good rack?

looking at the iris cb70 rack from reptile basics. Anyone have one? What do you think?

I have the sweaterbox rack. Rich makes awesome racks. Can't recommend him enough.

His racks are awesome. I have one for hatchlings and subadults, but the large adult racks are pretty pricey so I made my own (I just posted pics in the DIY section).

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

I have the sweaterbox rack. Rich makes awesome racks. Can't recommend him enough.

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I have that as well and can't say enough great things about it! Well worth the money!!:gj:

Is the 4" belly heat enough? What temp do you keep the room at?

Mine is the back heat and my room stays in the low 70s. I haven't had any problems with keeping the tubs 90 on the hot side and about 79ish on the cool side with an ambient temp of 79-81 degrees and humidity fluctuates between 50-55%!

I have a few of them, all with belly heat and will be aquiring more, if that says anything.

I have both the CB70 and the sweaterbox rack. I love them both! Fast shipping, excellent product. I couldn't be more pleased. Also, I found the 4 in tape is fine.

but what is your ambient room temp? I was thinking I might need two strips one in the front and one in the back set to different temps to acheive the gradient and the ambients. Or possibly the 12" so it covers a bigger portion of the tub. Everyone on here seems to say the the 4" strip is enough, but are you kepping the rack in a 80 degree room?

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but what is your ambient room temp? I was thinking I might need two strips one in the front and one in the back set to different temps to acheive the gradient and the ambients. Or possibly the 12" so it covers a bigger portion of the tub. Everyone on here seems to say the the 4" strip is enough, but are you kepping the rack in a 80 degree room?

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My room is naturally 79-82 degrees because I have 3 racks and a tank (with a heat lamp) in this room. However, when it's been cooler outside, I've been opening the window and getting the ambient temp to 75 or so. I've not had any issues. The heat tape does nothing to ambient temperature. All the heat tape does is provide a hot spot and you don't need/want two hot spots in your inclosure. You're going to have to heat the room to at least 75 no matter what size heat tape you use.

Thank you.

I have the sweater box back heated, rich recommended belly heat because i have a cold room but a mess up on the order left me with a back heated rack instead. Turn out to be perfect when i have the room heated to 75 degree. Wokrs better for me too because the rack is in my room and i don't have to put on a northface just to be able to sit in my room for more than 5 mins

Yeah right now my house is at 65 to save on heating cost. Since I don't like sleeping in a room that is too warm and run my ac in the summer I'll have to set the rack up in a spare room and use a space heater when neccessary to raise the room temp to 75 or so. Or I can go with the t8, but by the time I get the RHPs (which would cost mor than the tank) I'm looking at like 400+ for the tank to house two bps and like who knows how many weeks before I get it. The rack is 300 to house 3 bps and probably have it next week.

Questions--do you use lids with tubs? (it didn't look like it from what I coud see) Right now the bps are about 300g. Would this rack be secure enough to house them or would they be able to get out?

No lids, the space between the tub and the next level couldn't fit a CD case.

I have a few of them Hatchling through sweater box and I agree that they are very good for the money. Few things to keep in mind though is to make sure they are sitting on a perfectly flat surface or they twist a bit and make it difficult to push or pull the tubs in and out, and the larger ones can sag a bit in the middle of the shelf.

Dang it! Totally not what I was hopeing to see when I clicked this thread!

LOL trying to keep in pg here in the forum. Maybe next time though