I think that water is something like 800 times more dense than air. If you want reliable power, water is the answer assuming you have (a) flow and (b) fall.

As for the Honeywell wind turbine-- I'm tempted to be a smarta** and tell you about the exquisite little convenience called a "search engine" but I'll humour you just this once. http://www.windtronics.com/honeywell-wind-turbine

We have a creek with an substancial drop so that may be an option to us. Wow that turbine looks very professional & well engineered.

Only reason I was hoping for wind power is the coinsistent linear wind that comes off our lake thru a small valley. Thot it would be smart to harness it. However the speeds are never more that 20kph or so

If you want small wind, the best machine out there is the Bergey XL1. Bergey has been building turbines for 30 years, and do a great job of it. If you compare the specs between the XL1 and the Windtronics, you'll see that it is better in all respects, except maybe noise. However, it's almost $1000 cheaper and 166 pounds lighter (a big deal when it comes to tower loading).

I think I'll go solar. I'll open a new post if there hasn't been one yet that I can review. I think its more portable. I'll have a generator in case...

I can get great gelCells and have an 1.5k inverter.

Now I need to source a decent panel(s)

Hi Decadude,
I'm looking into TEG's or ThermoElectric Generators. Basically, they'd run off the heat of your wood stove to provide the extra electricity boost you need in the winter to supplement your solar array. I haven't found anything commercially available yet, but that doesn't mean that it can't be built!
From what I've read, they can produce a lot of energy!

Perhaps something with a pressure cooker? I know a guy who heated his cabin by passing water from a pressur cooker thru small pipes (copper) with checkvalves so water wouldn't come back down. Worked well!