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For someone with a battery bank, needing to just recharge it on cloudy days (less solar), running this occasionally on eco-mode as needed is an excellent way to address the need! THANK YOU!

I had a dual fuel generator for my 5th wheel trailer back in 2010-11 when I was living on the Mississippi gulf coast. It saved my bacon twice because after a power outage (lots of wind storms on the coast) there was no way to get gasoline, but propane sellers had plenty of pre-filled tanks plus delivery trucks.. I bought a 70lb tank that lasted 5 days.. Sold it with the RV, but now I'm ordering this one for my food truck.. Perfect size to run the fridge and lights.

The main reason this generator is more efficient than a dual fuel is that propane has a significantly higher octane rating that gasoline. The motor can be designed with a higher compression ratio to take advantage of the higher octane. This may partially explain why it’s a little louder than comparable generators. As the professor stated though, propane is less energy dense. One advantage of propane the professor didn’t address in this video is storage. Propane fuel doesn’t degrade over time and the equipment that runs off propane takes a little less maintenance to put into extended storage since you don’t have fiddle with fuel additives or drain fuel from the carburetor. The professor is being cautious about the oil drain interval. Stating that he would change it at half the listed hours. On a small motor like this, it’s cheap insurance. My experience (from years ago) with working on propane converted V8’s is that the recommended change interval can be significantly extended because propane burns so much cleaner. We came to that conclusion through oil analysis and real world experience. Great review as always Professor!

For those of you that aren’t very mechanically inclined I will add if you’re worried about a propane leak just glad your bottle of simple green or dish soap and water and once you turn the valve on the tank spray the line at all connections and check for bubbles if it bubbles you have a leak tight fitting or replace hose as necessary

Thank you, Professor! This is perfect for those who do not like storing gasoline. Also fills a gap between solar, wind and gasoline. Redundancy helps deal with equipment failures and such. Another well done video! Best regards from hurricane prone Coastal Texas!

This channel is by far one of my favorite on KZfaq. Professor Hobo...you do a fantastic job!

Extremely well done. I have not seen a demo as yours for a long time. I believe if more viewers were to see your "approach" to Instructional Videos then perhaps they would follow your format. Informative, edited, to the point, no bs, educational yet deflective.

Great review as always. I've actually had one of these for a month or two, picked it up as a backup / supplemental power solution as we are off grid solar (5kw of panels, 10.5kwh battleborn batteries). Overall I really like the generator and propane is SO much easier to manage than gasoline. I did run into a bit of a limitation folks should know about... I have a 24v battery bank so I use this to run a Victron 24v/12a battery charger to charge my batteries when sun isn't cooperating. This used about 340w and I liked the solution so well that I added a second charger so I could charge 24v/24a for 680w and burn propane faster or just do one at 340w and get a longer run time off a 20lb tank. But I found that both chargers running would overload the generator every time... it turns out the chargers only pull 340w but they do it at 4.7a.... and if I found that the ALP makes out at 7.1a. So 2 chargers wouldn't run... and since 4.7a is well over 1/2 of 7.1a it was pulling a much heavier load than I thought on the little generator. So getting a 40-50hr runtime with one charger wasn't really in the cards... and I found the best I could do was run one charger at 24v/12a and the other charger at 24v/4a (on low setting) So I get 24v/16a charging while pulling around 5.8a / 480w. With this setup I get 23hrs out of a 20lb propane tank. Not bad and it does the job but not as good as Id hoped. That said... I love the solution for backup power. Its small, light, easy maintenance and since it doesn't have a gas tank you can store these just about anywhere, you can even ship them if needed which you can't typically do with a gas generator. Truck drivers could store one of these in their cab for emergency power. Just don't run it in there. lol. I'm tempted to get a second one. A couple other things... 1. they probably measure noise from 20ft away... most generator specs are from that distance. It does get pretty quiet when your not right up on it. 2. If the black hose connected to the side of the generator isn't hanging free... if its bound against something or bound upward by a 1lb propane tank... then in time the vibration can work the connection lose and your propane will leak out. Only happened to me once... but getting 6hrs out of a 20lb propane tank wasn't good. lol. Just make sure its hanging free and the connections are hand tight and you won't have any problems.

That is actually solid efficiency numbers. The machine looks pretty good for someone that wants a propane unit. The ease of storing one is very appealing.

