humidifier

Where is everyone buying their humidifiers and how much are you paying? I want to get one for the room when it is done but the only ones I have seen so far were at Home Depot for like $150

Dang, you live in a humidifier don't ya! :) ( meaning New Orleans )

I got mine at Walmart for 49.00 it was a 3.5 gal evaporate type.

how big is the room? i use 2 small ones, warm mist types they run around 20-30 bucks a piece. wally world!



vaughn

10x16

I do live in a pretty humid area, but for the winter times when it is down to 20-25% humidity I would like to keep it a little easier to maintain than misting twice a day everyday

a medium sized one will do a room that size. one with about at least a 2 gal. tank., imo.

one like this,
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=4083762


vaughn

How accurate are those humidistats on them already?

I would be careful of making the room too humid. Hear in southern Cali it's dry and one year in the winter I ran a humidifier and had mold problems behind furniture. I found it much easier to allow a smaller area of ventilation in each tub and a wider water bowl and the snakes were fine. They only need 50% humidity and if it's 25% a water bowl can raise that easy. Just kick it up with a mist when in shed. We go through weeks of 10% humidity with hot winds and I'm fine just adjusting the air holes. Mold is bad news actually made me sick. I never use a humidifier any more and I live in a desert.

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Originally Posted by westcoastjungle

I would be careful of making the room too humid. Hear in southern Cali it's dry and one year in the winter I ran a humidifier and had mold problems behind furniture. I found it much easier to allow a smaller area of ventilation in each tub and a wider water bowl and the snakes were fine. They only need 50% humidity and if it's 25% a water bowl can raise that easy. Just kick it up with a mist when in shed. We go through weeks of 10% humidity with hot winds and I'm fine just adjusting the air holes. Mold is bad news actually made me sick. I never use a humidifier any more and I live in a desert.

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Thanks for the input. I am hoping since they will be in a well insulated room I will not need any humidifier. It will all be connected with my rat room so the water buckets for the watering will be putting moisture in the air and when I put in the water bowls I am expecting it to be high enough.