Might be fine for weekend trips, but we're always scrambling for space on our annual excursions.  I'd expect that the AC unit would make more noise (being closer) than would the generator. I'm more than half deaf, but Stephanie has bat ears. 

Karl Wolz
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> On Nov 3, 2013, at 6:46 PM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> RE: Generators Stink
> I've been carrying and occasionally using my Honda Eu1000 for almost seven years now.  And I do not recall even once being able to smell it or any gasoline smell inside the van.
> As for noise, in the middle of Death Valley yeah, you might hear it 50 or 100 yards away.  Just barely.  In every place I've ever used it the sound was only there if you listened for it from the other side of the Westy.
> YMMV