Hinged vs Sliding vs Double door Enclosures

Sorry if this was asked. But what do you prefer and why?

Sliding door, it is simpler to put a lock on, and you don't have to move out of the way when you open it.

Good point lol

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Originally Posted by Capray

Sliding door, it is simpler to put a lock on, and you don't have to move out of the way when you open it.

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All my balls are in a rack tho so no doors for me lol

I love my sliding door enclosures custom built but it is very easy to remove the doors for cleaning and simple to open for feeding and spot cleaning
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I personally like the hinged doors (The ones that flip down) or double doors like on the Exo-Terras.

The only enclosures I have other than tubs are Boaphiles and Exo-terras. I don't have experience with anything else.

Sliding hands down, feed my JCP and you will understand why. The unopened half has save me from a lot of bites while feeding. And I also like the fact that you don't have to worry about a piece of glass swinging down, just seems like a accident waiting to happen if you are not careful.

Wow thanks for the replies lol

Although I use a rack system, I almost built some custom enclosures for my snakes with sliding doors. I picked sliding over hinged because with enough force and a determined BP, they can pop off the hinges. And even if they might not, I wouldn't want to take that risk.

Sliding doors are way better in my opinion. I can open the doors a very small amount or I can even completely pull the doors off the cage simply by lifting them up and out of their tracks. Swing/drop down doors are almost always made from acrylic which has a tendency to warp/discolor and scratches far easier.

COOL!:banana::banana:

I use sliding doors, for reasons mentioned above.

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Wow I'm tired I just spent too much time tryin to figure out how you posted at 7:07 when it's 6:26 here lol special sometimes I guess but sliding that's what I'm working on putting in the cages I'm building just looking for glass the right size in my town.

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Wow I'm tired I just spent too much time tryin to figure out how you posted at 7:07 when it's 6:26 here lol special sometimes I guess but sliding that's what I'm working on putting in the cages I'm building just looking for glass the right size in my town.

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the time changed lol

Not only time change I think the sites clock is set to a different time zone then I'm in. It's an hr ahead of what time it is in mn. Think it's eastern time? Not sure time zones aren't my greatest area of expertise lol

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Not only time change I think the sites clock is set to a different time zone then I'm in. It's an hr ahead of what time it is in mn. Think it's eastern time? Not sure time zones aren't my greatest area of expertise lol

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yeah i'm on est lol

I used hinged doors on the enclosures I made, I don't like only having half the cage open, especially when dealing with the bigger snakes. That was my main reason. I can understand if you don't want the door coming at you, or want to save space. It is all personal preference

addressing some of the reason people say to use sliding, i disagree with most of them. the latches are secure, tho mine won't lock, but i could of got locking ones (no reason to in my house). the hinge isn't going to pop off lol (what kind of hinges are you using?). Cleaning is easier than sliding, clean outside with door up, clean inside with door down, no taking the doors out. I think its also easier to clean out the mating parts of the door vs cleaning out a track with stuff in it. thats my take :)

I have and use both, sometimes I find the posters whom have no experience with both listing non-existent problems a bit odd. Anyway I don't have a clear preference I don't like open up doors you end up holding them open with your head. Drop down doors depending on the hinge create a 'table' or not. One of mine has a two position opening so it can have the door sticking straight out or straight down. I like the work surface this provides. The locks on both are very easy one is a sliding glass door lock and the other a micro cam lock. The cam lock is a lot nicer ascetically. The hinges are very secure in drop downs unless you break the glass. Sliding doors collect junk in the slides slowing cleaning so that is a down side. To me they are both just fine the drop downs are easier to clean (larger opening and no slides) but the door is a touch harder to clean so I figure that neutrals that. They are the same as far as I am concerned.

Where the glass acrylic came from I don't know??? I have a sliding acrylic door and a drop glass door sliding glass doors and drop acrylic. The material is not relevant to style.

But if we must glass is expensive, heavy, hard to work, and green. Acrylic is expensive, light, easy to work, and clear.

Modern acrylic is guaranteed for 30 years against yellowing crazing and transparency so most of the arguments against it are if you use the old style acrylics that were once around 22 years ago. Modern acrylics do not have the same issues at all. It will warp around the 280º range so don't heat your snake enclosure to 280º+ :O The scratching yes they do but snakes tend not to scratch acrylic anyway they don't have functional claws. Scratches from a bearded dragon (I have one with an acrylic door) the scratches polish out with plastic polish it is a bit odd looking after but hey the easy of working, clarity and weight are big bonuses.