I've been looking at thermostats and I'm wondering if it's worth the trouble it looks like it could be. There's no actual temperature setting, just low, medium, and high. Unfortunately, ordering a rheostat online is not an option as even though my parents are not stopping me from having a snake, they're not letting me use my credit card online and my dad refuses to use his and let me pay him back.

The ZooMed one is the only kind I can find in town for reptiles, so it's that or a thermostat used for indoor heating and the like. Should I fuss with the ZooMed 'stat or use a temperature programmable one that's not designed for reptiles? I have plenty of time to get the ZooMed one just right.

Regardless of what one I go with, it'll be replaced with a Helix or a similar quality herpstat.