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    Monoprice Sous Vide

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    monoprice.com has long been known for selling cables of all shapes and forms. Lately, they have started to branch out with speakers, amps and other stuff.
    Today, it looks like they are adding a bunch of cooking gadgets, including this Sous Vide cooker: https://www.monoprice.com/Product?p_id=21594
    $69.99 with free shipping seems like an OK deal. Thoughts? 

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    • Posts: 12,136
      Looks very similar to the Anova at half the price
      Thank you,
      Darian

      Galveston Texas
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      There are lots of sub-$100 buck circulators flooding (heh-heh) the market these days.

      Monoprice rebadges a lot of stuff with their name. That same unit is available on Amazon under a different brand but at a higher price - https://smile.amazon.com/Precision-CookTech-Immersion-Stainless-Accurate/dp/B01JMDO64G/ref=sr_1_13?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1493135406&sr=1-13&keywords=sous+vide

      I  already have a few sous vide circulators but I wouldn't hesitate to buy one of those if I was looking to get into sous vide. 
       
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      I've been on the fence to join the Sous Vide crowd for a while, but for $70, I think I'll jump in.
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      Wow they really did rip off Anova's design.  
      "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

      "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
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      edited April 2017
      JohnInCarolina said:
      Wow they really did rip off Anova's design.  

      My wife is asking if I can make the Chocolate Pots de Creme desert you made at butt blast.
      I told her I need a sous vide to make it as you did.
      She told me to get one.

      But would I be a scumbag if I got one of these and not an Anova since the design is so similar??
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      Sea2Ski said:
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      My wife is asking if I can make the Chocolate Pots de Creme desert you made at butt blast.
      I told her I need a sous vide to make it as you did.
      She told me to get one.

      But would I be a scumbag if I got one of these and not an Anova since the design is so similar?



      Just a smart shopper, buy it.
      Thank you,
      Darian

      Galveston Texas
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      Sea2Ski said:
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      My wife is asking if I can make the Chocolate Pots de Creme desert you made at butt blast.
      I told her I need a sous vide to make it as you did.
      She told me to get one.

      But would I be a scumbag if I got one of these and not an Anova since the design is so similar??
      Only applicable to overpriced coolers.

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      Peachtree Corners, GA
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      Sea2Ski said:
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      My wife is asking if I can make the Chocolate Pots de Creme desert you made at butt blast.
      I told her I need a sous vide to make it as you did.
      She told me to get one.

      But would I be a scumbag if I got one of these and not an Anova since the design is so similar?



      I wouldn't call you a scumbag.  I would just read the reviews and make sure they're working fine.  
      "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

      "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
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      I have not been overly happy with the quality of cables I have gotten from monoprice, FWIW. 

      Electricity and water?  I would go Anova.
      NOLA
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    • Posts: 42
      For the price, I found their cables more than adequate.
      We'll see about the quality of this gadget, I just ordered one.
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      andersa said:
      For the price, I found their cables more than adequate.
      We'll see about the quality of this gadget, I just ordered one.
      As with the Anova products, remove the outer stainless tube when you first get the unit. Make sure the shaft is straight and not angled and make sure the impeller looks correctly shaped. I had issues with 2 of my Anova units in this manner and they "wobbled" when turned on. One more than the other but enough to make them move around on the container.
      Thank you,
      Darian

      Galveston Texas
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      edited April 2017
      Monoprice cables have been great for the price.  Anything with actual moving parts or carefully directed electrons has been junk in my personal experience.  Their return policy sux.  Requires an RMA, which takes at minimum a few days to get, then you pay shipping back, then they inspect and issue a refund sans restocking fee and/or "free shipping" based on what specials you got the 1st time.

      Last time I bought $100 in parts, needed to return $65 in items that didn't work, and netted $22 of the $65 in the end.  I was less than happy.

      Don't tell your problems to people.  80% of people don't care and 20% are glad you have them.


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      Sea2Ski said:
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      My wife is asking if I can make the Chocolate Pots de Creme desert you made at butt blast.
      I told her I need a sous vide to make it as you did.
      She told me to get one.

      But would I be a scumbag if I got one of these and not an Anova since the design is so similar??
      Treading very dangerously into scumbag territory. 

      Of course, if you already own an RTIC you have already passed the boundary so I'd say go for it. 

      Little Rock, AR

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      Since you bring up coolers...  Monoprice has cheap/inexpensive/knockoff/adjective rotomolded coolers and stainless tumblers as well:  https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=15638
      smak
      Leesburg, VA
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