PVC enclosure questions

[belialsson]

Hey I am wondering if anyone has any input on these cages. I quests my main questions are

How well do they retain humidity?

How well does the radiant heater panel work?

How easy to clean?

The reason I am asking if I am finding it hard to find vision cages here in Canada. And I really am not likely glass and I don't want to switch to a rack due to me only have a single ball. The thing is I would build my own but a while back when I built my tanks for my bearded dragons I found that wood gets reaaalllllyyyy heavy quite quickly. If anyone has insure and/or experience with this style tank or alternatives it would be greatly appreciated.

[AlexisFitzy]

I love my PVC enclosure! I have a Proline cage/Constrictors NW and it retains humidity perfectly it's always at the perfect level and I never have to worry about shedding issues. My radiant heat panel works great as well. I have a Pro Products heat panel but Reptile Basics sells them as well and they are both great panels. As long as you set them up properly and place your temp probe in the right spot your temp gradient will be spot on. You just have to fiddle with it a bit but once you have it set up your good to go and cleaning is easy with a Proline cage since it's made of HDPE and nothing sticks to it so I just take all the substrate out and get a soapy sponge and scrub it clean and wipe it out. They are great cages and whatever you put inside will love it

[CryHavoc17]

Ive got my old girl in a boaphile 421D coupe, which is 4x2x1. Humidity is nothing. I dont even bother checking it any more because its always fine and ive had perfect sheds every time with no real work on my part. The rhp works great. Fantastic product I will use for long time to come.

Cleaning can be kinda difficult. Im a tall guy so I have very long arms. My girlfriend, who is pretty short, cannot clean that cage. She can't get her arms all the way back. That cage is only 12" tall, which makes it a narrower space. My 18" tall cage is much easier to clean.

I like the pvc's a lot. Ive tried just about every type of caging out there and pvcs are the winner in my book

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[Tbrown806]

I've only recently switched to a pvc cage, an Animal Plastics T10 (48x24x15) and so far I absolutely love it. As stated in the previous posts, humidity has been perfect, 55-60 with water bowl away from heat, will rise when bowl moved to hot side. We keep our home on the cool side year round so I use both flexwatt and a RHP controlled by a herpstat 2. Has been working perfectly for me with hot side 88-90 cool side 79-81 ambient 82-85. Cleaning has been easy enough.

[Mr. Misha]

The only problem with PVC enclosures is that sometimes the humidity gets too high so they have to be aired out. Other than that, RHPs work amazing to keep ambient temps up and the terrariums are as easy to clean as any enclosure out there.

I highly recommend getting a proportional thermostat (like Herpstat or Vivarium Electronic) for thr RHP and your life will be cake.

I personally love my Animal Plastics enclosures. They look great and work even better! Besides my two enclosures, I have a T10 on its way.

Here's my setup.

[jclaiborne]

You can always add adjustable vents to the PVC enclosures so that if the humidity spikes you can increase air flow.

[belialsson]

Thanks for all the input. Now the only question I have is any brands better than others

[Mr. Misha]

I personally love Animal Plastics. They're affordable, simple, lightweight and they look good.

[Tbrown806]

i personally love animal plastics. They're affordable, simple, lightweight and they look good.

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[BrandyL1193]

The only problem with PVC enclosures is that sometimes the humidity gets too high so they have to be aired out. Other than that, RHPs work amazing to keep ambient temps up and the terrariums are as easy to clean as any enclosure out there.

I highly recommend getting a proportional thermostat (like Herpstat or Vivarium Electronic) for thr RHP and your life will be cake.

I personally love my Animal Plastics enclosures. They look great and work even better! Besides my two enclosures, I have a T10 on its way.

Here's my setup.

Or you can add a fan to the room to drop humidity...as I found out. Ap cages are GREAT! And the customer service was wonderful.