• Hello!

    Either you have not registered on this site yet, or you are registered but have not logged in. In either case, you will not be able to use the full functionality of this site until you have registered, and then logged in after your registration has been approved.

    Registration is FREE, so please register so you can participate instead of remaining a lurker....

    Please be certain that the location field is correctly filled out when you register. All registrations that appear to be bogus will be rejected. Which means that if your location field does NOT match the actual location of your registration IP address, then your registration will be rejected.

    Sorry about the strictness of this requirement, but it is necessary to block spammers and scammers at the door as much as possible.

Best brand of thermostat?

Gralena

Gralena

Corn Snake Diva
Hi! What brand of thermostat works best with the UTH? Did you find best deal in pet store or online? Thanks
 
Herpstat goes on sale for $10 off for the two "cheap" ones and $20 off for the two expensive ones November 21st for the Thanksgiving sale...

Nanci

(Loves Herpstat)
 
Best low cost - ZooMed 500R $22 online $40 at pet store
Best mid range - Ranco $50-$80 online depending on if its wired or not
Best proportional - Herpstat line $105 and up online

It's definitely better to get a thermostat online, If you can even find one in a store, it will probably be the ZooMed for $40 and up.

For one snake I would personally go with a Ranco 111000 off Ebay for about $45-50 shipped and wire it myself.
 
I just ordered 2 Rancos and know people that swear by them, but for one UTH, I would not even bother with a thermostat. I did not even think about getting on until this year. Last year I produced about 250 babies, and this year I am looking at producing about 350, so I figured it was time.
 
If you are in the UK get a Habistat dimmer...... I have one running 3 tanks and it works perfect with no problems ever.
 
No kidding. Zee's new mat got to 119F with the thermostat ON a couple weeks ago (being dialed in).

Nanci
 
Absolutley need to regulate any type of heating element. I think Helex makes the best thermostat. Best is a really big word. I saw people in this thread earler talking about $20 stats. Helex is around $200 for the starter set and goes up.

A proportional thermostat that will regulate the temp a little or a lot depending on what is needed is best. A regular thermostat is simple on or off. With this set up you are always warming up or cooling off, rarely just right. :flames::angry01:
 
Nanci said:
No kidding. Zee's new mat got to 119F with the thermostat ON a couple weeks ago (being dialed in).

Nanci
Click to expand...

ugh isn't that the worst?? with my old one i checked it and after being fine, it had suddenly climbed to 112F. it's quite an alarming feeling when you're expecting to see 83-88
 
I've had it with 500R. Just checked Choco/Inez's that's been running three weeks (on this particular set up of mats, placements, etc.) and it had a high of 99F! (and a low of 75.6) There's no way to know what's going on without a reliable max/min thermometer...

Meanwhile, in Zee's setup where I pulled the 500R and put in the Herpstat, it's varied from 80.1 to 82.2.

Maizey with the new Herpstat ND has ranged from 81.0 to 83.3.

Nanci
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top