Zoo Med Reptitemp 500R Thermometer Sensor Help?

So I've heard that this is the best thermostat to get. The thing is, that I can't find any at any of the pet stores in my home town. I was just wondering, where do you guys get yours? If any of you are from Edmonton, Alberta, I'd like some help and figuring out where to get mine! Thanks!

I have two. But they are not the best out there, are the "best" quality for the price and use of a single cage (viv).
Now the second one I bought was from my local pet store who didn't have them in stock or knew the brand but after I told them of the model they were happy to order it for me. So just go back and see if the can order it for you.

Lennycorn said:

I have two. But they are not the best out there, are the "best" quality for the price and use of a single cage (viv).
Now the second one I bought was from my local pet store who didn't have them in stock or knew the brand but after I told them of the model they were happy to order it for me. So just go back and see if the can order it for you.

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Alright, thanks very much!

Yeah, they're not the best, but they work OK. I used to use them and never had any problems. But I've switched to Herpstats and haven't looked back.

Try looking online for them; they can be had here in the US for ~$20 plus shipping. Most petstores sell them for around $60-80 that I've seen. Maybe there's a place that is in Canada or can ship there that you could get them for cheap.

I got mine from reptilesupply.com for ~$20 before shipping. Never seen one in a pet store around here.

Petco used to carry them for $39.99 but stopped selling them a year or so back.

Best deal, as already mentioned, is $20 or so plus shipping ordering online.

You will still need a digital thermometer with a probe as the lower end thermostats don't have a thermometer function included.

This is a decent thermometer- i have about ten in use. You get the dual temp two location model.

http://tinyurl.com/yqd3xt

This is a way nicer thermostat for $15 more than the 500R.

http://tinyurl.com/2ggzzd

The cheapest I can find the ZooMed 500R is about $23-24. (I used Google Shopping to look at prices).

i have been using mine for a couple of months and have had no problems with it as of yet -knock on wood-. it did take me a few trys to get it set up at the right temp but after that all i do i take a quick peek at my digi thermometers to make sure its at the right temps.
since they are so expensive at the pets stores here, i ended up ordering mine from pets and ponds
http://http://www.petsandponds.com/securestore/
its an alright deal and if you add one more thing to buy the shipping goes down to 8.99 (goes down if you spend $40)since it canadian it is still less than a lot of places shipping from the usa