2017.....What temp gun are you using?

[George1994]

I have the same sort of one that others have mentioned here, just the generic yellow one off of Amazon. It does the trick, I use normal probe thermometers in all my set ups, but I use these to double check what I'm seeing is right. Really useful tool.

[GreenTea]

I was wondering about buying one of these as well. I have the zilla 1000 watt temperature regulator plugged into my heat mat. Well, I also have a thermometer probe and when the zilla is at 92.. the probe was showing 109! When I turned it down to the 80's, it's showing about 95.

I assume theres some margin of error for all of these products but thats a pretty big margin of error. Unfortunately the zilla model is a dial to an approximate number instead of a digital input so that you can be specific. I'm hoping that buying one of these guns will help us get a more accurate temperature.

[KevinK]

I ordered "the generic yellow one" lol off of Amazon last night after seeing the responses here. It was just under $13 with free shipping. Everyone I've talked to says they are worth every penny.

[Booper]

I've got an ExoTerra infrared thermometer, seems to do the job well Matches up to pretty much all my probe thermometers. I think it cost about £18 (About $24). It's a bit more expensive than the generic yellow one (lol) but if you wanted a 'reptile brand' one, I'd recommend it

[acro]

This rocks

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DMI632G

I also, use this one.

[elleon]

I got mine from Home Depot. I am also an engineer, so 1000 uses for this thing! It's called "General" and is the IRT207 model, and was around $20. I can turn the laser off to check temps close to snek without blinding him.

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[audioclass]

I've had cheap ones from Amazon and Walmart and they always went erratic on me. Differences of 4-10 degrees reading the same object sometimes. I upgraded to a fluke 62 max and I'll never go back to the cheap o brands.


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[Zincubus]

Oddly enough I bought two cheap ones at about 10 dollars each off eBay - 4 years apart and docent makes and the temps are identical !!

Maybe I just got lucky ....

Some expert guy online said that the expensive ones have the same 'innards' as the cheap ones but are just packaged better - for what it's worth


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[Godzilla78]

I just bought this KLEIN for $60 dollars at Home Depot. More than I wanted to spend, but Klein is a top brand name, and since I plan on breeding combo-morphs and piebald designer babies, I need to make sure the temps are perfect!

I am using a rack with plastic tubs, With this infrared thermometer gun, I should aim it at the bare plastic under the substrate where the heat-tape is and get around 92 Fahrenheit. Then aim it at the cool side of the tub and get around 82 Fahrenheit. Is this the right method?

[Godzilla78]

I've had cheap ones from Amazon and Walmart and they always went erratic on me. Differences of 4-10 degrees reading the same object sometimes. I upgraded to a fluke 62 max and I'll never go back to the cheap o brands.


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I agree. I have been a service technician for 20 years, and you almost ALWAYS get what you pay for when it comes to tools. I have bought tools for $xxx and they broke within a year. Then I have replaced that tool and bought a similar industry leading quality tool for DOUBLE the price and it lasted for a decade or more of heavy use. So in the long run, expensive tools are not only better quality, but a better value in the time. With electronics it is no different. Generally the higher end electronic tools like an infrared thermostat will be as high quality as the price tag.