I researched and researched and ended up with a WestinghouseWH2200iXLT Super Quiet Portable Inverter Generator - 1800 Rated Watts and 2200 Peak Watts - Gas Powered - CARB Compliant. Oh, I realized, I have the unit prior to this with the only difference being it won't run in parallel.
It has 277 reviews on Amazon with a 4.5 out of 5 rating. And costs 479 bucks. When Westinghouse brought this out a few years ago, they went right at Honda. It WILL run an air conditioner due to how it is engineered for start up and is extremely quiet like in the Honda range or better, yes better or at least equal.
Essentially, Westinghouse has an arsenal of patents and decided to use a few of them to create this unit. One has some counter-rotating fans that reduce noise and then something that addresses initial load that shuts down many other units.
Here is a thread on another site where an engineer tests the various units against normal RV type use. https://www.popupexplorer.com/forum/index.php?topic=119313.0
This is sort of a hidden gem of a generator. I live and camp above 4000 feet and it served me well when I was pop up camping including airco use for quite a few years now. Very quiet. I had a neighbor camper one time who took his dog out early and we had run it to make coffee and it was on eco and we were sitting right next to it talking and he walked by and finally heard the low thrum and came over and said, he really doesn't like generators but wrote down this one particularly when he heard I paid less than 500 for a quality unit.
OH, Costco has a Yamaha for a killer price right now in the stores. I was amazed at the price.
