Portable Generators - electric start vs recoil/pull start? archived
My vote is the electric start. My husband had to be home when we ran the generator because I could not work the pull start. Not strong enough/bad shoulder. :O
Mine has both a battery operated start, which needs to be regularly charged in an outlet, and a pull start. It's much easier using the battery charged switch.
Electric Start much easier...but more expensive and need to keep battery charged... those are the pros and cons.... I vote spend the extra money for the electric start
If you get the electric start make sure to get a trickle charger... very inexpensive and great for maintaining the battery. You may also want to get in the habit of starting the unit every quarter, just... to check! I start mine every few months with the pull charger - it's what I'd call my worst case scenario.
Haven't signed in for a month, but wanted to thank everyone who posted replies. Electric starter it is, and will schedule the quarterly tests. Great advice. Much appreciated.
oots said:
mine is both-but i could use a trickle charger.
they're cheap as hell and easy to install. If you start the unit every quarter you can probably get away with the pull-starter... but it's nice to have both options!
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