$2,500 cost of generator.
gasoline in Socialist California Republic $3.50 gallon
Perhaps fifty mile drive to go gas up after uprooting camp.
"Gawrsh, I got an extra eight percent life out of my batteries!"
"Now why should I spend the money for batteries whose plates are twice as thick and charge faster".
It all depends on the boondocking. Being so thrifty you outwit yourself is not my idea of using wisdom. "Like Mex and Douglas tires from Wal-Mart"
They saved so much on purchase price I returned again, and again...and...