There is give and take in life. Pulling a cord is a small inconvenience. Knowing that you have a 99.999% chance that you will have power while boondocking is important to me. Nothing stinks more than when you need power and it doesn't work. I constantly had issues with my LP 3600/4000 Onan with updated maintenance (probably over maintained) and religiously exercised. How many times does it take to give up on a piece of equipment that constantly lets you down? Usually I'm not one to give up on equipment but this Onan was not the first one to give me problems. Friends and family that are mechanics also complained about the problems with their Onan generators. The Honda's that I purchased (2000's) I converted to LP and work very well, sip LP, are super quiet, portable if needed, low vibration, last forever, low maintenance (don't need exercised), only have to run one gen set most of the time unless you need AC, etc. I am very happy with my decision.