Just received my Itech 500 generator and had a play. What a magic piece of equipment. Originally looking at it for my camping trips but justified it to my wife as a generator she can handle. That is, only 6kg and she just has to remember to push one button, AC on. Small enough to fit in a drawer with a ledlight 240v 50 w spotlight that lights up the entire kitchen and lounge room. Bring on the next storm outage, the missus lifts it out of the drawer , plugs in the spotlight, presses one button and is fully lit up for 10 hours , a second outlet to plug in the car fridge which if like the fires caused last time, outage for a week, no more lost food or trying to get to a petrol station for a conventional generator. Rollout the 100w solar blanket onto the decking through the kitchen window and with the gas hotplates we are sorted for weeks, the wife can do the lot after 10mins instruction. Seriously, I am a builder and these things should be mandatory to be inbuilt into every home, especially the 1300 model but this time around I needed something light the wife could handle.