Hi All.
My second post here on this subject. For the "Price Range", that your going to have you really only have two choices. The "1800 RPM or the "3600 RPM" Our Motorhome has the "3600 RMP Generator" in ours.
Like I said, add a "Ven-Turi System" to your Generator, it does help by quite a bit. Plus it keeps the "Exhaust" up and above your Motorhomes roof line, so you don't get any of your own "Carbon Monixide".
We like the idea of having both types of Generators, a Built-In "3600" RMP.
And then our Twin Sets of Honda EU2000's, and the Parallla Kit and the Extended Run Tank. The Honda's you just can't beat for Boon-Docking at all, not when you can run one of the Honda's for just about a perfect 10 1/2 Hours of run time on 1.1 Gallons of Gas. Connect them both up and your set for the night while Boon-Docking. We have been asked many, many times if we wanted to sell our Honda's. Just no way that will ever happen. Its nice to be able to run just one Honda when we feel like it.
As far as getting the Motorhome Industry, and the Generator Manufactors to build and put in better and quieter gaenerators, its not going to happen until everyone stops buying what they are selling. The same thing with all types of Motorhomes getting better MPH our of their "Gas Tanks".
ourselves, we pretty happy with what we already have.. Did the inside Make-Over, and that turned out nice, and we get pretty fair MPG< not to bad for a Gasser. Really can't complain as we have seen some on here, and how they only get 4-5 MPG. Now we sure wouldn't own one of them, that's for sure.
Live Live and enjoy it the best you can. Good Luck. Dan & Jill & our two small "YORKIE KIDS, who love to travel as much as we do.