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It may not be the lightest or have the highest output, but it is simple and super reliable. You won't find a more reliable white gas stove. The fact that is a design that has survived since 1955 mostly unchanged says a lot. On the other hand you can find stoves that do some things better...

If you search you can find just the cap gasket and pips for a few bucks. That is most likely all you need.

Okay, so I dug out the old SVEA 123 and it fired right up. Not sure how long it had been sitting unused, but I don't remember using it in the last 30 years. Does white gas (naptha?) go bad? The fuel in the tank was probably really old already when it went into storage. I'd bet on the fuel...

Reading about and remembering the 123 makes me nostalgic for mine. Maybe I'll dig it out of storage and fire it up. It was always super reliable and inexpensive to operate if not the lightest of my stoves. Maybe I'll even take it on my next trip. BTW, I never understood why folks complained...

I haven't fired up mine in decades, but have fond memories of using it. It is a simple design and I don' think much can go wrong so I bet you can get it going again.

Good plan. Enjoy. Do keep in mind that you don't need to really go down the rabbit hole unless you want to. It is easy to forget that. You can casually have fun at it or you can let it become a full on obsession. I am sure either can be fun. I chose and enjoy the former.

I started out several years after retirement. I really didn't worry too much about being really good at it. I aimed for some minimal level of proficiency. I caught fish. That was enough to make me happy. I have not done a lot of fly fishing, I mostly did it when backpacking in the Sierras. I...

Two paddles that I recall breaking may not be the only ones, but that are what I remember (my memory is terrible at times). One was a Sawyer wood paddle. It was made with a blade made of edge joined pieces. The shaft had a big mortise to accept the whole blade. Then there was a layer of...

I know that plastic bags are definitely not created equal in this regard. I used to have a dog that could tell not only what was in a garbage bag, but apparently where in the bag it was located. When walking past a garbage bag I had to watch her like a hawk, because she could do one quick...

Yeah, I agree that they would help a lot with that. Not sure if could stuff as much in the canister when using them though. I have never tried so maybe... I'd always thought that using them with the Ursack would be a good way to go, but they were never able to get certified many places where...

I have heard great things about these but have not used them. On most of my recent backpacking trips a bear canister was required and on most of my bike tours there were bear/critter lockers in the places where there were real issues. Further back where I mostly hung food and garbage with good...

Yeah, I always thought that finding wood with nice close grain and with not much runout is key. Close grain fairly well aligned with the length of the inwale is pretty critical in determining how strong the piece will be. If there is a ton of runout it will in essence be the equivalent of a too...

I have a Hubba Hubba that I got as a warranty replacement for another MSR tent that was out of production. I guess I'll avoid buying a gear shed. I probably wouldn't have any way, but good to know. I have never used it because I have not done a trip where I have needed a two person tent since...

I liked my 2 person Alpine Meadows a lot, but it succumbed to the dreaded breakdown of it's coating and its flaking, peeling, and vomit smell. The manufacturer suggested that I could put it through multiple wash cycles to get the old coating off and recoat it. I did not find the removal to work.

I have distant memories of both of those models, but haven't slept in either in decades. I could see using a Timberline if you aren't into lightweight of the latest stuff. It is a classic.

I was so happy when synthetics got good enough to really replace wool for really wet conditions like whitewater applications. I carried over some of my whitewater clothing into my backpacking and bike touring lists and found them really comfortable. They absorbed very little moisture, dried...

Yeah, I've seen that happen with lost/broken paddles on trips. I especially remember one of my buddies struggling down the Blackwater in WV with a stupidly short single blade that one of the other guys carried as a spare and loaned him. It was real short because he carried it inside a small...

It should be noted that Glenn's comments seem to mostly address the verbs to canoe or to kayak and I generally agree with the comments, but not without reservations. The verbs can be called into some doubt if you apply the definition universally to just any hull type. I don't think I canoed my...

To at least some extent once you get outside of the rules based arena of organized competition it gets to be up to the individual to call it what he or she likes. Certainly there is a lot of gray area in the definitions. To me the boats in your picture are definitely still canoes. Heck, I...