Presumably a forerunner to the Monitor High Speed stove, this stove has a steel 'cabinet' rather than the later aluminium. 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? 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.
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?
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”…
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!
@Blackdog no my fettling was just pump leather, NRV and fuel cap washer so I'll check for it tomorrow.
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,
@mr optimus I wonder if the even smaller petrol stoves like the Primus 71 and Svea 123 took sales away.
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...
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,
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.
