Originally Posted by Brad
I've never found the Svea a nuisance to light... I carry an eyedropper with the stove, suck out a bit of fuel from the tank, douse the "spirit cup" and light it up... it will roar to life in any condition.

I got mine in 1975 and it's still going strong.


IIRC, I bought my SVEA in 76. I light mine as you describe. I found a plastic eyedropper made by Nalgene to fill the cup with. Filling the fuel tank was problematic until I found a little device the fits under the cap on a Sigg bottle that has a finger hole to allow you to control the pour of fuel from the bottle. I used mine all over Denali park, summer and winter (skiing up the park road) and parachuted with it into Bavaria. It never let me down.