Hello,

I had seen the 850w (peak), 650w (continuous) Aldi generator:
http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/58_8781.htm

Other web sites said these two stroke generators (not the Aldi one
specifically) were unreliable and failed quickly but the opinions here
we the exact opposite.

After all the recommendations here, I finally decided to buy a
generator from Aldi but by the time I got there, they had all gone ;(

I was searching to see if I could find when the gennys would be back
and found this:

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/58_5022.htm

It seems to be an improvement over the model I saw; having two rather
than one socket and an output of 1050/950w rather than 850/650w. It
may be that the increased power causes a slightly shorter run time: 8
hours vs. 10hours plus.

Did anyone ever get the 1050w version. Is it worth getting if/next
time they reappear? I wondered if the greater power output meant it
was more useful?

Thanks,
Stephen.

"Stephen" wrote in message
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Hello,

I had seen the 850w (peak), 650w (continuous) Aldi generator:
http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/58_8781.htm

Other web sites said these two stroke generators (not the Aldi one
specifically) were unreliable and failed quickly but the opinions here
we the exact opposite.

After all the recommendations here, I finally decided to buy a
generator from Aldi but by the time I got there, they had all gone ;(

I was searching to see if I could find when the gennys would be back
and found this:

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/58_5022.htm

It seems to be an improvement over the model I saw; having two rather
than one socket and an output of 1050/950w rather than 850/650w. It
may be that the increased power causes a slightly shorter run time: 8
hours vs. 10hours plus.

whats the official run time of the 650 watt gennies, mine runs at least 6
hours, i dont usually let it run out tho, so i know it will go 6 hours plus,
but what the plus is i dunno.

BUT mine has a 4 litre tank, where as the 950 watter has an 8 litre tank to
run it 8 hours,

On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:22:03 +0100, Stephen
wrote:


Did anyone ever get the 1050w version. Is it worth getting if/next
time they reappear? I wondered if the greater power output meant it
was more useful?

I have that very one, never had any bother with it, but it's not had
continuous use, in fact I've just refilled the tank for the first time
after a year. I take it down the alottment for strimming or other
tasks needing power tools. It happily ran a 1200w mitre saw for short
bursts without tripping out. I did plug a Black & Decker battery
charger in it for a while & this promptly died, maybe due to age, but
it could have been a spike in the voltage when it revs up under load.

Even if it does pack up Aldi will give you your money back within the
3 years.

CD