I ran a dive shop in Honduras for 2 years with the Honda EU3000IS, when we bought the shop I put an hour meter on the generator to track usage and oil change intervals. it originally came from a tool rental shop, and was used at the dive shop for the previous 2 years. By the time that it was retired (not from dying) by the math it had over 26,000 hours on the machine. I did oil changes every week and valve clearance adjustments  when required. kept up with the routine maintenance and this thing lasted an extremely long time for a generator that's not rated for continuous use. We averaged about 8 amps continuous for 8 hours a day. We had to fill the tank once a day. I wouldn't hesitate to get the older version over the new one.

Great test and thank you so much for saying that in person, the 3000 is so much quieter than the 3200. That is exactly what I wanted to know.

Big difference in weight. 3000 is 160lbs vs the 3200 is 70lbs

I have over 3,500 hours on my Honda EU32I.  Its a great machine!

Having owned the Honda 2000 and the Honda 3000i , I would still choose the 3000i because of the electric start. When the 2000 was brand new it started after just a 2 or 3 pull starts. But as time went by and using the crappy ethenol gas, it took a bunch of pulls to start it. Where as, the 3000i having electric start only took holding the key on for about 3 seconds to start it when it hadn't been run in months. Probably because it had to pump gas into the carb from setting so long. You do have to put a trickle charger on the 3000i if your going to let it set for long periods without running it, because of the little battery it has. But that battery is only $12 to $15 dollars on eBay.

Great comparison brother! Always doing it right my friend.

I just changed the battery in my 3000i and I love the quietness of that machine.  I also have a victron 12v/3000va inverter with a 4000Ah lifepo4 CALB battery and use that for the ultimate quiet system.  I really appreciate the video here, might I suggest setting the cooktop to 9 or 8 so that you can find a power load that both gensets can run then compare the noise given a fixed load.  Thanks for taking the time to put these through their paces.

Not that it matters,  but the industry standard for sound tests is 23 feet.  An interesting test I have never seen anywhere is the generator's inverter lag. When a load applied to a generator the voltage will drop, some inverters handle this efficiently, while other's do not. I spoke with Honda a while ago and they gave me the specs on their generators which was superb. The cheaper generators should be tested as inverter lag causes loss in efficiency which can stress the inverter and damage sensitive electronics. I have seen other YouTube channels parallels different brands and sizes of generators and was curious about long term effects of this practice. Honda states specifically not to operate in this manner of course Honda wants to sell more generators. Great video.

Make a fuel consumption difference video for these two units at constant load of 500w ,1kw , 2kw , 2.5kw & full rated. With eco throttle on.
Fuel efficiency with the fuel injected model should be lot better at low load conditions.

Thanks for the comparison 👍

Thanks for the video.  If you do further tests it would be very interesting to see fuel economy compared.

Great Test!!!  right to it, no fluff or filler!!  Bravo!!

Great video! Got right to the content without a lot of fluff. MICROWAVEs are a generators worst enemy. We turn off the AC when we use it. It’s all about power management.

Great  video Gavin!

Gavin...hi from Friendswood....Love your vids my man!

You do great vids!  i would love to see a vid comparing fuel consumption of the two generators.  Subscribed!

Thank you for nice and good review cheers

With a 50% bigger engine and lower compression, my hunch is the bigger loafing generator may outlast the smaller harder working generator by a fair margin if they are seeing higher draws and long run times.  Being EFI though, the smaller may have considerable advantage at higher altitude and when changing altitude regularly.

That was an awesome vid ! Wow … was shocked at the results . I just bought the 3200i last week !

Rather than comparison testing outside operating limits - why not turn down the cooktop power to match actual design constant power for a longer continuous run. I think this is a more valid comparison