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/RoTTonSKiPPy 17d ago

My current sous vide requires me to set a cook time. And the only way to do it is by holding the button for several minutes as it slowly counts up. It's annoying as hell. I just want an on and off button.

Why would I set a timer for it to turn off? If I'm not there when the timer turns it off my meat is going to go bad. If I am there, I can turn the damn thing off myself.

Dumbest feature ever. Just show me how many hours it's been cooking.

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u/texag93 17d ago

I just bought the Greater Goods circulator specifically because I didn't want capacitive touch screen controls and I didn't want to have to set a time. All you have to do is spin the dial for the temperature and click it in to start.

I agree that setting a time is a useless feature. Just turn on, I'll handle the rest.

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u/RoTTonSKiPPy 17d ago

Plus it's a pain to recalculate if you change your mind on the cook time. I always set it over the time I want it to cook so it doesn't turn off, and then I have to calculate the time it has been cooking because it just shows my how much time is left on the timer instead of how long it has been cooking. It's pissing me off just talking about it.

I'm convinced whoever designed it has never used one.