Having used a Honda for a while I can say this IGEN2500 is not that much louder and a lot more powerful. Unit started on first pull. Overall very happy with the build quality and purchase. Looking forward to using it in the Grand Tetons this summer. Btw the Honda was shared between two brothers so I decided to get myself my own and went with the Westinghouse iGEN2500. We all agree it's a nice and quite unit!
Impressed with how quiet this thing is. Tested it out and it works great for my purpose. Came with everything you need to get started and well packaged.
I have used this to power my RV with 12.5k btu air conditioning and it works just great. After the AC starts the generator is only running at 50% load. Don't spend twice the money on a Honda, buy 2 of these instead.