brands really don't matter unless your talking UTH or heating. for my baby, i personally use exaterra caves, for shrubs and clutter cover, hit up micheals-walmart- and the dollar tree( one were every thing is actually a dollar), i've also used hide from retptile basics, the black boxes they look like, i've also used flower pots. for substrate i use newespaper but my gf's house has high humidity, if humidity is problem use cypress mulch. on temp regualtion get the 12 buck acurite with probe and stick probe on UTH then buy a 6.97 one, looks like square box(with no probe) to keep inside to mesure humidity and ambiant temp, also if you need to raise temp during day get a regualar 40-60 watt bulb on a dimmer to keep ambiant temp up,you can get clamp lamps with cermic sockets at wall-world cheap, since your only using a low wattage bulb. also might get a themostat for UTH(under tank heater) or if room temps stay kinda same a dimmer works will as well. sorry if this info has been stated above, but i picked up on last post. and if you no this already sorry
steven