I'm either at the beach or the desert so it's nice to have the AC when needed push the button. If you choose to mirco something you have it. Or if the wifey wants to blow dry her hair your covered. I've found that since I converted to running two deep cycle 6 volt batteries and changed out all my lights to LED I'm not using the genny as much. But if I choose to with a few movies at night I'll fire up the genny. Some others here have great insight on using solar panels also that's another route you may want to look into.