V. small 2-stroke generator - am I going to regret...?

[catalac08]

A small 2T generator I bought (800W) would run power tools ok but for some reasoin would not power a battery charger well enough to charge 12v batteries (it did not have 12v output). It was also embarrasingly noisy even on secluded anchorages around Wales and Eire, on the more crowded anchorages in the South definitely a no no. My friend had a Yanmar 4T suitcase generator that was unbeleivably quiet so there are good ones out there-at a price.

 

[No Regrets]

Just for charging batteries? I have an ancient Honda ED300E four-stroke gen that gives out only 12 Volts. It can charge a battery in less than 30 minutes and is relatively/reasonably/subjectively quiet. The only two problems are (1) weight and (2) timing of the final jerk when pulling the starting cord. It came with my boat and was hardly used.

I'll take your 300, and raise you my 1984 Honda EX500!

£51 off Ebay, good service and carb clean later led me to believe it was worth restoring, so it's like new now.

Worth double that now