Anova sous vide on sale at Target
The machine keeps water temperature constant as well as circulates the water to ensure there are no cold spots. You just put it in either a pot, crock pot, smaller cooler and it will work its magic.
From everything I have read, this is one of the best bang for your buck sous vide devices. I don’t have any real life experience with it though. I have been eyeballing the Anova and the Chefstep Joule.
Instant Pot sells a sous vide circulator, and it’s <$100 at Amazon. Can’t vouch for the quality, as I’ve not pulled the trigger on a sous vide circulator yet, but I’ve been VERY happy with my Instant Pot pressure cooker, so there’s that, at least.
I also use a Chrome extension called Keepa to track prices on items I am interested in on Amazon. You can set up alerts when something exceeds your target price threshold.
FWIW, as I write this, the Anova circulator is showing up at $109 for me on Amazon.
Bluetooth version is down to $99 on Amazon. I had been waiting for the Monoprice one to be restocked but this is really tempting.