Professor. Don't ever lose the screws. Get a rare earth magnet, nice and strong. Hot glue it to the INSIDE of that panel. When you remove the panel, the screws are fresh out of the holes, so stick them to the magnet. When the panel goes back, WALA! THERE they are!, Easy to keep, as they never leave their panel for any distance, and the location is always SNAP, stuck to the magnet ON that panel. No matter how long, or how complicated your work inside that panel, such as replace a fuel filter, or spark plug, or cable, or gasket, after you are done, 3 weeks later, when that rare part comes in the mail, THERE THEY ARE!

In my 75 years I have never experienced a better Customer service dept than ALP Generators. They worked with me to find and replace the shipment lost by Fedex. Response makes Amazon (who is ok in my view) seem like a kidnergartener. Thanks ALP

Best review yet! It sure explained why I didn't get the 60 advertised hours out of my propane tank . Left me short few days on a dry camping adventure. I needed it to power and ARB fridge freezer and a small mini freezer and I estimated about 40 hours a tank but I didn't count on the tanks not being completely full and I only averaged about 24 to 34 hours a tank. That makes sense now. I appreciate you weighing it and all the time you took to do the test it was very enlightening . For others people's references, I went through four tanks in nine days. I was running constantly in the beginning days using the small freezer to make ice for the extra cooler. I changed the oil every 24 hours because of the environment I was in. Once I could see I wasn't going to make it to the end of our 12 days, We were able to transfer everything to the ARB and I ran it to power that for about 15 hours day. We ran out 24 hours before ready to leave the island. I'll be better prepared this time and now I know why I need more thanks to your in depth review. Thanks again!

Bought one today using your code and saved $25 Thanks for the tip.

Thanks for the review/test. After hours of educating myself re. generators & fuel sources, this unit is exactly what I need for power & light during a blackout and I probably would not have known about it but for your efforts!

I got mine today. It is an impressive machine. It handled the 5,000 BTU AC (85 degrees in the camper before running the ac), the cooler refrigerator, and the 12 volt 40 watt convertor to charge the camper battery with no issues at all. It is really not that loud. I was bit concerned after watching your videos, but for me it is not an issue. It is much quieter than the 2000 Watt Westinghouse gas generator I have. After a no load break-in and changing the oil. I tested it for 3 hours as I would use it with the teardrop camper. Simply no issues at all; no gasoline odor, very little exhaust odor, and easy start. This is a perfect generator for the off-grid small camper. I really wanted a propane generator has I already bring a small 5 lb lp tank for cooking. Now I don't need to bring a gasoline can. Thanks for your video it was spot on.

After your review, I got this generator. We lose our power a lot because of where we live in NEPA. Customer service was great. The first unit was damaged in transit. I called and they immediately replaced it before I returned the original. We lost power before I had gotten everything set up and needed to fill a tank of propane. I did have a bunch of 1# tanks and just used some of them for the night. We got 3+ hours on each tank but I only ran 2 floor fans, lights, and a tv. It was a hot summer night but this was great for the situation. Since, I’ve gotten a 5# tank for camping and 20# tank for home use. I’m a grandma and was beginning to have trouble starting my Honda but this is just fine. So, thank you for this demo.

Thanks, Prof. I know someone who needs a generator, so I recommended this video, and told her to search your channel for other generator reviews.. I'm always recommending your reviews to individuals or groups, usually nomads, because I'm so impressed with your thoroughness, clarity, and transparency. So thanks very much for that. Happy holiday season to you. ODIN!!! THOR!!!

Congratulations and Thank You Very Much; for your Honest and very Scientific Testing for these Nomadic living Appliances and Batteries too. One of the Best KZfaq Channels that deals with product testing. Mr. Hobo tells it like it is, no fancy claims or outlandish stunts, just good scientific product testing and reviews....

I have this generator but with the auto-start battery included. I absolutely love it- it is so easy to use. I used it on a trip across the country, even at 8500' in freezing conditions in Colorado. I am very happy with it.

Thanks for giving easy to understand info on how long this would last running small window air conditioner.

