I guess we fall into the category of "not skimping" and enjoy having all the comforts of home even while boon docking. How long we stay put is dictated by water more than power.
We have a 10 KW gen set, 6 batteries, 3000 W inverter and 300 W of solar. Still, I like to start the gen set first thing in the morning for morning coffee and breakfast and than again around 5 in the evening for cocktails, dinner and watching TV. Gen set goes off around 9 pm when we settle in with books.
I don't like to run heavy loads like the microwave and coffee maker with the inverter...besides, I paid for having a good gen set to use so why not run it. I just sort of hums in the background.