Most people don't own generators, even though they need one, because we live in a winter storm area, that seems to knock out power just about every year. I admit, it took me decades to get myself straightened out, and finally got myself a generator. Still, none of the neighbors around me own one. But when the temps dip down to 0 degrees F, and everything in your home is electric powered only, you will wish you had a generator, is all I am saying lol.
I wanted a Honda generator, but their a price gouging expensive, unless you buy the itti bitti ones, that will only power a light bulb, fan, computer, etc. I ended up getting a few years ago, a Westinghouse Wgen 7500 - 9500 watt generator, and it powers everything in my house, except for the things that don't matter, like the furnace, hot water heater, and oven.
But I can run 2-1500 watt space heaters off the generator, as well as an old style microwave, coffee brewer, coffee grinder, lights, fans, computers, tv's, you name it. And that was a serious game changer for me, because I no longer had to live in a the dark ages, when the power went out.
The only issue to having a generator, whether it runs on gasoline, propane, or diesel, is that you need to have a good supply of that fuel source, to run a generator for a day or more. My generator, which runs on gasoline, as an efficiency of running for 11-hours, per 6.5 gallon tank of gasoline, running with a medium load against it.
The smaller the generator, with the same size tank, can run even longer, but then your reducing your electricity production capacity. I envy people who live in areas which never loses power, they are the real lucky ones. But I sure felt for those folks who were truly screwed in Texas years ago. Then more recently, they went through baseball sized hail dropping on them and destroying their cars and home roof's.
