Zilla thermostat is FRUSTRATING ME. advice?

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Originally Posted by KMG

Herpstat all the way. I have 4 of them and they are great.

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Agreed, great tstats

I'm not sure about your temp gun, but mine the beam leaves the gun in a cone shape getting bigger and bigger the further you get away from it. You might not be measuring what you think you are.

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Originally Posted by onebuc

I'm not sure about your temp gun, but mine the beam leaves the gun in a cone shape getting bigger and bigger the further you get away from it. You might not be measuring what you think you are.

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Well when i bought it the instructions said "hold 12 to 15 inches away from object" so that's what I do.


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Originally Posted by onebuc

I'm not sure about your temp gun, but mine the beam leaves the gun in a cone shape getting bigger and bigger the further you get away from it. You might not be measuring what you think you are.

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That is how all IR temp guns work. The laser beam is just for an aiming point. If you go with a nice temp gun like a fluke or FLIR brand the laser will actually display the cone as you get farther apart. You have to look at the ratio the gun has, normally in the manual. It should look like this 6:1 or 10:1 etc. If it is a 10:1 that means at 10 inches away you are measuring a 1 inch dot.

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More detailed instructions. Mine says 10 inches away but it measures an area of 6 inches of bottom. When I do my readings I have to hold it one inch away from where I wanted to read more to get an accurate reading

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Originally Posted by onebuc

There should be
More detailed instructions. Mine says 10 inches away but it measures an area of 6 inches of bottom. When I do my readings I have to hold it one inch away from where I wanted to read more to get an accurate reading

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At 10 inches away you are measuring a 6 inch diameter? I can see how that would give you an overall reading of a basking area, but I prefer to be able to just take multiple readings...just like everyone preaches don't go cheap on thermostats, I wouldn't go cheap on temp guns either. There are some decent ones that can be had for around 50 bucks and up.

This is the one I have http://www.reptilebasics.com/412l-thermometer


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Originally Posted by Ballpythoncrazy

This is the one I have http://www.reptilebasics.com/412l-thermometer


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The specs on the reptile basics site for that gun says the ratio is 12:1 so at 12 inches away you are measuring 1 inch diameter spot