The swid by addélice – A full immersion circulator at €449 incl. shipping!
by jean-francois on Aug.20, 2009, under Equipments & Accessories
Addélice postponed for 2 weeks the launch of its thermal circulator dedicated to sous vide.
The so called “swid” will be at € 489 incl. VAT and shipping costs. Addélice mentioned on Twitter the introductory price will be at € 449 incl. VAT and shipping! Therefore the swid becomes the most competitive immersion circulator available on the market (click here for a price comparison of immersion circulators). For the record the swid includes a metal protective shield usually provided as an option by other manufacturer. I had the confirmation that the swid is available on 240 V (European standard) but will be manufactured for the North American market (120 V) soon.
The swid features disclosed by addélice are:
- 2,000 Watt heating power
- Circulation pump
- Built-in cooking timer
- Acoustic and optical alarms
- Adaptive PID algorithm
- Microprocessor-controlled
- Protective grid, low water level protection, overheating protection, max. cooking time limiter
Jean-François
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August 20th, 2009 on 9:00 PM
I was looking to a thermal circulator to buy and the addelice product seems interesting. The thing I don’t understand is why their is such a gap in price compared to a Julabo or a Polyscience circulator?
August 21st, 2009 on 10:44 PM
You are right, this is amazing. Maybe addélice found a way to manufacture an immersion circulator in a cheaper way. For example Julabo an Polyscience products are lab products made to heating liquids at very high temperatures (150°C for example). Such function is useless for cooking sous vide as water is boiling at 100°C…
Jean-François
September 30th, 2009 on 2:03 AM
See http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/good-eating/sous-vide-supreme/, an all-in-one PID-controlled water bath for USD 449 (or USD 399 for early orders). It is said to be stable to ±0.5°C (with a SousVideMagic ±0.1°C is feasible).