A generator is something on my distant wish list. I will now consider a full propane unit once it's time. Glad to know this one ships to CA! Thanks, Professor👍🏼

The sound level rating for generators is usually measured at 7 meters. That's why you found it to be louder than what they advertise. If you want to run a 5K BTU window AC. Get the Frigidaire FFRE053WAE (410 watts) and a gas generator that will give you the longest runtime per gallon on ECO mode capable of powering it. That will give you the lowest fuel cost to run one.

Keep in mind that dBA is a variable metric based on distance from the source. Many generator manufacturers measure from approximately 23 feet (7 meters). For an apples-to-apples comparison, make sure the dBA ratings of all the generators you’re comparing are measured from similar distances

On the oil change/hours, LPG/Propane is a very clean burning engine, the oil will come out looking almost as clean as new. Very little contaminates and carbon. The cylinders also last longer as the gas is dry and doesn't wash off the oil film in the bore. Here in Aus we had all our taxi industry on LPG and many factory fitted dedicated LPG cars. Not uncommon to get 1m miles from them. I have had one for 10 years and it is the lowest maintenance engine I have ever owned. (LPG-liquid pretroleum gas.)

Loved the review. Straight forward, efficient, but thorough. Thanks for sharing the knowledge.

Great research. 15:50 consumed about 3lbs of propane for 4 hours @65% load (about ~550 watts).. so roughly 21 - 26 hours running a wall unit AC from a full tank of propane. Which if you are only running the AC at night from 10pm to 6am is about 3 nights, good for a long weekend. Nice!

That one page ‘paper’ is included because manufacturers know that most will never take the time to read a 20 page manual.

Great Job Tom! One can also add: - that you can generally store propane indefinatly - propane is much better for the engine longevity because it burns a lot cleaner and leaves less soot - and you dont have to worry about the carb getting gunked up from leaving fuel in there unleaded has a shelf life, would need fuel stabalizer, and most unleaded is mixed with ethanol which is not good for the longevity of some of the internal components.

thank you for all your efforts making these videos. nice to have people like you on KZfaq.

Nice video. Not bad for a. Small gen. Not bad for propane. It is loud. Live confidently and peacefully

I guessed right. My Honda on propane usually needs 3 pulls also.

Great video. You're easy to watch and include a lot of useful info 👍

The depression under the handle grip is a dual purpose... hand insert / oil cover screw maintainer... for when you're changing the oil.

For $500, I'm definitely getting one when I move to my new property.

UPDATE: Purchased this during your review, I never pulled it out of the box until recent 2023 Idalia storm through Florida, well I pulled it out hooked up the 20 Lb propane tank & it worked flawlessly, I was SO impressed I ordered 2 more just in case

Love your channel and the retro aspect you use in your videos, how I miss the hood old days😊

Wow, it's an actual generator. Lately, a lot of this stuff is labeled as a "generator" when it's literally just a battery.

This would run for ever on my 2 100lb tanks. Could be fun

I use my generator for bad solar days and for high power draws for work purposes this is amazing

I did a propane conversion on a larger gen a little while back. I will never run gasoline again. So the gas tank on the gens just become more space and weight. But I want a 2,000 - 2,500 model. A few weeks back I emailed ALP. They said a larger model was in development. for early 2021 release. Keep and eye out and do a review on that for us

Extrapolate! Nice. I have no business watching this video haha but here I am watching anyway.

I really not only think but know that you Professor has found your space. I followed you when you were stranded in Wyoming and felt for you yet look at you know. From your move from Cali to on the road it’s been fun to watch. You are the premier reviewer out there. Touché

0:40 "So here we are in somebody elses garage, we just broke in so hopefully noone wakes up"

Excellent review! We're new to the whole generator thing and this helped us a lot.

Good to see ya. Merry Christmas.

For those curious... I use my ALP to charge my battery bank (off grid solar) and a full (not exchange but taken and filled) 20lb propane tank on the ALP powering my 24v victron battery charger will put 402ah into my batteries which is just a bit over 10.5kwh. So if your looking for a cost analysis... It cost $11 to fill the 20lb propane tank... which privides 10.5kwh of energy... over a continuous runtime of 23 hours... with a load of ~700w / 5.86a.

