Just got home from the fest. I ran the Ryobi for almost 4 days straight. 9am till midnight Thurs-Sunday. No issues. Ran the AC fine. Decided to put some box fans in the camper and then had the outdoor kitchen fridge going too. Cabin fridge was ran on propane.
I got roughly 6 hours I would guess per tank with AC running non-stop, fridge, box fans, chargers, etc. I would top it off every couple hours. 93 degrees out and super high humidity. Heat index 105 they said. No shade made it impossible to get under 80 degrees inside the camper when the sun was out.
Generator is pretty quiet. I used my muffler box for about 10 minutes before the attic fan inside burned up and the generator overheated and shut down. Since it was designed for my old generator it was a bad setup for the new one with the exhaust out the side vs the back. It was blowing hot exhaust right into the plywood vs towards the fan. So I ditched the box for the weekend. Couldn't even hear my little guy over all the 6Ks everyone had.
Next generator will just be a quiet honda. It's too much work lugging the big box around and takes up too much truck space. Since the new one is quieter than the old one I can deal with it as-is.
As far as the brute vs ryobi...Ryobi has a longer warranty and larger gas tank. I felt the brute starting amps was artificially high compared to all other gensets I've seen. I am sure it will get the job done though.
