Very nice would not mind having one myself. Seems like they tried to address my grips with that small size stove. Had a couple and always had trouble keeping track of all the parts. I see attached key and can only misplace all three legs a trivet. Had nice tins and they stayed at home and parts did not always stay in bags.
@Daryl Thank you. There was a surge in families making for the National Parks in the very late 70’s and up to the mid 80’s with their stoves - and so a stove manufacturer who locked the silent cap in place, chained the regulator control and made it impossible to loose a pot support leg(s) without loosing the trivet itself was always going to compete well sales-wise against rival 1 pint models. Happy customers tell their friends! I guess Shinabro had high hopes with the sales of their 680 model given the fact that they commissioned such a very famous cartoon artist at the time to paint the cartoon graphic for the tin. Great advertising. Pharael.
Ed, to be honest I don't know about hikers and campers, but what I can tell you is that I saw a lot of single burner butane stoves for sale the last 2 times I was there and they appeared to me at least that they looked liked cheap Chinese stoves you would see on Amazon or EBAY, but probably/maybe locally manufactured. It was kind of depressing. I would be nice if any of our South Korean friends could chime in. Mike
I had no idea about the history of Korean stoves. When I saw this post, I felt sorry for the manufacturers at the time and my heart ached. But I'm glad I learned about the history. Thank you. Of course, the stove is lovely too. The picture on the box is cute.
