Joule connectivity issues - urban legend, or??

[Baltassar]

It seems to reconnect when you get back in range. I never let the Joule turn itself off -- I set a timer, and when time's up I go deal with it myself. The connectivity thing makes not difference to the food. It's just odd that something that is supposed to be cool and up-to-date works so poorly.

[HiGradeSmoker]

Keeps on keeping on is what counts. My concern was that it would forget what it was doing and shut down if it lost connectivity. Do you reconnect once you’re back in the garage or does it matter because it has been cooking for what ever time was required?

[Troutman]

Exactly what johnec00 just said as the reason

[Baltassar]

I've had a Joule for maybe 18 months, and I find connectivity to be poor using both wifi and bluetooth. My sous vide is set up in the garage, and if I'm in the garage connectivity is fine. If I go up to my office, second floor of my house, more or less directly above the garage, the connection unfailingly drops. This has no effect on the Joule itself, which just keeps on keeping on.

Whether this has something to do with my house, my particular Joule, my geospatial relationship to some cosmic vortex, or whatever, I have no idea. I use the Joule frequently, and it works just fine. But if connectivity is an important issue for you, caveat emptor.

[Histrix]

There are so many variables in a persons specific home location and router setup that it is hard to predict whether a gizmo will have connectivity issues so I don't pay much attention to those sort of reviews.

On the other hand, if 90% of people had connectivity issues that might be good to know.

[johnec00]

+1 Troutman - mine has a little switch thingy right on the circulator for "on" and "off". Works first time every time. Oh, and costs half as much!

[HiGradeSmoker]

Hi Troutman,
Please expand

[Troutman]

The correct answer is buy an Anova

[fzxdoc]

Since they were first released.

[rodkeary]

11 months.

[HiGradeSmoker]

I guess a follow up question to my original is, How long have folks owned their Joule?

[HiGradeSmoker]

Rodkeary,
How long have you owned your Joule?

[Spinaker]

Same here, I use mine weekly, never had any connectivity issues, that I can remember anyway.

[fzxdoc]

Mine works like a charm, and I use it a lot--a couple of times a week or so. No connectivity issues.

Kathryn

[EdF]

Disowning software issues seems like a poor product decision to me (a product manager) when the remote is the only way to control it. Too bad. No direct experience with it BTW.