Although Honda makes excellent products, they are pricey. I have had ongoing experience with a Generac unit for over ten years. As long as you do regular maintenance and use good fuel, it won’t fail you. I suggest that you be sure the model you purchase has a fuel cutoff valve. This is important in keeping it easy to start in the long run. Use a good gasoline, mixed with a good additive to keep the gas from breaking down. My preference is Pri-G. Start the generator and run it for a few minutes every month, turn off the fuel valve and let it run dry and stop. While it’s running plug in something and give it a little load to meet. Change the oil every six month if it is not being used much. When it is used for an extended run, as in a power outage overnight, etc, change the oil after the event, so the next one will find you ready with fresh oil, if it has to run a long time. Keep the fuel tank mostly full to avoid condensation. When not in use, cover the unit to keep it from gathering dust and dirt from grass mowing and other activity around it. Each year examine the air filter, fuel and oil filter to change as necessary. The worst thing is sitting and not being used for a year. It needs to run to keep the engine loose, and lubricated, to keep the magnetic field active and to avoid stagnant fuel gelling in the lines and carb. Follow these suggestions and it will give years of service and crank on less than three pulls every time.
Honda Inverters are the pricy ones. But they are safest for electronics. Burning out a $1000 flat screen to save $500 on a generator is not very good math.