Hey everyone,

I live in a 100+ year old house, and I just cant keep the temp in the room constant enough for the lamp dimmer to really be effective, so I am looking into getting a thermostat. I am pretty sure I want a proportional, but I wanted to get some input.

I tried to find all of this on spec sheets, but I still have some questions. I will need to control two heat sources, one UTH, and probably some flexwatt since I would have a tstat to control it (cheaper than another uth). In the next few years, I think I will want to get more snakes, so I would obviously want to get the most bang for my buck as far as number of devices controllable by one tstat.

As long as on/off tstats control the temp well enough, I am not opposed to them, and it would def save me some money. Have people had good results with Johnson or Ranco, and how many devices can they control?

I know a lot of people prefer the proportional tstats helix and herpstat. How many devices can the helix control? I know I would need at least a Herpstat II to control my current set-up, and the Herpstat Pro would allow for me to over-control my current set-up by also connecting lighting, then switching to another warm/cool heat source in another enclosure down the road.

Basically, let me know what you think I should get for my situation. Again, I need to control at least 2 devices, preferably more, and money is kinda tight.

Thanks a lot.