The state of the market for consumer sous vide equipment

[Brogat]

I'm not seeing much discussion on the Codlo here - http://www.codlo.com/

Thoughts or has anyone tried it? is the lack of a circulator a game changer?

A simple aquarium pump can be used as a circulator.

I'm not a fan of the Codlo design.

It appears that here in the US the unit will block adjoining outlets.

Unless the unit spins it's only going to work with one outlet orientation.

I think that the Sous Vide Magic is a better option, especially when permanently mounted under a cabinet or the like.

I thought that same thing - functionality could definitely be improved upon.

I wonder how the Codlo/Dorkfood/Sous Vide Magic type devices will hang in the home sous vide marketplace. The the circulators start coming down in price, I would assume these would have to as well to compete.

I guess they are playing ball in a different league when it comes down to it though. I wonder what part of the market these guys will cater to.

[gfweb]

They will cater to the market of people with a lot of storage space.

[rotuts]

if people who enjoy cooking have a basement, they have a chest freezer in that basement.

the vast majority of these people have no idea what's in that freezer, not so much because its hard to organize ( it is ), but

because the stuff in there is Over Run with Freezer Burn. It's pretty much the Modern Basement Plague.

SV with thick enough bags, over comes this. It does not over come the organizational issues.

I know this from Personal Experience.

[cdh]

I like the insulated cover idea. Essentially an extension of the countertop on top with some polystyrene or such underneath that covers the SV portion of the sink and extends the workspace over top of it..

[cdh]

I look at the Codlo as a pretty but expensive one-sided Ranco controller... My immediate reaction would be to use it on the cold side, for turning a chest freezer into a tightly controlled fridge for aging cheeses and charcuterie or keeping beer fermentations in the temp band you want them at.

[Martin Fisher]

Yeah, quite expensive for such use when you can get a Ranco for about $50