Ok guys so here it goes... I've affixed my kpot for those of you that want to yell at me.. but its just a little information I have obtained after a month or so of back and forth with heat and humidity issues...

I know the zoo med thermostat has a bad wrap on this forum, and many people have talked about how evil and unreliable they are, and possible bad experiences, but after using it for a while I have found a few things out....

WARNING: THE ZOO MED CAN BE USED EFFICIENTLY IF AND ONLY IF YOU HAVE A GOOD DIGITAL THERMOMETER, WITH THE HOT SIDE PROBE IN THE SAME AREA AS THE ZOO MED PROBE. FOR USE ON THE UTH ONLY.

First off: My attempt was to build the best possible system for my BP on a reasonable budget. After a few photo checks on the forum I was set up with a 20G tank, repti carpet, two matching hides, a UTH, day/night heat lamp etc.....

The largest problem I find here is people saying it is unreliable, mostly because it does not have a digital display of temperature, only a dial adjustment. Also, people tend to say that it does not stay at the temp you set it at..... In fact it doesn't, it has a 4 degree F "switch"... IE: on at 90 off at 94, waits till it drops to 90 before turning back on.

Simply put, place the hot side temp probe under the hot side hide. Place the zoo med probe under the hot side hide as well... Monitor the peak and drop of the thermostat until you have it in the 90 on, 94 off setting... Put the cover on, no problem....

$25 thermostat working perfectly...

Also: Zoo med rheostat on the heat lamp allows me to "adjust the cool side quite easily... The thermostat holds the hot side no matter what the other influence, and the rheo can let me set the cool side to 82 on the nose...

Just my 02... Hope this helps someone who is stuck with the Zoo Med, or in a long wait for their super expensive versions...

-Camp