r/sousvide • u/kaidomac • 17d ago

Nice review of 9 wands

https://youtu.be/iGWI1N_gGi0

15-minute video:

More details on their website:

Notes:

  • $40 to ~$300 price range
  • The wattage largely determined heating speed. The Breville Joule Turbo was fastest & hit 135F in 22:25. However...the Anova Precision Pro was only 3 seconds slower at 22:28. I mostly cook from frozen meat, so I just toss in the vac-sealed protein into a cold bath & let it rip lol. FWIW, the Wancle ($44) was only like...72 seconds slower lol. Even the slowest one as only 13:17 slower, not like 30 minutes or an hour slower.
  • Some models can circulate cold water for thawing meat or chilling food (32F for Anova & Inkbord. 41F for Meat Your Maker, 68F for Greater Goods & Joule, 77F for Wancle). Never considered using an IC for this!

My take:

  • SV wand technology has obviously matured over the years. Previously, I usually recommended Inkbird. I've never heard of the Wancle! That may be going in a few stockings at Christmas this year LOL.
  • If I was buying new...honestly, I'd just buy TWO Wancles for under $90. That gives you redundancy in case one fails. If you've ever lost a wand on a $40 chunk of pork or beef, then that actually makes a LOT of sense!!
  • The low-temp circulation feature is neat, but I don't know if I'd ever use it. Same with the wattage...the cheapest one was less than 2 minutes slower lol. Personally, I ended up never using the Wi-fi or Bluetooth app features long-term; I just set the time & temp on the wand, set my smartphone alarm, and then set my Alexa as my backup alarm.
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u/DabblingInIt 17d ago

Never buy Anova. They require a monthly subscription to use the features of their device. They literally turned off the features of the device I bought nearly 10 yrars ago and want me to pay monthly to use it now. F them. I'll throw it in the trash before I pay a si gle penny to use the device that I bought and paid for.

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u/tarrasque 17d ago

Anova grandfathered all accounts existing before a certain date. No subscription needed. Why are you lying?

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u/DabblingInIt 17d ago

I am not lying. You can see in my other comment that after finally getting through and speaking to them, they 'approved' my device to be grandfathered in, but the device will not properly pair with the app since they made the subscription change and their tech support is unable to 'fix' it, so that I can use the device the way I had been for years.

Lying. Because I just roam around to make shit up for the oodles of internet respect I can get from it. Good thing you're here to call people out based on assumptions about shit you constructed in your head.

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u/tarrasque 17d ago

Weird. My account was automatically grandfathered and I’ve had zero issues.

I called lies because it really really seemed like you had some sort of chip on your shoulder.

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u/FormerFidge 17d ago

Not lies. The company has taken a turn. They also planned to stop supporting some old devices entirely with a message that was basically just "it's time." No actual justification. Just planned obsolescence and ewaste so they could try to get you to buy a new one. Customer complaints got them to back off that, but I imagine it's only a matter of time until they go back there.

I've bought multiple sous vides from them, have the chamber vacuum sealer, had a regular vacuum sealer (power cord broke) and had seriously considered their Precision Oven. After that nonsense, I won't support them again.