It has probably been said but I'll chip in (and I'm a long time hater of generators camping from years in the scouts in my youth) that a Honda EU1000i can run right next to you sleeping�in a tent and most people don't even know it's running.� As I get older and lazier, more spoiled, and achier, I often appreciate having it.� I actually never really run mine overnight, but I have/would on occasion, and having "shore power" can be really convenient at times without annoying people overly.� Similarly modern Onan MicroQuiets and Kohlers are�pretty darn quiet, in big RVs, though nothing beats the little Honda.� The Chinese ripoffs (Kipor) are even nearly as good though not always as reliable,�I also have one of them in 2kw (branded as McCulloch) for running my boiler at home when power goes down.� Anyway YMMV on this one.� The Honda sips gas, and truely, truely is that quiet, always have been.� I recall being amazed in the 80s by their 500, 650,
 1000W non inverters back then and the modern ones are even more silent.� You can always share with your neighbor BTW so you aren't being quite so selfish....

--- On Wed, 11/4/09, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

I, too, think that generators are really bad when camping.� Why someone
would assume that other people within earshot of their generator noise are
not being constantly bothered by that irritating noise has always puzzled
me.� Running a generator in a quiet public environment is very
selfish.� They make noise. Just for YOU.