Hello fellow Sous Vide enthusiasts. I started this thread 3.5 years ago upon discovering the comically un-intuitive way to start the timer. At the time there was no Android app. Then one was released. It sucked. Then the app was totally refactored for both iPhone and Android. Both sucked. Unsurprisingly, Anova was unable to provide a user install-able firmware upgrade to make the timer more usable and, instead, defended the design based upon hilarious and embarrassing reasoning.
Here’s the thing. 3.5 years later I still use and still enjoy my BT Anova Sous Vide. It remains reliable and accurate and does the job. Perfect? Not even close. But I’ve gotten 3.5 years of solid service and countless excellent meals from this device. These days I keep my phone turned off and when the device comes up to temperature I scream across the room “Hey Google, start a 2 hour timer” (or whatever timer I want).
The world is imperfect and companies are imperfect. I’ll happily continue using my Anova until it fails. At that point I’m happy to reconsider other products but I’ll start by evaluating whatever new product Anova has first.
Perhaps it’s time to retire this thread…
-Best,
/Andy