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    Curious people's opinions on thermostats

    I'm curious what everyone's top choices for a thermostat are. Also curious about budget friendly options so around $100 or less.

    Also if anyone has any ideas on how to protect your thermostat, I'd love to hear them. My house recently got struck by lightning, everyone's okay, and it fried my thermostat, thankfully I have a spare, but I'm curious if there was something I should of done so my thermostat would have been fine.

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    Placing the tstat on a surge protector could help. You can even go a step above and have a whole home surge protector installed at the breaker box.

    As for tstats I bought an el cheapo one time in a pinch and if failed on me within months. Then another cheaper one I got when I bought a snake crapped out on me while I was using it in a pinch too. Since then I try to keep an extra Herpstat on hand.

    I have five Herpstats, a few 1s, a 2, and a 4. I will be getting another set of 2s soon. Having them I have never had an issue so I have stuck with them. They have served me very well.
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    Re: Curious people's opinions on thermostats

    Quote Originally Posted by KMG View Post
    Placing the tstat on a surge protector could help. You can even go a step above and have a whole home surge protector installed at the breaker box.

    As for tstats I bought an el cheapo one time in a pinch and if failed on me within months. Then another cheaper one I got when I bought a snake crapped out on me while I was using it in a pinch too. Since then I try to keep an extra Herpstat on hand.

    I have five Herpstats, a few 1s, a 2, and a 4. I will be getting another set of 2s soon. Having them I have never had an issue so I have stuck with them. They have served me very well.

    Sucky part was it was on a surge protector. Nothing else was broken just the thermostat. I had to buy a new surge protector since I know once lightning goes through one it's done. Herpstats do seem nice and not too far outside the budget.

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    Herpstats 1 is $145, buy once an cry once. It will out live the cheap tstats, thus saving money. An if you use PayPal it's six months interest free to pay it off. The really funny thing is buying from Spyderrobotics is cheaper then buying used on E-bay.

    https://spyderrobotics.com/index.php...7bf283bec87397


    Good luck!

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    Re: Curious people's opinions on thermostats

    Quote Originally Posted by Neko_snake View Post
    Sucky part was it was on a surge protector. Nothing else was broken just the thermostat. I had to buy a new surge protector since I know once lightning goes through one it's done. Herpstats do seem nice and not too far outside the budget.
    I bought a couple used and got fairly good deals. I actually just ran across some but was too late. Herpstat 2s for $100. They had four and I was thinking about buying them all.
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    Re: Curious people's opinions on thermostats

    I know they don’t have the bells and whistles some of the more expensive brands have but I’ve used Jumpstart thermostats for 10+ years on my UTHs and RHPs without fail. I think they’re affordable and reliable. They were $30 when I originally purchased them and they’re $41 now on Amazon. They do everything I need them to do when it comes to regulating my enclosure temps. I’d have to burn through 4 of them to buy one Herpstat 1. I just don’t see the added value. I’m thinking about getting 2 of the Herpstat 6s once my 8’ enclosures arrive and I rearrange my stacks but that’s just because it’ll look nicer and be easier to control everything from just two units.


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    Re: Curious people's opinions on thermostats

    Quote Originally Posted by 303_enfield View Post
    Herpstats 1 is $145, buy once an cry once. It will out live the cheap tstats, thus saving money. An if you use PayPal it's six months interest free to pay it off. The really funny thing is buying from Spyderrobotics is cheaper then buying used on E-bay.

    https://spyderrobotics.com/index.php...7bf283bec87397


    Good luck!
    I use PayPal credit often. Great way to buy things while keeping your money in your account and not running up the credit cards.
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    Re: Curious people's opinions on thermostats

    Quote Originally Posted by EL-Ziggy View Post
    I know they don’t have the bells and whistles some of the more expensive brands have but I’ve used Jumpstart thermostats for 10+ years on my UTHs and RHPs without fail. I think they’re affordable and reliable. They were $30 when I originally purchased them and they’re $41 now on Amazon. They do everything I need them to do when it comes to regulating my enclosure temps. I’d have to burn through 4 of them to buy one Herpstat 1. I just don’t see the added value. I’m thinking about getting 2 of the Herpstat 6s once my 8’ enclosures arrive and I rearrange my stacks but that’s just because it’ll look nicer and be easier to control everything from just two units.


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    I've heard about the Jumpstart ones before and was debating on one of those. Since this is the 2nd in 2 years that our house has been struck by lightning, I think I'll probably have to replace it every year anyway but ideally if I can buy a cheaper one that lasts a long time and does it's job then I'm happy. I personally don't need all the bells and whistles. I only have one snake and he's still a baby. He can slowly get upgrades as he grows and as I save up the money. Lol

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    You know I had a thought and wanted to make sure you were aware of this. Not all power strips are surge protectors. They look very similar but they are not all the same. Maybe you had a power strip and that's why it fried the tstat.
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    Re: Curious people's opinions on thermostats

    Quote Originally Posted by KMG View Post
    You know I had a thought and wanted to make sure you were aware of this. Not all power strips are surge protectors. They look very similar but they are not all the same. Maybe you has a power strip and that's why it fried the tstat.
    It was definitely a surge protector. An expensive one. I'm pretty sure it was rated for 2,000 Jules.

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