My various camps have never used quiet generators. A box works surprisingly well. I suppose the taller the box, the better it'll bounce all those sound waves up to the sky. Take that, stratosphere!

IMHO a $200 genny is trouble. You get what you pay for. Anything that cheap
is probably going to be a noisy and *smelly* two cycle engine. You're better
off with a $500 genny and a baffle box. We've used a baffle box for years
with good results. It helps to line it with thick carpet or some other
dampening material. Also, we put a piece of curved sheet metal next to the
cooling vent exhaust to direct the air up. This helps create a draft to cool
the genny better than just slots at the bottom of the box.

Whatever you do, change the oil post Burn and follow the directions to
mothball it for the winter.

"a $200 Home Depot generator by building a baffle box, compared to the $2000 a Honda EU2000 costs? "

Honda eu2000 are less than $900.

Do yourself the favor and get one, it will last forever, your $200 one will be lucky if it makes it through the week.

put a eu2000 in a baffle box if you really give a shit about the noise you are making.

$2,000. No.....


Demo model $700.00

cgi.ebay.com/Honda-Gener...I_Generators


also the baffle box works better if you use foam egg crate material instead of rug.