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It will be extremely useful for me to know who has what, and who is looking for what. When I approached Honda last about creating a Phill style incentive for the FMQ2-36, they said.... "the what?". They never heard of it. So I want to gather some info so I can figure out what the level of interest is in the unit. This is vital info for us to aquire (as a group). If you are usually a lurker, get involved here. If you are a guest, sign up and fill in the poll... Please?
I feel that anyone driving at, or above 100 miles per day, would be better served by the FMQ units for a number of obvious reasons. Someone like me that droves 20 miles per day is fine with a Phill, as it will give them years of service, as opposed to a 100 mile a day guy who will wear it out in 3.5 years (according to FM, and faster in reality). Note that they use 7000 hrs as their target lifespan back in this early literature.
In fact, here's their numbers for anticipated unit service life, and their comments concerning the unit:
"Phill is designed to last approximately 5 to 7 years based on a Civic GX that is driven 12,000 miles per year."
Customer commute in miles: 100/day
Refueling Time: 8 hrs
Commute days: 260/yr
Phill hrs of operation/yr: 2080
Years until 7000 Hrs: 3.5 years
Note that they use 7000 in this 2005 literature. I have received nothing more from FM with revised information.
50 mi/day
4hrs/night
260 days/yr
1040 hrs/yr
6.9 yrs
30 miles/day
3.7 hrs/day
702 hrs/yr
10.3 yrs
Comments are welcome but keep them short, to the point and on topic. I don't need info on installers, FM policies, etc, as I know where you are all at with that and it is covered in other area's of the forum.
Thank you for your participation.
I feel that anyone driving at, or above 100 miles per day, would be better served by the FMQ units for a number of obvious reasons. Someone like me that droves 20 miles per day is fine with a Phill, as it will give them years of service, as opposed to a 100 mile a day guy who will wear it out in 3.5 years (according to FM, and faster in reality). Note that they use 7000 hrs as their target lifespan back in this early literature.
In fact, here's their numbers for anticipated unit service life, and their comments concerning the unit:
"Phill is designed to last approximately 5 to 7 years based on a Civic GX that is driven 12,000 miles per year."
Customer commute in miles: 100/day
Refueling Time: 8 hrs
Commute days: 260/yr
Phill hrs of operation/yr: 2080
Years until 7000 Hrs: 3.5 years
Note that they use 7000 in this 2005 literature. I have received nothing more from FM with revised information.
50 mi/day
4hrs/night
260 days/yr
1040 hrs/yr
6.9 yrs
30 miles/day
3.7 hrs/day
702 hrs/yr
10.3 yrs
Comments are welcome but keep them short, to the point and on topic. I don't need info on installers, FM policies, etc, as I know where you are all at with that and it is covered in other area's of the forum.
Thank you for your participation.
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