Rack system

[MitsuMike]

We might as well put the key under the door than because at some point or another the question was probably asked and answered.

Who are you again to decide if a thread is beneficial for this board or not.

Can you suggest people to search? Of course you can but there is also a way to do it?

You need to remember that some people do need the 1 on 1 attention and again if you don't want to answer "worthless" threads than don't someone else will.

Talking about worthless posts you might want to look at your post history

Something that should have been PM'd, but your a mod so I guess it's ok to break the rules with personal slurs.
PM'd

[scutechute]

Talking about worthless posts you might want to look at your post history

oOoOooOo BURN!

we need an emoticon that shows the little smiley face guy throwing fuel onto a fire...

[waltah!]

I could have been. I answered the members question. Just thought it would benefit more by searching finding out the info and then asking questions if he had any on the information.
Questions like:
Back vs Belly heat
Humidity in Tubs
Ranco vs Helix

Are all questions that have been asking NUMEROUS time with no changing information. It would be beneficial to the board to not have worthless threads about things that have been already discussed over and over again.
Sorry to hurt feelings but simple searches are EASY to do.

And to the noob, don't get an attitude because you lack the ability to read. I answered your questions the way you asked them, I don't read minds.

I come on here to help. I piss people off too, but that is not b/c I don't help them.

So do answer your heat in the rack question.
YES the heat in the middle of a the rack will be a few degrees warmer vs the top or bottom. But if you have a heat exit to equally get rid of the extra heat you should be fine. Either way it's not that big of a difference to even get worried.
The rephrased questions are much better and I don't mind answering those w/o a search link.

And for people thanking for no reason, it is quite uncalled for, especially form you Robin. I'll leave it at that to stay civil.

Thanks for being here to "help". Also, thanks for deciding what threads are worthless. Oh, and again thanks for letting us know who we can "thank". Keep up the good work

[waltah!]

I am moving into my own house in a few weeks and have the room set away in the new house to start up a pretty sizeable collection and wanted a little advice on the rack systems currently out there. I was thinking about buying 2 premade racks from reptile basics one for the babies that would be in quarantine for 60-90 days and one medium size rack to start that hold roughly 16 that is expandable. They offer a belly heat option and a back heat option which would you go with and why? Also how hard is it to keep humidity in the rack system? Cant possibly be as bad as trying to keep it even in a glass tank but I'm looking at what would be best for the snakes. I would also like to get some opinions on thermostat setups for a rack system. I know that reptile basics has the Helix which is where I would be leaning because in my short research seems like everyone loves it.


Thank you in advance!

I've had great luck with RBI racks, personally. The sweaterbox racks with dividers is especially nice. Mine are back heat, but I have nothing against belly heat. Humidity stays really steady for me year round in mine and I just use newspaper. Also, I use Helix thermostats with them and have never had any issues.

[dr del]

Hi,

We might as well put the key under the door than because at some point or another the question was probably asked and answered.

Who are you again to decide if a thread is beneficial for this board or not.

Can you suggest people to search? Of course you can but there is also a way to do it?

You need to remember that some people do need the 1 on 1 attention and again if you don't want to answer "worthless" threads than don't someone else will.

Talking about worthless posts you might want to look at your post history

Something that should have been PM'd, but your a mod so I guess it's ok to break the rules with personal slurs.
PM'd

There were no personal slurs in her message.

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dr del

[Jay_Bunny]

I also use the RBI racks and I love them! I have the 3 tub rack as well as two of the sweaterbox racks. I use belly heat but in the future I will probably opt for back heat as I think it works just as well. Temps hold well and humidity is perfect. I also use a Helix and have no complaints. I have been using these racks for over 3 years now.

One thing I might mention about these racks. Do not put them on carpet. Putting them on carpet makes the material warp. I have trouble opening and closing the bottom tubs on each sweaterbox rack because of this. Other than this (which I'm pretty sure it tells you somewhere not to put it on carpet but I did anyway) I love the racks and highly recommend them!

[starfire]

Jay Bunny wrote:
One thing I might mention about these racks. Do not put them on carpet. Putting them on carpet makes the material warp. I have trouble opening and closing the bottom tubs on each sweaterbox rack because of this. Other than this (which I'm pretty sure it tells you somewhere not to put it on carpet but I did anyway) I love the racks and highly recommend them!

I confess that I use an old, solid wood Cargo coffee table as a pedestal... for the carpet reason and because I don't have to bend down so far to check the bottom tub!

[Stewart_Reptiles]

I use Animal Plastics, the economy line works great if you have an herp room that is heated, since mine goes from 78 during the winter with an oil filled heater to 85 during the summer (without anything) it works great for my needs.

If your snake room is not heated I would recommend the regular line.

I prefer belly heat, much more efficient in my opinion and less heat loss.

As far as thermostat I am a big fan of herpstat I have the regular one for hatchlings and the ND for my breeders

Hope this give you another perspective on other choice out there though you cannot go wrong with reptile basics either.

[JLC]

One thing I might mention about these racks. Do not put them on carpet. Putting them on carpet makes the material warp. I have trouble opening and closing the bottom tubs on each sweaterbox rack because of this.

Huh! The bottom tub of my little rack is a pain in the butt...never thought the carpet might be at fault. You can get individual 12"x12" tiles at the hardware store really cheap...I wonder if it would help to make a little 2x3 or 3x4 (or whatever) grid of tiles on top of the carpet and then set the rack on top of those? Does the warp lessen once the rack has been moved off the carpet? Definitely something to ponder!

[kitedemon]

I have a AP rack as well (animal plastics) my experience is fairly good, although I think a rack of more mass would be better. The rack I have is quite light and it cools off quite quickly, my room actually varies quite a bit so it is a concern in my case.

I like the herpstat but personally I don't think it make much difference helix or herpstat pick one.

I use belly heat, again I see no clear choice belly is a direct heat back is more indirect. A friend believes that in the event of a T-stat failure, back heat will take longer to cause terminal heat. Likely true, I use a back up T-stat to my herpstats in case. So again it isn't a clear decision to my mind anyway I am sure there is lots of opinions but it seems to be to be 6 of one 1/2 dozen of the other. It isn't an exact science and every set up is different so every solution is different.

I have low humidity in my place but a bit of a large water bowl and the rack is fine.

Hey Mike, again? You have really good information and advice, but your delivery is a 'bit' abrasive, that is the 'style' you have, fine, but you really counter your good information with bad taste in many mouths.