Yeh I know!!! We're going 10kW next time and I might use the 5000wt for my shop alone if it is still alive. I don't like to not be able to work. A couple springs ago we had really bad flooding and roads were all washed out and power gone. My daughter was at daycare and they didn't have power and I couldn't get there because the roads were out or trees across them and the power lines, my wife was trying to get home from Portland but trees were down everywhere and roads washed out, and I was home with the generator running, the woodstove going, all cozy and warm and comfy!! I felt terrible too as I couldn't get my daughter who was only 3 miles away!!! NOT a good feeling. My wife did get to the daycare with my map assistance so I felt better knowing my girl was with mom, and by the time she got there the trees were off the lines, so they could get through the only way that was left and we were all happy and warm here.