Quote Originally Posted by kitedemon View Post
For a thermostat in a plastic tub under unstable room conditions I'd say a proportional one is the way to go entry level ones are 105-130$ there are cheaper ones but they often have issues with the tubs in coolish rooms. If you go on off the cheaper ones I'd highly recommend the tank. In the end there isn't much cost difference. Tank+cheaper t-stat tub+expensive t-stat is close to the same. There is likely to be a lot of debate with this but a search though older posts will prove this out tubs and on off have more issues.
Holy crap! $125 for a thermostat!? That was way more then I anticipated. Is that absolutely necessary? Also, could I get away with the walmart thermometer? Lastly, I am really concerned with the holes. Could you give me a ballpark estimate lol? What do you do personally? What size holes and generally how many? I don't want to skimp but there's no way I could swing a $125 thermostat. Someone pointed this out: http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog/...tat-150-watts/. Would that do the job?