Yamaha EF2800i

Fit for purpose. Excellent quality – I went through the 2020 bushfires with no power for 4 weeks. Used two connected Honda EU2000i generators giving about 3.4 kVA. Ok solution but after experience I wanted more power. Got a 7 kVA Gentech Honda powered battery start clean power to replace but this used a lot of petrol. About 3 litres/hour. I realised that most of the time I was using… Read more

less than 1 kVA. I kept one of the Hondas for two sheds and bought a Yamaha EF2800i for the main house (my meter box can have two separate inputs for generators - one to two sheds and the other to the house). I am now very happy with the new Yamaha. Continuous 2.5 kVA of pure 240v clean power - inverter technology. Easily runs all lights, fridges and freezers, TV, Starlink internet and water pumps. I rarely use the available 2.5 kVA. I just need to be careful to only switch on one of coffee machine, microwave or toaster at a time. The big bonus is that this generator only uses about 1 litre an hour while the 7 kVA used about 3 litres/hour. This is a big deal if you are without electricity for a day or more! I seriously considered the Yamaha EF7200E giving 5 kVA continuous power but it can also use up to 3 litres an hour. Too expensive and 95% of the time I will never use the available power. So I settled on the smaller inverter pure sine wave EF2800i. For my needs the perfect compromise. Remember to start the generator every month for reliability!

Not a good option – Not happy took unit to dealer as would not generate power and was told the power board is gone and will cost $1600 to replace and this was common in 28oo and 2400 yamaha units , told not worth repairing as just out of warranty

Good rule with generators for caravan use, get more capacity than you need, I'm glad I did – I purchased this generator to power our Jayco Outback while free camping and for power outages at home. Running everything in my van on 240v at the same time draws 5000 watts but we would never have this need. Normally would run the AC 1000w and fridge 200w and hot water heater 1400w. Approx 2600w. Electric hotplate is 800w, microwave is 900w, AGM… Read more

battery charger 600w. In winter the electric heater is 1200w. This generator has enough capacity to run multiple appliances at once. I have tested it with AC, fridge, microwave, hotplate, charger and the generator didn't overload cut out. At home during power shedding we ran the house split system, house fridge, wifi and laptop for 10 hours on a 38 degree day on 1 tank of fuel. Purchase a cheap hour meter and attach it before you first start it. I don't know why Yamaha wouldn't include one of these as standard. Makes it easy to keep track of service hours. Only negatives are it does make some noise at high loads and there is NO weatherproofing at all. If you left it in the rain it will be the end of it. I purchased an umbrella clamp mounting bracket that usually attaches to a camera tripod. It easily attaches to the carry handles on the generator and allows you to fix a large umbrella to protect it from the weather.

Yamaha EF2800i Generator – I looking at the Honda EFI2200 and other compact units before purchasing this unit. This Generator is not much bigger or heavier than the compact models and has more power and a bigger fuel tank than most of the others. Starts either first or second pull every time, is reasonable quiet and has been able to run everything we have plugged in. The… Read more

advantage of the inverter is you can run modern TV's etc with sensitive electronic with no problems. Have had no issues so far and have been using the unit for over 6 months.