Sous Vide Immersion Circulator - Imersa Elite

I really wanted to like this sous vide cooker, but I will be returning it. The form of the cooker is really nice. It fits nicely over the edge of a container, puts the large display easily in view, and it fits well under overhead cabinets.I experienced what was mentioned in other reviews where the cooker would stop cooking due to the water level getting too high or too low. It is a pretty small window to hit on the water level; but at least when this happens, it displays an error so you know why it stopped. The water level sensitivity also makes it more difficult to find the right container. If the container is too short, it is difficult to get enough water to cover the food and not have the water too high on the cooker. If this had been the only issue, I probably could have gotten used to it.Unfortunately, the cooker turned off twice during a cooking session for no apparent reason before I switched to a different cooker. It could not be trusted with cooking the primary food it is used for, meat.Another negative for the cooker was that even after it had been stopped, it kept running. There is a cooling fan in the upper part of the cooker that would run for well over an hour after you stopped the cooking cycle. This made me keep checking to make sure I had actually turned it off.These issues along with the higher price compared to other cookers made it an overall negative experience.

Effective and efficient. It has been great to freeze vacuum sealed meals and have the kids throw them in the tub and turn this on when they get home. Now we have a hot decent meal when we are done with practices and work.Purchased preparing for the new school year and practices every night of the week. We knew time would be short and this has made a world of difference.

This is by far the most disappointing device I ever bought. If I add food to the water the circulation slows down tremendously not to mention the max water line is pretty low so it throws an error often

I was so disappointed to have to send this back, but when I tried to use it in my 12-quart sous vide container, I wasn't able to put my food in without the water going up over the Max line and it gave me an error code. It's extremely sensitive and no matter how much adjusted the water level, if it got anywhere near the Max line, it beeped and stopped working. When it did run, it circulated the water nicely and I liked that I could use the control panel without an app, but if I can't put my food in without setting it off, it's of no use to me. I had to pull out my Anova with the taped-on top and use that. This was very poorly designed.

This has been my favorite sousvide so far, my restaurant burns through sousvide machines. We have bought many brands of sousvide including commercial ones from name brands and the Vesta has been the most durable so far. Most of the other round versions have cheap clips that break the first week, the Vesta doesn’t, it simply hangs on the side, simple is better. I hope they restock this version soon as I want a second one for the house.When looking for a good sousvide machine, ignore the apps, WiFi, and other gimmicks. Look for one that is easy to clean, holds a consistent temp, and is easy to use touch interface.