, large freezer, two bar fridges, fans, tv, computer and the water pump. I’m using it right now as I type this review. It’s been a trooper of a generator. I’m sure it will die one day, nothing lasts forever. I work it pretty hard as I run it in economy mode, and she groans when the water pump turns on. I’ve used it to run a 15amp mig welder out in the paddock and it handled it great. It’s almost 7 years old as of writing and has paid for itself, I wouldn’t hesitate at this point to buy another one if this one wears out, providing it doesn’t fail due to poor design/parts quality. I see someone wrote that he couldn’t get a new inverter for his, I haven’t needed any parts but that could be an issue. Although the design hasn’t changed and they sell these world wide so eBay does have a source for new and used parts. You would just have to be prepared to source from the U.S. I can still get parts for a 25 year old MAKITA leaf blower.

good until they stop – had one for a few years worked great, until the inverter died. can not buy a replacement in australia. if it was under warranty briggs and stratton will happerly replace once out of warranty another $1700 please. so i bought a honda Show details

Well built inverter generator – The Briggs & Stratton powersmart 3000i inverter generator is a well thought out design I haven't had a lot of time to thoroughly use it but as the year goes on it will get put through it's paces. It has a 12V cigarette lighter style plug at 5 amps plus a USB connection two 240 volt 15 amp outlets and a parallel connection for joining two units… Read more

either two P3000i or a P3000i and a P2200i. It comes with everything you need to run the generator out of the box (except petrol obviously) You get oil, a funnel, 12v charging cables.The front panel is easy to see and everything is labeled on the side of the unit, there are easy to follow instructions, You get 3,000 starting watts and 2,600 running watts which I've tested and happily to confirm it does run at those watts the fuel tank has a fuel indicator to let you know how much is left in the 5.7 litre tank.The decibel level of the unit is 59 dB which is pretty quiet for this size and very similar in sound at 7 meters to my mates equivalent honda EU30, you get a full 10 hours run time at a 1/4 load this is a estimate only. It has a row of LED lights that light up the panel which is a really great idea especially at night time.The LCD Statstation Display is easy-to-read and shows various information such as the amount of power being used, total unit hours, maintenance reminders. The H frame design handle is great if there is two people carrying it or even for one person, the slide out handle and wheels are another great addition but only really usable on hard packed grounds, cement or grass areas no good in sand or on uneven ground, the fact briggs have vented the unit from the sides is really testament to the thought they put into the unit as some inverter generator breath from underneath and suck up everything but in saying that I have a piece of canvas I sit the unit on anyway, all in all I'm very happy with the unit to date and it's exceeded my expectations, my only gripe would be that briggs could have put that starting cord further into the housing so it was flush with the unit but you can't have everything hey.

I agree 2000 power teck are a disaster – I had 2 or 4 if you count the replacements my brother had 1 or 3 if you count the replacements. now sold as Briggs 2.2 I believe don't buy . even the fuel tank rusts out and that is the least of your worry's.

2017 Excellence in Customer Service!!! Thank you GENELITE !!! – I bought a P3000 PORTABLE GENERATOR in case of a home power outage (black-out) but I hadn't used the generator yet because there was no black-out until yesterday. I didn't know that fuel can go stale which explains why it didnt work during last nights black-out! The next morning I phoned GENELITE for service help thinking that the machine might… Read more

be broken? They found an employee who lived in my suburb to collect my generator for investigation at their Salisbury workshop. They emptied the stale fuel, re-fueled it then returned it to my door without charge (Yah Woohoooo - thats fantastic service !!!). There was nothing else wrong with it - except that I had let the fuel go stale waiting so long for a power outage (black-out). I am so grateful for GENELITE's... EXCELLENCE IN CUSTOMER SERVICE!