Premade snake rack

I'm looking into buying a premade rack. I know making my own would be cheaper, but frankly, I think a monkey would do a better job. Plus I like the convinience of the premade. I'm in canada and I only know of Boaphile that send to canada, does anyone else?? Also any comments on the Boaphile products?
Thanks!

I'm not sure if they ship to Canada or not and I couldn't find out form their web-site but you might look at Animal Plastics. Depending what part of Canada you're in, it might be easier/cheaper for you to drive to pick it up in Iowa, which is where they're located. I have one of their racks and have been very happy with it, as well as with their customer service. Their lead time can be kind of long (6-8 weeks) but that's with any company it seems, so anyway. Nothing but good things to say about them as far as I'm concerned.

Here's their web-site: http://www.animalplastics.com/

Boaphile makes a nice rack system.

Almost all of the US Rack Builders will ship to Canada. You will jusy have to pay the duties. Depending on the size of your shipment you may have to have a broker clear your order at customs. Duties will be HST on the value of the product converted into Canadian dollars if made in North America. A typical Brokerage fee would be $60 + HST.

I quoted shipping from Animal Plastics for a hatchling rack and it was going to be $192.00.

Try Cornel's World. He is located in Alberta (I think) and makes nice PVCX racks that offer either back or belly heat and come in all of you typical Hatchling/Juvinile/Adult and Breeded rack sizes.

Happy Shopping

animal plactics is in iowa :confused: i need to start paying more attention. might just have to get a rack from them instead of building my own. having to build one does seem like a pain but at least you can do it how you need it, even though it might not be the best looking.

I have two boaphile 32qt side ways five high racks and I love them. Perfect size for my ball pythons too. Jeff is a great person to deal with too.

I'd second Greg (cornel's world) it is a great person to deal with very fair and will give you honest opinions with out trying to up sell. Really great. You might als ask Sylvain at sly plastics. It is also a good guy.

http://www.slyplastics.com/en/

He doesn't list racks but could build a custom one will he do it is a different story.

Boaphile makes a good system. I think for the money though vision has a better rack. I have a couple v35 and a v18 from vision and i love the v18 system cause the tubs work great for hatchlings and juvies up to 750 grams

Thanks everyone! I think I might just go with the boaphileplastics one, I don't currently have a need or desire to breed, so price wise they are what I am looking for. Also, any comments on the thermostats they have?

Greg west in red deer!!!

Or nathan at ngm just sold the fusion rack franchise to a guy in manitoba if im not mistake... And those are amazing.

Gregs are great "DIY" style. High quality and great price though.

Fusion is breeder quality.. Like freedom breeder or ara caging.

I have been using vision racks for several months now and they are good racks but they do not hold humidity very well. I myself am going to try to make the swap to either animal plastics or ARS. I don't have any experience with racks from animal plastics but I do have an incubator i bought from them that is very nice and the people were great to deal with.

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Thanks everyone! I think I might just go with the boaphileplastics one, I don't currently have a need or desire to breed, so price wise they are what I am looking for. Also, any comments on the thermostats they have?

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Ranco thermostats have a great reputation but I can't speak from personal experience. I know several breeders/owners have Ranco thermostats and have great luck with them. I would steer clear of a Helix, personally. Nothing wrong with them, just not the top of the line quality from my experience and a bit of a pain to use as far as setting the temps and what features they offer. I'm currently using a Herpstat II with great luck and would highly recommend one, depending on what you're requirements are.

Ranco, Johnson Controls and Herpstat (Spyder Robotics) are all excellent products for thermostats. Whatever you do, don't skimp on buying a quality one of those. You can get by with a less-than-stellar rack system but your heat control is a big priority. Just my two cents, good luck with whatever you pick! Make sure to post some pics once you get it set up, lol!

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animal plactics is in iowa :confused: i need to start paying more attention. might just have to get a rack from them instead of building my own. having to build one does seem like a pain but at least you can do it how you need it, even though it might not be the best looking.

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Half the reason I bought from them was that they're in Iowa, lol! That and they're great to deal with and after having received the rack I ordered, they make a top-notch quality product.

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Half the reason I bought from them was that they're in Iowa, lol! That and they're great to deal with and after having received the rack I ordered, they make a top-notch quality product.

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i looked into animal plastics and some of the others talked about and decided ill be getting one from them. price seems pretty good for me and i can just take a 2 hr drive to pick it up instead of having to wait for it to come in.

When I ordered from vision I got killed with shipping to NS... I don't know about boaphile but a single vision enclosure from vision was 125 shipping...

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When I ordered from vision I got killed with shipping to NS... I don't know about boaphile but a single vision enclosure from vision was 125 shipping...

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Apparently boaphile is all included, even customs fees, to ship to NS. I'll probably contact them regardless, just to make sure. But that's pretty much the deciding factor for me, if it is all inclusive to canada. Plus I love that they are all wired and set to go.

cage - boaphile - own 6 of them keeps heat and humidity nicely..also very easy to clean

thermostat - I use ranco thermostats right now. they are great never had a problem with them..had for years, but am looking into proportional thermostats now and in the tiny bit of research i have done I would steer clear of helix

I have never ordered from them I have been burned a few times with unexpected charges from us to canada so i always try to buy canadian to avoid them.

Is that Conrad's beach in your avatar?

Yeah I expect to get burned with some kind of charges, that's typical.

No it's Martinique Beach.

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I have two boaphile 32qt side ways five high racks and I love them. Perfect size for my ball pythons too. Jeff is a great person to deal with too.

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+1 Call Boaphile you will get answers to your shipping concerns. They usually always answer and do not mind questions.

I've been looking at racks for quite a while and personally Freedom Breeder looks like hands down the best made. They aren't cheap by any means but they seem to be built like a freaking tank. I'm probably going to bite the bullet and upgrade my melamine racks with those soon but going with Visions for hatchling racks. If they're good enough for VPI's hatchlings, I think they'll do for mine but I really want the heavy duty stuff for the adults.