Hi all! I'm new to this forum but I wanted to ask for some advice about cages.

So i currently own one male ball python, a bearded dragon, and 2 geckos, and I've been looking to upgrade the beardies cage and my Ball pythons cage.
I then found Animal Plastics and have been looking at them for quite a long while, a couple of my friends have said they're alright, worth the wait, etc. But I wanted to get some opinions from you guys and I have a few questions:

1) I wanted to get two T8 cages, would that be alright for my male ball python? He's an adult.

2) I've heard that the cages trap in smell, Is this true?

3) What type of stand do you have yours on? I have 2 dogs so I want it to be higher up so they can't mess with the reptiles.

4) Are they worth the money? I plan on getting a few of the extras and I wanna make sure it's worth the 500 dollars I'm going to be shelling out.

thanks for the advice!!