Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Inverter generators are an elite breed of portable generators. And as a group, they outperform their conventional ...

Inverter generators are a relatively new, and improved, type of portable generator. You use both types of generator the same way, to power appliances and electronics after an outage at home or when ...

As a group, inverter generators perform better than regular portable generators in almost every way, according to our testers. They’re quieter. They run more efficiently, which means you don’t have to ...

When the power goes out, whether due to a hurricane, heat stress on the power grid, or just one downed tree, a generator can be a lifesaver. Because of this, you should regularly check and maintain ...

A few years back, inverter generators might have seemed like something people only needed in cold, snowy regions. Even there, they started out as luxury items that few people actually owned. That’s no ...