Maxi Trac 2200W Pure Sine Wave Petrol Inverter Generator

I'm in the middle of a blackout and needed an emergency generator. This thing is doing a good job, very similar to the Honda style of quiet generator. We're aware of the noise but it's not intrusive.It's very similar to the Honda 2kw in terms of fuel use, I'm topping it up around every 4 hours or so. For $500, I'm impressed with its operation.HOWEVERIn my last top up, I noticed a pool of oil under it. I took the 3 side panels off and was unable to see where the leak is. I've topped the oil off and will have to monitor over the use. I'll do a proper inspection when the blackout is over, and sus out what's gone wrong.There is no mention of the correct oil on the listing or on the package, in the info booklet states it does not ship with oil with SAE 10W30 ... MoreI'm in the middle of a blackout and needed an emergency generator. This thing is doing a good job, very similar to the Honda style of quiet generator. We're aware of the noise but it's not intrusive.It's very similar to the Honda 2kw in terms of fuel use, I'm topping it up around every 4 hours or so. For $500, I'm impressed with its operation.HOWEVERIn my last top up, I noticed a pool of oil under it. I took the 3 side panels off and was unable to see where the leak is. I've topped the oil off and will have to monitor over the use. I'll do a proper inspection when the blackout is over, and sus out what's gone wrong.There is no mention of the correct oil on the listing or on the package, in the info booklet states it does not ship with oil with SAE 10W30 being recommended. If I were Repco, I'd probably make that more obvious. I did fortunately purchase the correct oil at as a guess (click and collect only during lockdown).The booklet also recommends an earth spike, so a tent peg and some wire would be a good thing to buy if you don't have one on handIt's obviously a generic generator, with the colours and branding specified but everything else looking like a KINGS one. Not a bad thing, but worth a note.I'm anticipating a warranty repair on this (given under 20hrs before a leak occurred) but will update the review as this progresses. I'll chuck some photos up too.

I’ve been running this unit (branded Mechpro, purchased through Repco NZ) for 18 months powering a boat. It’s usage is powering a bunch of chargers powering up a house battery bank and providing a/c on my launch. I installed an hour meter when new and the unit is just about to clock 500 hours. I’ve stuck to the +/- 20 hour oil change interval and just chuck in what ever is to hand, most commonly 15/40. Just checked log and it’s had 19 oil changes. I’m pulling about 1-1.3kw out of the machine so it’s at 50-70% load. A friend purchased an identical unit at the same time as me but got greedy and was pulling 2kw and the machine locked up. All in a good unit for the money.

Starts up very easy. Noisier than expected. Would not use on caravan site. Run small wall air conditioner and 2 door fridge/freezer at the same time for 6 hours, OK until both thermostats turned on at the same time, then the gennie overloaded and had to be reset.