Monitor Campers' Cabinet Outfit - cyclist's half pint size.

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  1. Robert Radcliffe

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    Presumably a forerunner to the Monitor High Speed stove, this stove has a steel 'cabinet' rather than the later aluminium.
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    I can see from the advert that my example has lost the 'auto-seal' cap. An odd name for something that would need to be added manually. Perhaps I have misunderstood something here?

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    Once fettled the stove ran well but it flooded after a single preheat, suggesting it prefers a double preheat. Once hot though it ran very nicely.

     
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    Is there no air release screw of any sort? I wonder if that's what they were getting at, rather than the sprung valve fitted into the riser which Monitor introduced?
     
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    Very nice…

    “Waterproof carrying haversack with sling” ???

    The wee stoves are fascinating on their own, but I’d love to see one of the haversacks,,, “with sling”…
     
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    Sadly no, it's the sort where the air is released through a channel in the thread for the fuel cap. Not great as that fuel cap gets mighty hot!

    I thought exactly the same thing!
     
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    Ah yes I'd forgotten about those, like the one in the Regal! Well perhaps that is what they mean.
     
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    @Robert Radcliffe On dismantling, did you notice one, or signs there was once one fitted?
     
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    @Blackdog no my fettling was just pump leather, NRV and fuel cap washer so I'll check for it tomorrow.
     
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    Hi @Robert Radcliffe great score i have the later version with the Aluminium cabinet, Monitor had a wide range of models of stoves blowlamps and pressurised oil burning apparatus, and a good few patents.
    I am surprised this model and it's later version was not in production as much as the standard pressure stove,
     
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    @mr optimus I wonder if the even smaller petrol stoves like the Primus 71 and Svea 123 took sales away.
     
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    Given that cyclists were very conscious of weight and bulk, this particular outfit doesn't score very well! Many cyclists used a clip to carry a 1-pint or 1/2-pint the stove tank on the frame, with the loose parts in a saddlebag or pannier. This did away with a tin full stop, and meant the tank took up no valuable luggage space (and could do no harm if it leaked). The next best thing would be a dismantled stove stowed in it's smaller, lighter tin!

    Lugging this model around, fully assembled, in a large tin, seems madness. I wonder if any were actually used by cyclists, or if they were bought by car campers as well as the larger model...
     
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    Good point Robert two compact stoves perfect for backpacking and cyclists, even though a great inactive stove its only suitable for camping providing the camper travels in a car.
    As mentioned in Blackdogs reply totally impractical for a cyclist camper or back packer,
     
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    Interesting stove. I do like that it comes in a box like a smaller stove like a Primus 71. Though of course that makes it too bulky for it's intended (advertised) market.