I am not a full timer. My rig is 42’ and that puts me at RV parks most Places I go. As such, those parks have mostly full hook ups. In my past camping, I mostly dry camped in a large pop up mostly in state and federal parks. So, I used a combination of solar and generator. For those years, I had a Honda eu2000i. When I added my 5’er to my camping arsenal, I also added an additional Honda. Together they produce 4200 watts. Enough to run one a/c and everything else electric in my rig.
My rig also has prewire and cut outs for an onboard generator. If I were to go full time and boondocks, I would absolutely go onboard generator and wire direct to eliminate all the logistical BS of a portable and the hassles that go with it. I would also go diesel since there is less to maintain and the fuel is less volatile. A modern diesel generator is very quiet these days. A friend of mine has an Onan in his Dynamax RV and it is really quiet and hardly noticeable.
