I agree the SVEA can take a pump, but ... I could NOT resist getting the used Whisperlite Int'l (AT) $40 Canadian. Just to continue with my "MSR fetish" I just got a slightly used Dragonfly for a total (with shipping) of $107 CAD. My "ex" still has our original International somewhere - maybe the boys can find it and claim it back in Canada when they visit with her. My sons will bring the Dragonfly when we meet in N.Africa in about a month.
The SVEA worked fine on both bike tours in Australia. So did the Hennessy. I am now 63 and want to experiment more with my equipment - no not that equipment! I mean my touring equipment. I really crave comfort now and thus want the Nallo for those places where there are no trees, and where the wind and rain are 'hideous" like in Iceland and maybe Ireland.. The Hennessy would be problematic in WA and Iceland where there are few/no trees
Simplicity is great, but I'll just risk the pump
A pump with the SVEA and a pump with the MSR still can both go "bad". Mind you, the SVEA works fine without the pump. The chuf-chuf-chuf on startup on a cool morning boilup is a delightful sound to welcome another day of adventure. Mind you the hiss of the MSR is a different kind of welcoming sound. The SVEA is a part of a Swiss-made camping unit that has a pot, frypan two windscreens and a pot holder. cannot remember who made it, but I bought it used 6 years ago on ebay specifically for bike touring. I got it instead of the Tranga alcohol burner that we used in my rock-climbing days.
I want to expoeriment with the Dragonfly because with 2 valves it allows for simmering as well as blast furnace heating. I seem to remember that the boilup was faster with the MSR than with the SVEA.
No mattter, there is lots of Shellite available in Australia. If I can buy it in Borroloola and Domadgee, I can buy it anywhere