“The new anova sounds like a swarm of mosquitos. Its such a horrid frequency”

25% of 8 verified owners recommend the Anova Precision Cooker 3.0, based on real owner verdicts aggregated from Reddit, enthusiast forums, and YouTube.
Affiliate blogs here say 100% recommend, while the owner-based score is 25%. They earn a commission on every sale — so we show them for transparency but never let them move the score.
The headline score reflects owners (Reddit, enthusiast forums), independent lab tests, blogs with no affiliate links, and YouTube owner-comments when they line up with owners. YouTube and Affiliate blogs are shown for perspective but kept out here — hover the i for why.
Synthesized from what Anova Precision Cooker 3.0 owners say — not a spec sheet.
Retailers' own star averages, for comparison — separate from our vetted owner-verdict score above.
“The new anova sounds like a swarm of mosquitos. Its such a horrid frequency”
“Temp control is spot on, and it comes in different models to fit different budgets.”
“Everything is great, but it will work only in US as it works only on 110V !”
“It looks amazing and you are doing a good job but it sounds very noisy”
“My Anova, which I purchased a year before Jule, is still humming along.”
“the noise was there even in the 2.0 model doesn't give me much hope”
“I had an ANOVA before but it could not hold a temperature.”
“We have had 2 Anova ones for years and love them!”
“Only down side to Anova is its a bit noisy.”
“My Anova has been a tank for the past 5 years, the joule was hot garbage.”
“Seems like I'll be replacing my og anova with an ink bird instead of a newer anova”
“I have the Anova and it works wonderfully for me.”
“I found them intolerable in my home and commercial kitchens.”
“I have an Anova that works with an app so it can alert me when the timer is done but I can set the controls manually. That works much better for me.”
“Customer service is horrible.”
“I replaced it last year with the anova precision cooker 3.0 last year and that broke already (just over 1 yr, screen and all functions stopped working).”
“I was able to set everything up and cook salmon last night, turned out great!”
“the touchscreen stopped displaying 5mins after powering on”
“I'll stick with my Anova. It gives me the opportunity to use my phone IF I WANT TO but doesn't require it.”
“Anova all day errday! Joule is like the Apple of Sous vides. Looks good, but not great in practice.”
“you cook your food for a long time inside a plastic bag? 🤢”
“it is flashing fill when it is full”
“I like high tech cooking equipment”
“I use mine so much that I keep a Rubbermaid container with an anova top and my anova all connected”
Practical notes owners raise — setup, quirks, and issues to watch for. They don't say whether the person likes the product, so they're not counted in the score, but they inform the pros, cons, and who it's for.
“So while Anova should definitely fix this defect, there is an easy workaround.”
“I had this exact problem just now in firmware version 01.01.11 The fix to switch it to Celsius and then set it to 0 degrees C worked. I updated the firmware to version 01.01.12 and have successfully switched it back to Fahrenheit and able to set it to 32 degrees F instead of 89.6 degrees F.”