The tool thing is definitely NOT a deal breaker. I have one of those little 2 stroke ”Hitch Hiker” generator and a 2k Predator. Each has its own little tool kit, zip tied to the handle, with a SP wrench, SP, and screw driver and a qt of oil (+a sm bottle of 2 stroke oil for the Hitch Hiker). This way no matter the situation I have what I need for sm repair/maintenance. Each has its own 5 gal jug of fuel with Stabile, and it’s changed out about every 6-8 mos. I’m a prepper. Gotta-be-good-to-go when you gotta go. 😁

It's a hard choice between that and the Baja 900 (Ryobi). I would have preferred to have DC output and a pure sine wave inverter - my Baja has neither. The 15% power increase wouldn't have hurt, either. Still, the Baja is almost half the price and suitable enough for my purposes, which is mainly a backup method to charge my batteries on days solar is insufficient. But the DC output would have made charging more efficient and eliminated the need for a charger, and the pure sine wave would have made it more versatile (such as running A/C or sensitive electronics directly from generator). Great review, gives me something to chew over. 😋

I always love listening to someone who knows what he’s talking about. As an engineer by profession I hate some moron trying to bluff his way through.

I like that like that the ALP generator can use the littler 1lb size propane tanks. As that would fit my needs just fine.

I appreciate the deep explanation and your tests, been doing a lot of research and you seem to be very helpful/the only one that breaks it down slowly

Wonders when he's gonna share his secret herbs n spices recipe...😁

I posted this review on the ad for it on FB but they took it down, oh well, just trying to spread a good review of it for them! TY for doing this, I have 2 to go along with the AC200P.

The decibels jump when you talk love your reviews.

Sounds good! I don't care how efficient it is or what kind of fuel it uses. I just want one that I don't have to fill the tank twice a day, and will run all night to keep my A/C running during power outages (I like to sleep late). I just wish it was quieter. I live in a city, so I don't want my neighbors complaining about the noise at night.

Very nice video, thank you Professor! Best wishes too for the upcoming Christmas holidays! Thank you for bringing a smile on our faces!

Great review, perfect for operating a small air conditioner. Very nice for a cabin in a remote area, especially since they can be combined to double the power. As an SAE oil engineer, i would have used the original oil for twice as long, for a better engine break-in. A full synthetic oil will decrease fuel consumption by about 5 to 8 percent, but triples engine life, because it doesn't allow carbon to build up.

Typically during a power outage, a homeowners biggest concern will be refrigeration / freezer. Because of their size, it’s not always easy to bring the refrig. / freezer close to the generator so you have to calculate the power draw PLUS the loss of the extension cord. Another advantage to propane is easier / cleaner storage of fuel. Gasoline will eventually contaminate and foul but propane will pretty much remain stable. I’ll consider one. Thanks for the informative video. It answered a lot of questions.

The nice thing about propane is it already in a gaseous state. (IF you are getting liquid, you have the tank upside down) Once the engine fires on propane, it should run and idle without using choke.

I’ve been waiting on this review, you’ve helped me make my decision.....too loud and a bit too small for me. Thank you.

Hey this was fantastic. Really helped me decide on purchasing this one.

I’d bring something like this camping and would possibly only bring a supply of small tanks, since I refill those myself. Of course I could also see myself bringing 2@20lb tanks camping as well, so thanks for the promotion code! Very informative and thorough video.

We used propane generators inside our mill, but it was very open. Our forklifts were propane too.

You are supposed to check the decibles at 21 ft. That is how all the generators are tested for their rating.

Thanks for the review and code for the hose.

Hobotech. Maybe the greatest business name ever. Bravo.

Using your test data on this Alp 1000w, it achieves 9.9% efficiency by converting 9.9% of the energy in propane to 120V AC. It also seems to drop to 8.7% efficiency when going up to 550 watts. I also ran some energy conversion numbers on the Generac 7127 iQ3500 and found that it is around 14.5% efficient at 1500 watt load (50%). That means it converts 14.5% of the energy contained in gasoline into 120V AC which sounds reasonable for such a small engine. No data for higher loads was available but it seems to get more efficient at higher loads. What this means is that people will pay less money per unit of energy on the larger generators which is consistent with thermodynamic theory.

Again another raving review! There is a difference between gas and propane generator, who knew? But I’ll stick to my Jackery 1000 Thanks Hobotech☮️❤️😎

Hobotech a good review thank you .

Just used your code and got the free hose. Big thanks for all your work and reviews.

