Generators

Storms that knock out your power tend to do two things at once. They cut the electricity to your well pump, and they send water racing toward your basement or crawl space. That is the worst possible moment to discover your generator can only handle one of those jobs. If you live in a rural … Read more

If your home is not on a natural gas line, you already know the fuel question matters. Gasoline is easy to find but goes stale. Propane stores for years but takes up space and has its own quirks. A dual-fuel generator runs on either, which means you are not betting your whole outage plan on … Read more

Best Electric-Start Generator for Homeowners Who Can’t Pull-Start Pulling a recoil starter cord is harder than it looks. It takes a quick, forceful, repeated motion that strains the shoulder, back, and hands, and it gets harder in cold weather when the engine is stiff. For homeowners with arthritis, shoulder or back problems, limited grip strength, … Read more

You start the generator, switch on the well pump circuit, and the generator’s breaker trips or the engine bogs down and quits. It is frustrating, especially when the generator looks big enough on paper. In almost every case, the cause is a mismatch between the pump’s startup surge and what the generator can deliver, not … Read more

For anyone managing insulin, certain biologics, or other refrigerated medications, a power outage introduces a real risk beyond inconvenience — most refrigerated medications lose effectiveness if they warm beyond their labeled storage range for too long. A dedicated cooling solution paired with a small power station is often more reliable than hoping your main refrigerator … Read more

If you or someone in your home depends on a CPAP machine, a power outage isn’t just an inconvenience — it’s a health risk. Untreated sleep apnea for even one night can mean poor oxygen levels, headaches, and daytime fatigue, and during a multi-day outage that risk compounds fast. The good news: CPAP machines draw … Read more