Both provide power during an outage, so your decision may come down to price and convenienceA portable generator (left) is ...

while natural gas models can run indefinitely. They tend to be very quiet, and you don’t need to fuss with weather covers or canopies. Cons: Whole-house generators are pricier to buy.

Fed up with power outages, one local man says he decided to invest in a generator for his house, only to face sticker shock from the power company.

Portable models also tend to be noisier and produce less power than whole-house models ... Of the 35 conventional generators in our ratings, 11 can work on both gas and propane.

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Unlike older gas-only generators, ones that run on propane offer a higher degree of versatility because they can be connected to handy 20-pound tanks or larger whole-house propane tanks.