thermostat opinions?

In that price range, Johnson's are good and so are the Ranco's. Hydrofarm make a on/off thermostat that is pretty good as well, and its like $25.74 with free shipping.

Here is a link to a post about the Hydrofam.
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...8312-Hydrofarm

Here's a link to the site on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Hydrofarm-MTPR...7301871&sr=8-2

my dad has one thats called brewers edge 2 but the control is made by johnson. i just hooked it up and we shall see how she works. i have it set at 92 for the pad. does that sound about right??

I use this zoo med reptitemp 500R with great success. It's a simple on/off model, but it keeps my temps fairly accurate. My ambient temps are pretty much always exactly the same, and it keeps my hot spot within 2 degrees. I guess it depends on how much you want to run or how big your set up is, but this works great in a glass 20 gallon tank with UTH.... and at less than $30, you can't go wrong.

http://www.amazon.com/Zoo-Med-ReptiT...7303162&sr=8-1

im going to try this one of my dads and see how i like it and decide from there. im seriously considering the hydrofarm one.

The pad at 92 is fine perhaps a touch high depending on the accuracy or the probe but at least you aren't saying that 100ºF is ok anymore!

haha the t stat has a thermometer in it and its about 5 deg higher than the accurite thermometer i have in the tank. i dont know which one to believe lol

Not really that surprising, accurate temp one is 2 degrees up the other 2 degrees down and you have 5 degrees in the difference. Unfortunate, I'd actually try to split the difference. Ironically the cheap liquid crystal stick on ones are usually more accurate (+/- 0.5ºF) than both they are cheap, just don't stick it on ( it will not be a good representation of what the rest of the enclosure is) use it where the probe is and check the T-Stat against it.

yea im going for in the middle of both of them whick is between 88-90.

The thing I hate about my Herpstat Pro is that I never have to worry about what the temps are. The cool hide is 80º, the warm hide is 90º, and the ambient temp varies between 85º (day) and 75º (night.) It's really boring.

What's that worth to you?

well if i had that kind of money to spend on a t stat it would be the herpstat.