Companies fill motors with oil to start and test and break in for some period of time. But they have to drain the oil to ship. Propane engines can go twice as long as gas or diesel on oil changes. They are a lot cleaner. Supposed to last 50% to twice as long as gasoline engines too

I love the fact that the cat's convenience outstripped his need to stay warm with the door staying open

Great presentation !!?! :>) FYI, propane runs way cleaner than gasoline engines. since the Alp runs strictly on propane, it should be able to run longer between oil changes. Keep up the great videos,, please :>)

A good tip to run new generators, are to have the economy mode on, that way it don't Rev that much.. I have a older gen that have been with me for many years, and always starts on the second pull regardless how long it's been sitting.. But that one I have to adjust the carb to run on lower rpm when I did the break in period.. It ran for 2.5 hr, the last 30min on 500w load..

I really love my 2300watt Ryobi gas generator, and it's bluetooth to see the load, fuel level, shut off timer etc, on my phone. But this is very interesting. And another stellar video, brother! 🤘🎸

You still have leaves ... t shirt weather for me , nice Gen by the way

That is one extremely loud Generator

Nice video, thanks Captain Hoodie! I have the Baja 700W-900W propane generator. Perfect for supporting a small load, or charging our battery generators! The batteries can take the surge (as these won’t), and works great. Just getting my camping and emergency home set up about figured out. You don’t waste a lot of excess Watts from a larger generator when you don’t really need them. Thanks. D

Thanks for the review. I've been looking at the ALP for a couple of months. It would be perfect for our small townhouse here in hurricane country. Gasoline storage is a problem. Propane is fine. I don't need a whole-house generator. I mainly run off the Bluetti's when the SHTF. This would be to recharge them during long power outages. Glad to know I would need to be prepared with my own oil.

Wonderfully thorough and informative review! Your information covers all the issues I would not have known to consider.

thanks man! after picking up a bluetti200p I'm looking for another generator option for no sun,, this is great review, I was just looking at Costco generator that is both gas and propane but its a beast! hope to see other generator reviews as I am upgrading all my preps, thanks again you awesome!

I built a LPG powered Evaporate Air conditioner using a 3hp Honda 4 stroke motor to drive a water pump and scroll fan... We were living in the Australian desert, mining for opal for 10 years . I went through two motors in that time and it worked perfectly. It would burn about one of these 20lb bottles every 5 days at 8 hrs a day at about 12oo rpm. We couldn't live out there in the 45 to 50 Celsius summer temperatures without it. I was in the air-conditioning industry and put it together in a day and a half.. PS...we made a fortune and sold the claim...with the A/C. Gas is the go with many applications...

Hey I'm English, we call propane "propane", since gas could mean butane too.

NOTE: This generator will NOT run a rooftop RV A/C unit.

I am new to the channel, I had to rewind your intro to make sure I heard your name correctly.

Just got mine after watching your video! I love It! Best investment ever!

This is exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks Professor!

Not too bad for about $500.00 without the hose the four foot braided steel hose is $25.00. Not bad I wish it produced 1500 watts. The professor HOBO.

Little loud for my tastes, but I dug the Mandalorian reference! 😬👍

But when is not running it is very quiet 😂. Considering buying one to complement my gasoline generator. Thanks for this honest review You got your new subscriber

You did an amazing review of that generator ,👍🏻 couldn't ask for anything more. Just subscribed.

good show professor, now I like you to use that generator on house heaters. I'm curious on those results

This is what I want. It is good to have a few options and this propane geny is a nice option.

I have a propane Ryobi generator similar to this you can buy a hose that goes from the generator directly to a big tank and cut out that extra connection

I have been waiting to get just this Generator until the Professor reviewed it. And those links made it handy to order, sending Fed Ex to me, thanks.

If oil was included for shipment it would fall under the nightmare of hazmat

That looks like a perfect little generator for an RV travel trailer?

Plugged you big time HOBO-Dude with the ALP folks. Told them I wouldnt have bought if it wasnt for your review. They said that they saw/met you in person at the Arizona Expo last month. You sure get around HOBO DUDE!!!!

If that works this well that's great because most multi fuel generators have terrible hrs to fuel ratio. I had a big 13,000 watt genny and Honda told me the efficiency differences between gas propane and natural gas. The regular gas was a lot more efficient. So a company making one work effectively on propane is great.