Good thermostat

[Swizzle]

i know everyone says go for the herpstat but to expensive for me(im only 16). I am though looking for a way to conrtol my temps.. do you know if this thermostat is any good.

ESU 1000 Watt 3 Outlet Electronic Thermostat

http://www.reptiletubs.com/Esu.jpg

[daniel1983]

....no good....for many reasons.......one reason being that...it does not have a digital temp control...so you have to buy another thermometer and try to get it set at the right temps......

Check out the thermostats here: http://www.mgreptiles.com/thermomain.html

[Adam_Wysocki]

Good for a cockroach colony ... not reptiles.

-adam

[cassandra]

Not to play devil's advocate, but we use Alife thermostats (nearly identical to that ESU model) and have had great success with them as we regularly check belly temps with a temp gun in both the cool and warm hides as well as regular spots in the rest of the enclosure - the temps are always spot on.

We want to move up to Herpstat/Helix level therms when we eventually need to move the girls into larger cages, but the Alifes have been good to us so far.

[jglass38]

I actually used that same tstat for my first clutch of eggs (dont ask why). Worked perfectly but in my opinion only because I was heating a large amount of water with an aquarium heater. It kept the temp at 88-90. That said, I wouldn't do it again...

[Swizzle]

well i have a digital thermometer on the snakes level.. woudl that matter

[jglass38]

I think the biggest concern is not a slight temp swing but the fact that they are fairly cheaply made and could malfunction or stick in the on position causing burns to your snake. I would recommend a quality proportional tstat like a Herpstat or Helix or at the least, a quality on/off type like a Ranco or Johnson Controls. The difference is, a proportional adjusts the power to the UTH allowing for a more consistent temperature while the on/off type shuts the power to the UTH off when it gets to the correct temp. The proportionals are more expensive but better.

[JLC]

....no good....for many reasons.......one reason being that...it does not have a digital temp control...so you have to buy another thermometer and try to get it set at the right temps......

Check out the thermostats here: http://www.mgreptiles.com/thermomain.html

Don't we usually have a separate digital thermometer in our cages anyhow? I know I do. Works for a single cage, anyhow. That being said, I have a Johnson's digital T-stat, and not the one pictured above.

For me, reliability is more important than price. I'm not thinking "Well, if this T-stat fails, I'm only out $30...." I'm thinking "If this T-stat fails, I could kill my priceless (to me!) snake!"

And on a totally different note, I am going to edit the original post and change that picture to a link because it is against our Forum Rules to post pics directly from other people's websites. (It leaches their bandwidth every time someone clicks on our threads.)

[Emilio]

Will a herpstat regulate 5 UTH pad's ? 3 of them are the same size and the other 2 aren't . Would this be able to work till I get flex watt?

[Swizzle]

is ranco anygood