# Vacuum sealer has "sous vide" setting; not sure why

**URL:** <https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/vacuum-sealer-has-sous-vide-setting-not-sure-why/30508>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [April 3, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/vacuum-sealer-has-sous-vide-setting-not-sure-why/30508 "2022-04-03T00:03:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![FurrierTransform](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/839c29/32.png) [@FurrierTransform](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/FurrierTransform)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/vacuum-sealer-has-sous-vide-setting-not-sure-why/30508/1 "2022-04-03T00:03:46Z")

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I bought a replacement vacuum sealer recently; you can choose from the usual pulse, dry, and moist settings, and this one adds a sous vide setting, and I’m not sure why. The sous vide setting seems to vacuum as well as the dry setting, although it makes a deeper or guttural noise when sucking. User’s manual doesn’t say why there’s the difference nor does the manufacturer support site respond to my emailed queries. Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![Douglas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/douglas/32/7533_2.png) [@Douglas](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Douglas)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 9:20am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/vacuum-sealer-has-sous-vide-setting-not-sure-why/30508/2 "2022-04-03T09:20:06Z")

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What brand and model, please?

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**Author:** ![FurrierTransform](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/839c29/32.png) [@FurrierTransform](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/FurrierTransform)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/vacuum-sealer-has-sous-vide-setting-not-sure-why/30508/3 "2022-04-03T14:08:11Z")

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FoodSaver VS3180. And I realize this is a “first world” problem. Eh, it’s not really a problem, it’s curiosity and why someone would go to the effort to include an unnecessary feature. As to this sealer, there’s a bit more learning curve to use this model, plus the hand-held sealer attachment isn’t backwards compatible to their older style containers.