dual fuel genny

[Matlock]

I have 12V appliances, fridge, TV, lighting, laptop, gadgets, that work fine with my solar and 6v batteries.

I talked myself into....justified, over the last 4 months that the few 120V items that I already own, I would like to bring-with. (I have the room in the Box Van) Nothing here is mandatory but would be nice to have along....
120V 1 gal. shop vac, I'm tired of sweeping with a broom.
120V high flow air compressor,100 PSI. I would like to air down/up when off road.
120V heat gun.
120V radiant heater, 600w/1500w. I carry it now and use when shore power is available.
120V 1000W microwave. I'd enjoy boondocking a lot more with one.  

So, I did something I wasn't going to ever do, I bought a generator. This isn't one of those fancy inverter/generators. It's just a simple dual fuel 2000/1400w sportsman generator. I wanted propane (the "use 5 or 10 times a year fuel that never gums up your carburetor").

Price of Genny VS buying new 12V versions of the items listed above.... no contest.
Genny, Home Depot, $188 to my store. Ordered the 20th arrived the 24th.  Merry Christmas to me.....  

 

[jimindenver]

I just picked up the Sportsman 800/1000 inverter generator from HD. It sure would be nice if it were dual fuel because like you I won't need it very often.

 

[BradKW]

I've looked closely at those too,. I'll be interested in what you think of it. It's so cheap compared to other dual fuel options I'll be curious what the downside is...