Quote Originally Posted by mykee View Post
What's wrong with a temp gun? $25; problem solved. They're accurate to within =/+ 1 degree?
I haven't had a thermostat/hygrometer in my facility or in my bins in years. If you have a thermostat and a steady ambient room temperature, you know spot on what your temps are thereby eliminating completely the need for a digital thermometer/hygrometer.

Though I haven't shopped for one in many many years, I would imagine (like every other retail item in the world)that a price bracket or two up that you would find a slew of digital thermometer/hygrometer combos that are infinitely more accurate. Or use two, or three or four and you can find the mean temperature and humidity without a malfunction/guessing game with a single one.
Tape an old fashioned glass thermometer (like the one mommy used to use when you felt poopy) to each side of the tank. $20; accurate. Problem solved again.
I do the same thing. I have a temp gun for my rack. No other thermometers or hygrometers. But for newbies with single tank setups it is pretty important to have a digital probe thermometer right on the hot spot and a thermometer on the cool side as well as a hygrometer.

Sure there are better hygrometers and thermometers out there but this accurite model is fairly accurate (much more so then those round dial things) and much more affordable then digital thermometers and hygrometers from the pet store.

Sure you could spring for a $50 weather station, but that isn't very practical for most new keepers. And by that time they should already have a reliable thermostat.