Anyone following the Nomiku?

Personally, when they were trying to launch this the price seemed great, but now there're a lot of options in that range... Still looks great, and will no doubt cause a splash!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nomiku/nomiku-bring-sous-vide-into-your-kitchen

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prince_of_porcelain

If you got in as an initial backer for $300, that seems like a good price, but I don't know what retail will be for non-backers. I was disappointed when I first saw it and the kickstarter had already closed, but now, with a little time, I think I am better off. I spent a little more, but I personally felt more comfortable going with the Polyscience unit. If anyone gets there hands on one, I'd be interested to hear what they think. I don't think they are shipping yet, but sounds like it won't be too long.

Patrick_Ancillotti_6135

I was scanning the site, and I found : "Update 7/15: We've talked with some distributors and the retail price of the Nomiku will be $359. This is the last chance to get the Nomiku with the Kickstarter discount!"

They also seem to suggest it'll support up to 5 gallons or 19 liters of water, and has a 750 watt heater, so almost the same as the creative series from Polyscience.

Mason_Perry_34060

I found the fact that "other immersion circulators are too complicated (six buttons)" pretty amusing. One would think that if you can't use six buttons you probably shouldn't be cooking your own food.

Brendan_Lee_56950

I have a hard time believing they're going to meet the price point they suggest. I would feel much better spending the extra $100 on the polyscience rig knowing your getting a well researched product that isn't in it's first iteration.

Mason_Perry_34060

Brendan Lee said:

I have a hard time believing they're going to meet the price point they suggest. I would feel much better spending the extra $100 on the polyscience rig knowing your getting a well researched product that isn't in it's first iteration.

That is the exact reason I went with polyscience and not a cheaper sous vide setup. If i am spending a few hundred dollars why not spend a few more and get something that will last for years to come. Same reason I got a chamber vac.

Brendan_Lee_56950

I built my first 2 circulators DIY but eventually I'm going to upgrade to the polyscience. We are likely going to be building a house within the next 2-3 years so I want to build the baths into the kitchen.

Mason_Perry_34060

That sounds cool, will they have removable inserts to drain easily? I saw a picture of something like that somewhere but I can't seem to find it right now. I do like being able to see into the front of the polycarbonate container to check on stuff though.

Brendan_Lee_56950

I think my plan will be to just have cutouts built into a standard stainless steel prep table so I can just use the poly bins that have the drain built in.

Patrick_Ancillotti_6135

You could always just have an area in your kitchen that has freestyle shelving that you could use, similar to the shelving behind the chefsteps guys in their videos, or what I'm going to do, which is a section of my laundry (assume pantry extension), which will have an area with rubbermaid wire shelving that I'll store my appliances in, and use for sous vide when applicable.

If you were to do something built in, you'd be sort of stuck with a set number of baths, unable to go up, or down, as well as sort of stuck with the style you chose without serious retrofit... Just my 2c.

Brendan_Lee_56950

I have shelving similar to what they use currently in my condo. I'm pretty confident the wife won't allow more than 2 in the primary kitchen so i'm not too worried about that. My ultimate goal is to build a large shed or garage in the backyard with a kitchen lab of sorts so i can play around and build it out whatever way I would like.

Chris_Young_80640

@Brendan_Lee it sounds like you need a man-cave ;-)

Johan_Edstrom_5586

@Brendan Lee I want one of those sheds too

I am looking at building an aquaponics setup and a chicken coup next....

Brendan_Lee_56950

We know a few people with chicken coops, they love it! @chris i sure do. we don't even use our kitchen table anymore because it's become my pasta station haha

prince_of_porcelain

I don't have chickens, but I have friends with chickens which is almost as good.

Patrick_Ancillotti_6135

@Seijoed: I'm building an aquaponics (initially hydroponics) NFT system in my basement

If you're going to do NFT, let me know, there's an amazing vendor that'll ship direct to you, and they're *very* reasonable.

Johan_Edstrom_5586

@negoenix, Very interested, I have a large unfinished basement, I also have a large back yard.

Patrick_Ancillotti_6135

@Sejioed: I'll message it to you. If anyone else's interested, send me a message!

Johan_Edstrom_5586

@neogenix there is a pretty decent Aquaponics communtiy on G+ - lots of good advice and sourcing material as well.

michaeltran

For the price, I’d have to recommend spending a little more on a Polyscience SousVide Creative. ChefSteps has it for $499 ($450 if you use their 10% coupon).

That’s less than $100 more for an industry recognized device with full manufacture support. I personally think devices like these entering the market without a strong brand backing need to be under $250 to be successful.

Chris_Cotsapas_68234

[no affiliation] I bought the Nomiku during the Kickstarter campaign for $299, which closed on 18/7/12. Since then the shipping deadline has been pushed back to March 13 due to unanticipated delays in finding a manufacturing partner, tooling parts, bringing everything up to spec and the usual other covey of project bugs (the latest being steam getting into the liquid-water-proof cases).

I wasn't aware of the PS Creative at the time so the choices seemed to be (i) another SVS; (ii) Nomiku; (iii) much more expensive PS pro units. Given how things stand now, I think I would have spent the extra $200 on the PS Creative. Oh well...

I'll keep you guys updated on how it fares when I receive it.

Mason_Perry_34060

SO what you're saying is if someone could get a PID controlled heater that also circulates water and sell if for under 250 it would sell like hotcakes..... I guess I have a project for next month...

borgech

@Mason_Perry I built my rig (minus the polycarbonate basin and pump) for about $125...

Mason_Perry_34060

@Chris_B. do you mind posting pictures or listing parts used? I am going to convert atleast one ice chest to a heated bath for holding maybe cooking.

borgech

@Mason_Perry sure, I'll post it in the DIY section at some point tomorrow. It will actually be good for me to go through the process and add up all of the costs.

Mason_Perry_34060

Thanks!

Mike_Perez_54027

Does anyone know the 10% chefsteps discount code @Michael was referencing?

Edward_33547

@Mike_Perez

I just posted a new category on the forum to keep all members apprised of our current discounts. Check it out at http://forum.chefsteps.com/categories/forum-member-discount

peter_martinezfonts_83124

Nearly a year after backing, the Nomiku arrived on Friday!

This is my first experience with immersion circulators so I don't have much to compare it to, but it seems to be really fantastic so far. Made some carrots on Friday, 64 degree eggs on Saturday, and now I've got a 24 hour short rib at 62 degrees for tonight.

Happy to answer any questions that people have.

Chris_Cotsapas_68234

Fabulous - mine has shipped but not yet arrived. About time, too. In retrospect, I think I should have gone for the Creative (hindsight etc).

Still, let's see how it goes.

Rich_McDonough_67546

My wait isn't over yet as I ordered 2 x 220V version ($559 for 2) and they still have to get certification for the new version :-( I also backed the Sansaire ($199) on Kickstarter maybe a year later but it looks like I might get that before I get the Nomikus! I do have to say though, the Nomiku is certainly the sexier piece of kit. Let's see how they perform...