[Rebelbase]

My favorite self pressurizing camp stove:

Svea 123

[mylife]

What kind of stove is that?

I need something small for motorcycling

[mylife]

What kind of stove is that?

I need something small for motorcycling

[higgmeister]

Optimus Svea 123R

[mylife]

I see. Optimus SVEA/ SVEA 123

[dljordan]

I was just gonna say... I bought one new for a dollar at a yard sale. No one was interested in it but I thought it was pure gold.

[Tunehead54]

My Svea is at the other house but there was no “self-pressurizing” - you had to twist a knob and pump manually and then lock down the plunger ... still they’re great backpacking stoves ... Oops! I guess they are self-pressurizing if you include yourself ... ;-)

[GATOR NAVY]

A classic. I had one of those 30 years ago and I think it was an old design then.

[JMJJR]

My favorite self pressurizing camp stove:

Svea 123

Nothing like the jet engine roar of a 123 in the morning !

It sounds like ...... COFFEE !

[Freedom4US]

Was just thinking the same thing, nice photo. Still arguably the best hiking /mountaineering stove. A little noisy. The only ones I use are the older style w/ out the cleaning needle inside the nozzle. The machined tolerances on the flame adjustment are much tighter, finer threads or something, so it can be throttled back real good. In the photo the key is angled downward, that’s the earlier, pre 70s version or whenever SVEA made the change.