Is there any hard evidence that the China made Svea's are of lesser quality and reliabitiy than the previous models? Which would also mean they're less safe?? Could part of the complaint factor be that people are aware the stoves are made in China? Only asking cause I think I own one of the recent model Svea123's. Maybe I should look on eBay for an older model?
Hard evidence? None that I'm aware of. I've just seen a few postings on forums like this one about problems with the Chinese ones and some general comments about apparent lesser quality.
If you have a Svea 123R and it's working, I see no reason for you to replace it unless you just want to have an old 123R for the sake of having an old one. Some people do prefer the non R version as I mentioned, and to get one of those eBay is a good option.
If you do get an old Svea 123R, I'd be very interested in hearing your thoughts on the differences between one of the old ones and the ones sold today.
HJ
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