We do not mean to say that we rough it, but rather when we know that we will not need certain electrical items then we try and turn them off. I am a light sleeper and in a quiet forest settings every noise can be heard, and why use the extra power if it is not needed.
We use the Wabasto heat for the hot water when dry camping, plenty of hot water and warm in the morning.
As for the computer, we need to stay in touch with our business each day, but for the first time we actually were in a location where we could not get any signals, nothing from the cell phone booster, Motosat Tv nothing, tucked along side of a 4k mountain, had to drive 8 miles up the hill to get a signal and get our emails. Was not in love with that each day but the wilderness was pretty special.