Seek Outside stove damper disassembly/packing

Windigo

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Seek Outside stove dampers appear fragile compared to the rest of the stove, and it seems like there's high potential for squishing when packed with the stove or chucked in a pack. Seek Outside recommends partial disassembly, but with the exception of the spark arrestor, the thing is welded together.

Short of trying to find a hard case, or packing clothes around it, what have y'all done to pack this thing without damaging it?
 

Clarence

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If you squeeze it into a oval, you can get the baffle out. Then use it as a "ring" on your stove pipe. Before I did this, I would put it in my pack lid. Was surprised how resilient it was.

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I just watched the Ryan Lampers MT deer hunt and they showed how they remove the damper and use the body as a ring for the pipe. I was immediately embarrassed I hadn't thought of that.
 

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I wish I saw this post years ago! But to echo the above...they are actually pretty tough. Love the stove pipe ring idea though.
 

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Did you get a plastic tube with your stove for the stove pipe? I did but maybe because I have a u-turn stove. I put mine in that plastic tube.
 

Clarence

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Did you get a plastic tube with your stove for the stove pipe? I did but maybe because I have a u-turn stove. I put mine in that plastic tube.
My box stove did not. Picked up a tube from seek after trying several months to stumble on a repurposed equivalent. Nice not to get creosote all over your pack.

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My box stove did not. Picked up a tube from seek after trying several months to stumble on a repurposed equivalent. Nice not to get creosote all over your pack.

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Yep to me the tube is money. I know if you call them they will gladly sip anyone one. I would recommend it.
 
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I bought stovepipe end rings from Lite Outdoors (the same type that Titanium Goat used to sell) as well as a titanium damper to fit directly into my titanium stovepipe along with the spark arrestor mesh screen, doing away with the original supplied fitting which I was never a fan of.

I much prefer this set up on my Cub stove.
 

TonyG86

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If you squeeze it into a oval, you can get the baffle out. Then use it as a "ring" on your stove pipe. Before I did this, I would put it in my pack lid. Was surprised how resilient it was.

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Great advice!
 

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I received an email yesterday announcing an upgrade by SO to their stove damper. Just gave the email a cursory perusal, but it looked interesting.
 

jmike

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I will have to order the new damper.... I actually broke mine trying to remove it. also like to idea of storing ir over to pipe.
 
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