One of my local outdoor retailers was having a sale. I went in for some replacement hiking socks and left with a stove. It's an Optimus Svea 123r. They've changed the packaging on the box to a more retro one. The build quality doesn't seem as refined as an older one with the edges feeling a bit sharper than my older ones. The cup is also just a loose fit rather than a snug fit and the chain is chunkier. It works well though. Seems to have plenty of power and that lovely jet engine sound.
Thank you for these excellent photos, particularly the ones looking inside the windscreen toward the burner, as I’d never seen a good view of the horizontal disc-shaped heat shield.
Great photos! Thanks! Does it indicate country of manufacture anywhere on the box? Perhaps on the bottom?! - Tom
@SimonFoxxx it was at the Further Faster sale. It wasn’t hugely discounted but it made it a reasonable price to me.
[QUOTE=" It says Made in Taiwan on the bottom of the box.[/QUOTE] I wonder if Optimus got tired of pursuing patent claims against Stansport, Fire-Lite and PakCook, and just started contracting thru them?
