Pater Familias … because I'm your FATHER!

Serious power you can pick up and carry. Yamaha's wonder weighs in at about 70 pounds, puts out 2800 watts. That's enough, when grid goes down, for household basics like fridge, some lights, and home entertainment. Unlike cheaper plain old generators, which put out dirty power that eats microprocessors, inverter unit provides clean current safe for electronics with computer chips. One storm outage, we watched a DVD in lit-up room, all toasty from an electric space heater. Baby is good to go, too, for running power tools where you can't plug in. After a winter without a startup, a couple years since serious run-time, three pulls on the cord got Pater's YG2800i going. Sweet to hear the little four-stroke purr. $1729 from Amazon.com.