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Consumer reports has honest ratings and reviews on generators from the unbiased experts you can trust. In fact eleven of them score well enough. Take a look below at quick info on five of the best generators then scroll down for buying advice and in depth reviews of these and other models. For more details read how consumer reports tests generators for safety.

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In this review of the best and worst inverter generators consumer reports says these newcomers to the generator market run longer quieter and more efficiently. The affected units with serial numbers from eamt. Check our generator ratings pick a type. Best and worst inverter generators from consumer reports tests a home standby generator is the single best tool available to use as a source of backup power says misha kollontai cr s test.

Standby models as well as large inverter ones a more fuel efficient variant of portable generators that we rate separately because their increased efficiency puts them in their own class. So with all that in mind here s our top pick of portable generators to consider. Consumer reports recently finished testing 14 new generators for performance and safety and they re among the best portable models we ve ever rated. Earlier in 2019 the consumer product safety commission issued a recall of about 200 000 honda eu2200i generators and companion generators.

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