Home Refueling
There is noting quite like jumping in your car each morning to a full tank.
As described in the "Tax Incentives" forum, a federal tax credit of $1,000 is available for installing a home refueling system. Honda and Fuelmaker most likely provided us with this lobbying favor in hopes of getting more of the Phill product to market.
Why I Passed on Phill
OK, so Phill has a cute name and can be installed in your garage. But unfortunately the numbers did not pencil out for me. I decided instead to install Fuelmaker's outdoor system. I found a used FM4 unit on eBay for $3,750 then contacted our local Fuelmaker dealer to have it refurbished and professionally installed. The FM4 fills to 3,000 psi whereas the newer FM2 fills to 3,600 psi (these cost are a little more in the used marketplace... around $4,500 usually).
Back to Phill, here is why it did not make sense for me:
Price:


Fueling Rate:


Lifespan:


On top of this I can have two hoses for the occasional time I need to fill both of my GX's overnight.
I worked with our local Fuelmaker dealer to create a comparison matrix (see the PDF file attached to this post) which I hope you find useful.
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