Recommended thermostats?

Trying to get temps acurate in a glass terrarium. looking for ideas on good reptile thermostats. Any help would be great.

thanks

Depending on your budget either a Johnson Controls or Ranco $75 prewired plus shipping (those are on/off style) or if you can splurge Helix DBS1000 $140.00 or Herpstat (don't know too much about these their are a few different models ranging from $109.00 - $319.00) which are proportional.

http://www.reptilebasics.com/Thermostats-p-1-c-250.html
http://www.spyderrobotics.com/store/

if you have only like a couple snakes then a 29 dollar Alife is good, many people use them

www.beanfarm.com

i wouldent spend any more the 80$ on a thermostat so i would go wit the Ranco $75 prewired

Thanks for the help.

I can get a hold of a zoomed reptitherm 500R. Any word on these? Otherwise I'll look into one of the other suggestions

thanks

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Originally Posted by tjteach14

Thanks for the help.

I can get a hold of a zoomed reptitherm 500R. Any word on these? Otherwise I'll look into one of the other suggestions

thanks

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i just replaced my 500r because it was doing bad bad things. it would spike to 104, then drop to 78.

i now have a johnson and i love it. it dosent do any of that crazy stuff. i'd spend more money and get a better thermostat. they're important.

I have been running two zoomed 500r's for about ten months. About a four degree fluctuation as it turns off and on. This has caused no problems for my snakes. That being said, I have a johnson controls and a herpstat on my christmas list. I plan on using the zoomeds as backups.

There are alot of cheap(petstore) themostats that are made in China and are crap. Like someone just said they flucuate horribly. I now use herpstats and rancos and have never had a problem since. if it's $30-$40 from a petstore it is probably crap.

I have 2 500R's and I dont have one problem with them. I tape the thermostats temp probe directly to the heat pad and I get 2 degree fluctuations.... good enough for me!

Got them online for around 30 bucks a piece.

I've heard WAY too many horror stories about the zoomed thermostats. I had one when I first got my BP and after seeing some posts and talking to people at the herp show I got rid of it.