It's a bit surprising that Origo stoves are no longer on the leisure market, as they still seem to be active under their CleanCook name, for supplying third world markets.

The Dometic website no longer lists Origo, and the major UK chandlers have no stock. It does seem that it's out of production, and a bit of luck will be needed to find a cooker in a smaller chandlery, or second hand.

When 75,000 Cleancook stoves have been supplied in the third world, mainly in Africa, I suppose that it's no wonder that they're not very interested in selling ones and twos to the leisure market in the first world.

Now I looked up Origo stoves in my local maritime shop on the web. It has used to have both the Origo 1500 and 3000 models (single and double burners), and lately also a slightly different version with the same sort of burner and alcohol canister; the Origo One and Origo Two. However, today I only found one Origo One in stock. It would not surprise me if it is now out of production.

I also have that little alcohol burner that you Graeme mention (or some replica of it). It works, but it is not fast, and it cannot be regulated, so is not an alternative for serious cooking, in my opinion.

Arne

PS:
The matter of different alcohol stoves has been discussed a lot here, earlier (search on ‘stoves’).

Now I googled the German word for alcohol stoves; Spitituskocher, and soon landed on their nice HPV Salsa (single) and HPV Mambo (double) stoves. They are not so powerful, at only 1000W, but they appear to make maximum use of the fuel, with their blue flame, and the power can of course be regulated. User verdicts are very good. They are used for camping and as a backup at home in case of electric blackout. They are shown on Youtube, as well.

If the more powerful and super simple Origo is no longer available, I would consider the HPV, which still seems to be in production. It’s blue flame should keep the kettles clean.

David,
my armchair hunch is that Annie  (and I) think that the alcohol is closer to CO₂ neutral as it is produced from growing plants etc, etc etc. How climate-friendly it really is, after having been harvested and processed, and transported around the world, one can wonder, don’t ask me.

Arne

PS: Anyway, the fuel consumption of our stoves is miserable compared to that of our  cars...

That was patronising, David.   Of course I know that burning alcohol produces C02.

What I am talking about is leaving fossil fuels in the ground.  It is important that we reduce our dependency on them as far as possible, (not in the least because the large producers of fossil fuels also propagate misinformation about the damage that they do and have done to the overall climate).  Ethanol can be produced from quick-growing crops such as sugar cane - and it's a better use of the stuff than making fizzy drinks!!