BAH-1000SC vs Reptitemp 500r

[travy4911]

O.K. so which one is a better thermostat? BAH-1000SC or Reptitemp 500r

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Neither, if you want a reliable and durable thermostat I would recommend Ranco or Johnson on the low end and Herpstat or Helix on the higher end.

[tbowman]

Nothing personal, but I don't like when every time someone asks about a thermostat, everyone tells them to get a ranco or a johnson. Those aren't the only two thermostats on the market. I have the BAH-1000SC, Reptitemp 500r, and a herpstat. The herpstat destroys both of them, but it also costs $70 more. But you can certainly house a few snakes on BAH-1000SC or Reptitemp 500r thermostats. The reptitemp does take some time to get dialed in to your temps and it tends to fluctuate.

[Mike Cavanaugh]

I agree. I have been using several of the 500r's for a couple years now without issue. If they are all you can afford, get them. It takes a little more work to get them dialed in to the right temperature, but once they are set they are good to go.

That said, on my racks I use Helix or Herpstat because you can just set and forget.

[elevatethis]

The Repti-temp 500R has a reputation for failure. If the control fuse breaks, it continues the output at full blast. I had one a long time ago that would of fried my whole rack had I not been around at the time.

I use Ranco, Helix, and Herpstat now and wouldn't consider any of the "pet store" thermostats. Its just not worth the risk.

[twh]

Nothing personal, but I don't like when every time someone asks about a thermostat, everyone tells them to get a ranco or a johnson. Those aren't the only two thermostats on the market. I have the BAH-1000SC, Reptitemp 500r, and a herpstat. The herpstat destroys both of them, but it also costs $70 more. But you can certainly house a few snakes on BAH-1000SC or Reptitemp 500r thermostats. The reptitemp does take some time to get dialed in to your temps and it tends to fluctuate.

the reason people recommend better quality stats is because the lower end ones in the case of failure tend to run wide open, injuring or killing your reptiles.a good stat is a key element in reptile husbandry and is not the place to cut corners.it's kinda like driving drunk,most of the time you make it home but when you don't there's hell to pay.

[travy4911]

I only have one snake so I don't really want to spend over 100 for one snake...Maybe if I had three or four that would be great...but just one I don't think the ends justify the means of buying a 100 dollar thermostat. Thanks for the info though.

[Mike Cavanaugh]

You pick any thermostat out there and there will be people who have experienced failures. Sure, it is easy to claim that one kind of thermostat has more failures then another, but without actual stats to back this up, it is nothing more then someones personal opinion based on nothing.

The reason most people pick the more expensive proportional thermostats is because they simply work better in racks. instead of either being all they way off or all the way on all the time, it actually adjusts the power to maintain a set temperature. This is key to getting proper steady temperatures in a rack.

For your case, with one snake not in a rack, the 500r would be an excellent choice if that is what you can afford.

[Hulihzack]

I recently got a BAH-1000SC and was really dissapointed when it arrived... It's only adjustable in 2 degree clicks...so I can set it to 84 or 86 or 88 but nothing in between. Kinda lame... In retrospect I shouldn't have gone cheap. Learned my lesson and won't do that again.

[travy4911]

Don't know if it changes things but she's in a glass aquarium. Does that make any one better than any other?

edit: guess I should have asked this first....is there a johnson or ranco around 40 or 50 dollars shipped?