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Instant Pot Accu Slim

Instant Pot Accu Slim

Based on 33 comments across 2 communities
TL;DR
Owners love the Accu Slim for being quiet, accurate, and dead simple to use, with no app or wifi to fuss over, all at a budget-friendly price that makes it a popular first sous vide. The main complaints are slower heat-up times and a handful of units that failed or ran away on temperature, sometimes after steam reached the head. For most people it's a dependable, no-frills circulator that delivers consistent results.

79% of 33 verified owners recommend the Instant Pot Accu Slim.

What 33 owners say
164 comments reviewed · scored on the 33 clearest verdicts
79%
Recommend
26 owners
6%
Neutral
2 owners
15%
Don't recommend
5 owners
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What owners like
  • Runs quietly, often barely noticeable · 11 · 33%
  • Accurate temperature, verified against thermometers · 9 · 27%
  • Simple button controls, no app or wifi needed · 9 · 27%
  • Easy to use with reliably good cooking results · 8 · 24%
  • Affordable, good value entry-level circulator · 7 · 21%
What owners flag
  • Occasional temperature runaway or premature unit failure · 4 · 12%
  • Slow to heat the water bath · 3 · 9%
  • Weaker water circulation than top-tier models · 2 · 6%
  • Can develop a grinding noise over time · 1 · 3%

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Reddit▲ recommend

I had no choice but to return it to Costco, (which I always hate doing), and went with a dumber, but much quieter Instant Pot Accu Slim.

Amazing Food Made Easy (affiliate)— neutral

It does a good job of maintaining a consistent temperature in the water bath, which of course is the most important function of the device. The performance of the Accu Slim puts it about in the middle of the pack of available sous vide immersion circulators.

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

I have had an anova, instant pot accu slim, and my favorite is the inkbird. It has the most features for the price. It also has a calibration feature that all the others don't.

Reddit— neutral

the counter starts once water is at cooking temperature. Kind of annoying

Reddit▲ recommend

I have an Instant Pot Accu Slim I got on Cyber Monday for 54 bucks. Works well, it's quiet and it keeps temps within .5° in 20 quarts.

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

I've had this instant pot accu slim for about 2 years or so now as it was a Christmas gift from my sister. Worked faithfully and silently until today. Now it's making some awful grinding noise and I have no idea why.

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

Same problem with the Instant Pot Accu Slim. I never covered it though. The design of the unit allows steam to build up inside the metal shield, and eventually enter the circuitry in the head. After approximately three uses, the unit fails. I just received my third replacement since Christmas!! They keep sending me a new one. No questions asked. Clearly th

Reddit— neutral

Bare-bonesie, but works fine.

Reddit⚠ product link▲ recommend

[I have been using the Instant Pot machine]

Reddit▲ recommend

I just got the Instant Pot Accu Slim for Christmas. It even goes down to 20° for B&W (when it's too cold for "room temperature"), and I find it's pretty accurate. Not too expensive too!

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

It worked great until yesterday, when midway through a pork roast I noticed the temperature display read 178\*F when I had set it for 150\*F. My initial fear was that the roast was cooked up to 178 and would be a giant ball of dry pork good for nothing. Instead, the actual water temperature as confirmed by 2 other thermometers dropped to 114\*F. The thermome

Reddit▲ recommend

So far it's been super reliable. It's very easy to use, too: four buttons and one display. No wifi, no apps to bother with.

TechGearLab (affiliate)▼ don’t recommend

In our circulation tests, it also fared fairly poorly, moving the water around in the container much slower than the top-tier models.

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

really a weak heater and pump on that IP unit if it's only rated for 2 gallons!

Reddit▲ recommend

I purchased an Instant Pot Accu Slim a while back for around $80 US - It works great

Reddit▲ recommend

Best change I've ever made in my chocolate making had been to suspend the bowl in a makeshift sous vide bath (instant pot accu slim in a stock pot). Single degree control every step of the way and the thermal inertia of the bath prevents huge drops in temperature when doing centres.

Reddit▲ recommend

I have a Instant Pot Accu Slim Sous Vide and it's great. Picked it up for around $60 a few years back. No dumb app to mess with and is accurate when tested with external thermometers.

Reddit⚠ product link▲ recommend

I honestly bought the instant pot stick (not the instant pot with the function) awhile back and I love it. Never had any issues with temp, it’s solid. Would highly recommend.

Reddit▲ recommend

We are using an Instant Pot Accu Slim. Even though it is dumb, it works better than either Nano. It is also dead quiet, something neither Nano could really accomplish.

Reddit▲ recommend

I almost bought the same model again but decided to try the Instant Pot Accu Slim 800W on a recommendation. It was half the price ($75) and is working just as well.

Reddit▲ recommend

I use the Instant Pot Accu Slim Sous Vide (800W), which looks like it is available for around $70. Works well for my small family use case. No Bluetooth or other stuff, just a basic working device.

Reddit▲ recommend

I have the Instant Pot Accu Slim and I don't notice it running most of the time. It's very quiet and even when it starts with cold water I wouldn't call it loud.

Reddit▲ recommend

In theory if you have really cold tap water, it might take longer to heat up the water bath than a bigger unit. But I haven’t had any issue at all. If your tapwater is super cold, just use hot tap water.

Reddit▲ recommend

I really like my instant pot accu slim. I had one before and it broke quite a bit outside of the warranty but they still replaced it for free.

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