Recently had a guy pull in beside me who cranked up his 2000 watt Honda ten feet from my wide open front door. It was not "quiet". My Champion locked in the bed of my pickup and waiting for an emergency was silent. One hundred watts of solar and a couple of deep cycle batteries supplied all the energy I needed. One does not have to use a microwave to fry bacon or a 1,500 watt coffee pot to make a cup of coffee. Sometimes "less is more". In this case, less noise (from any generator) is more friendly.