From: x@y.Invalid   
      
   Per vaughn:   
   >Actually, Chinese generators aren't entirely bad.  I have a friend who bought   
   >one post-hurricane and was very happy with the service it gave him over a 30+   
   >day power outage.  It should surprise nobody that a $300 generator doesn't   
   match   
   >the quality of a similar-sized brand-name unit that costs $1,500.  The problem   
   >is distinguishing the ones that are total crap from those that are good for   
   >occasional standby service.   There are so many Chinese-made brand names and   
   so   
   >much part cloning that they all look the same in the showroom.   
      
   After fooling around with electric bike motors for awhile, I see   
   another problem that seems tb peculiar to Chinese products: lack   
   of uniformity.    Same brand, same model; one piece might be   
   pretty good, the next one junk.   
      
   Once those guys figure out how to enforce quality control and   
   prevent manufacturers from putting other people's brands on their   
   products... watch out Western world!   
   --   
   PeteCresswell   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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