OhmsLaw7

@FellGraham spark arrestor on the exhaust is another one that'll have you knee-deep in carb cleaner before you realise the poor thing just couldn't breathe out — had my van's genny doing exactly...

Swapped to a II on the van last summer purely for the Assistant feature—basically a very expensive way to avoid reading the manual at 2am in the rain.

The middle ground absolutely exists, just costs more to build it. We've got a Victron setup in the van that genuinely feels normal day-to-day — hot showers, proper fridge, decent heating.