About Honda
Honda has manufactured small engines for power equipment since 1953, and its Power Equipment division, headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, has sold Honda generators in the United States since 1973. The division's products, including generators, lawn mowers, pumps, snow blowers, tillers, and trimmers, are assembled across 11 Honda manufacturing facilities worldwide, among them Honda Power Equipment Mfg., LLC in Swepsonville, North Carolina, the plant that has built Honda generators and snow blowers for the U.S. market for decades. Honda R&D Americas, also based in North Carolina, conducts the product engineering and testing behind the current lineup of more than 70 models across six product families. By 2015, Honda counted over 40 million satisfied Power Equipment customers in the U.S. alone.
The EU2200i inverter generator we reviewed on DIYRated carries a CO-MINDER carbon monoxide detection system that automatically shuts the engine down if CO levels build up in an enclosed space, and Honda backs its inverter generators with pure sine wave output safe for laptops and other sensitive electronics. Consumer Reports maintains an independent test listing for the EU2200i, and Popular Mechanics has covered the model directly, including a firsthand account of running one through a multi-day outage after Hurricane Florence. That same engineering line carries into Honda's heavier equipment: the commercial-grade GX engine platform we saw in the HSS928 track-drive snow blower is the same GX series Honda has sold through its dealer network for industrial and rental use.
Brand website: powerequipment.honda.com
What Honda makes
Honda's range runs wider than the products we review. The lines we know best from our own testing are marked with a star:
Portable & inverter generators
1,000 to 10,000 watts for residential, recreational, and industrial backup power — featured on DIYRated — featured on DIYRated
Snow blowers
wheel-drive, track-drive, and lightweight models moving up to 3,000 lbs of snow — featured on DIYRated — featured on DIYRated
Lawn mowers
21-inch push-type and self-propelled models for residential and commercial use
Water pumps
general dewatering, multi-purpose, and submersible pumps from 37 to 433 GPM
Tillers
mini, mid, and rear-tine tiller models
Trimmers
string trimmers across multiple engine sizes and trim-head styles
Why we recognized Honda
The DIYRated Top Brand recognition isn't paid for and can't be applied for. We award it to the brands whose products consistently stand out in our hands-on category reviews. Honda earned it on the strength of the products below, evaluated the same way every product on this site is: bought, put to work on real jobs, and judged on merit.
Honda products we rated highly
Honda EU2200iTAN Inverter Generator
A top pick in our portable generator testing for anyone who wants near-silent backup power: it ran between 48 and 57 dBA in our noise checks, quieter than normal conversation, and sipped fuel at roughly 0.12 gallons per hour at a quarter load. A CO-MINDER carbon monoxide detector shuts the engine down automatically if CO builds up, and it carries a 4.7-star average across more than 3,200 reviews.
Read the 7 Best Portable Generators of 2026 guide →
Honda HSS928AATD 28-Inch Two-Stage Track Drive Gas Snow Blower
A top pick for heavy-snow regions in our testing: a commercial-grade Honda GX270 engine with an automotive-style electric key start fired reliably in deep cold, and rubber tracks held traction on ice and inclines where wheeled machines spun out. Hydrostatic drive gave stepless speed control, and it cleared up to 1,900 pounds of snow per minute with a 52-foot throw in our review.
Read the 7 Best Snow Blowers of 2026 guide →What earned Honda the recognition
- Manufacturing small engines for power equipment since 1953, with Honda generators sold in the U.S. market since 1973 and over 40 million satisfied Power Equipment customers in the U.S. by 2015.
- U.S. generator and snow blower production runs through Honda Power Equipment Mfg., LLC in Swepsonville, North Carolina, supported by an in-state Honda R&D center dedicated to product engineering and testing.
- The EU2200i inverter generator we tested pairs a CO-MINDER automatic-shutoff carbon monoxide detector with a pure sine wave inverter safe for sensitive electronics, and holds a 4.7-star average across more than 3,200 reviews.
- Consumer Reports maintains an independent test listing for the EU2200i, and Popular Mechanics has documented running one through a multi-day outage after Hurricane Florence.
- The same commercial-grade GX engine platform spans Honda's generator and snow blower lines, the GX270 in the HSS928 track-drive snow blower we reviewed is part of the same GX series Honda sells for industrial and rental use.