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One note regarding water evaporation. It should be obvious, but I learned this yesterday, that the amount of water loss through condensation is dependent on set temperature of the bath. At 63 degC in my initial egg experiment I hardly had any evaporation. I then did steak at 135 degC and was getting more condensation. I pulled out my first steak and wanted it a bit more done, so I upped the temp to 140 degC overnight without a lid. After 8h+ I checked the water level and it had gone from about half to just below minimum. Moral of the story is don't make assumptions about water loss based on a lower temperature experience. If leaving the unit on for a longer time, make sure to cover as much of the exposed surface water to minimize evaporate and always fill the water level to the max., unless you are monitoring the cooking process. From what I recall the Anova does not have a water level shut-off. I just hope the software is set such that if it sees a rapid increase in temperatures or if temperatures go over 100 degC (should never do that, or else water will be boiling) it will turn-off as a safety precaution. If Anova Jeff reads this, I'd appreciate a comment on any safety turn-off features of the software.

How do I check my firmware revision? It is possible I did do a double tap, but I thought I'm sure I did not do it intentionally. My point is that it is easy for someone to do this by mistake and the result is that people relying on the timer will lose the elapsed time if this happens. With the suggested workarounds, e.g. write time on the bags or in my case tap the top of the screen, this can be avoided, but if there is a way to fix this in software that would be great. As I said originally not a major issue.

Thank you for the tips. All very helpful.

The whites require a higher temp than the yolks. Try a time/temps that suits your yolk prefs, then drop the egg into boiling water for a brief while to set the whites. Or, how about looking into your poached/soft boiled eggs in a pressure cooker? Thanks, that explains why my egg came out the way it did. Still new to SV and have a lot to learn.

My eyes are closed, and I'm concentrating, but I still can't see your unboxing video.... Whoops, must have forgotten the link. Here you go: I also completed my 3h chuck steak at 135 degF. It was juicy and soft, but a bit red for my taste. I increased the temp up to 140 degF for the one that I'm keeping in the bath till tomorrow.

Here is my unboxing video and first attempt to use my Anova. Currently running a 3 hour chuck steak to see how that goes. Have them in bags and will let one stay in the bath longer till tomorrow. Temp set at 135 degF.

I cooked my first egg on my Anova today. Set the temperature to 63C and actually made a mistake (turned off the device instead of waking up the touchscreen - see below) and left the egg in for over 1h. I was shooting for form white and creamy yolk. For some reason I got a soft boiled egg instead. The whites where watery and only a very thin outer skin had built up. Interestingly the yolk was almost creamy. Any idea what I did wrong? Some have commented about the impeller noise. Personally I think it is ok. Not whisper silent, but not loud by any means. I was pleasantly surprised by the water velocity. The Anova sure pushes water around even with the small impeller. To be honest I thought that small slit at the bottom to guide the water stream was way too small to be effective, but the water was moving quite fast in my pot. --- Just some feedback for Anova Jeff, all minor issues: 1) When the screen turns off you run the risk of shutting down the device if you touch the lower half of the screen. This happened to me when I wanted to wake the screen and check the temperature. This is not a big issue if your not using the timer. If I'm using the timer then I lose the previous settings and do not know anymore how long I had been cooking. Anyway to fix this. 2) Is it possible to add C/F to the temperature settings screen? When I turned on the device for the first time I had no idea if it was set-up for C or F. I had to start it to see that I was in Celsius mode. Same thing goes for the timer set screen. Which is hours vs minutes. I was planning to set the device for 20m and was wondering if it was broken, since the timer was not counting down correctly, until I notice that I had set 20h not 20m. 3) Finally why 5m minimum timer? Why can't it go down to 1m?

I was looking at the Creative series first because it was the cheapest PS model available. Then learned that it isn't even their design, but a relabeled competitor machine. So was thinking of the Professional series refurbed by PS on eBay or the addelice Swid (nice specs and robust, but 220V only?) for $500-600. Thankfully I saw the Nomiku on kickstarter and from there the Sansaire and Anova. When I saw the price had dropped for the Anova I jumped in and ordered. It is a big plus for me that Anova makes professional Immersion Circulations.

Finally got my ship notice from Anova from my order on Sept 1. Should arrive by Tuesday. Can't wait. Has anyone ordered after Sept 1 and gotten their Anova already? Hoping all the updates have been added to my unit. The main downside for me has been that it has taken the better part of a month for my unit to ship. I was impressed that Anova Jeff was representing the company here and providing updates, but he has been quiet lately. Another big negative is that they never answer to my emails and didn't bother updating me regarding the delay to update the units, I had to call them up. Well hopefully, the device makes up for these short comings.

Thank you.

Finally got my approval to post on EG. Signed up to EG to participate on the Anova thread. Purchase a black one on Sept 1. I still haven't received mine. I called last week and was told they are doing updates and order were being held because of this. They said that mine should ship out by Tuesday and I'll receive a ship confirmation when it does. I hope so, can't wait to get mine. In the meantime, here is a review of the Anova on techcrunch: http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/09/hands-on-with-the-anova-automatic-sous-vide-system/ Question: I'm thinking of getting a 16 quart coleman cooler. I've seen a couple of pictures of coolers on this thread, but no mention which one they are using. Anyone try a smaller one? 16 quart: http://www.amazon.com/Coleman-16-Quart-Excursion-Cooler-Blue/dp/B000G68GW2 Any one use the 9 quart version? http://www.amazon.com/Coleman-9-Quart-Excursion-Cooler-Blue/dp/B000G62SJE/