Help... Thermometer randomly broke? What should I do?

[fluffpuffgerbil]

Well, I was trying to resecure KAllisa's accurite thermometer to the side of her cage because I had to take it off to reset something(Had it set to time instead of coolside temp because I accidentally changed it to that while cleaning her cage fully today)

But I thought maybe the battery jsut ran out, so I changed it... nothing...
IDK what happened.
Will she be fine until I get another? Might be able to get one tomorrow, but I don't have another for her until then.
He thermostat is fine and temps haven't been an issue so far(a little cool on the coolside but still I can't change that very easily and Kali's been fine since I got her in August).

I might go mess with it more, but I think it's dead. XD
So she'll be fine without a thermometer for now, right?

[EverEvolvingExotics]

Yes, as long as your thermostat is in proper working order there is nothing to worry about. Honesty, I'd say ditch the thermometer and spend $20-30 for a entry level temp gun. They are worth every penny in my opinion. Many different places sell them.

[decensored]

Yes, as long as your thermostat is in proper working order there is nothing to worry about. Honesty, I'd say ditch the thermometer and spend $20-30 for a entry level temp gun. They are worth every penny in my opinion. Many different places sell them.

this. Invest in the temp gun. I only use one thermometer in my 10 bin rack and I have never had an issue. You will be okay for a bit if yours died.

[fluffpuffgerbil]

Oh so should I jsut seee if I can get a temp gun then? I just zap it on her hot spot and it'll tell me her temp? I could use this for my dragon too. O.O good idea.

TY!
I can get one at Lowes. :3

[fluffpuffgerbil]

Oh, is there a certain/cheap($20-$30) good quality brand heat gun you can recommend me?


Thanks!

[EverEvolvingExotics]

I have owned this one for around two years: http://www.reptilebasics.com/rbi-201
I like it a lot.

I have also owned a PE-1, and would also recommend that one. Just make sure you a within a few inches of the area you want to take the temperature and it will be very accurate. I also use the top one listed to take my temps for my bearded dragon, crested geckos, roaches, ambient room temps, whatever you want.

[kitedemon]

Any one, they all have basically the same specs +/-2ºF. I personally would still have a regular thermometer as IR guns can only measure surface temps and give little to no indication of ambient temps.

Personally I use just thermometers the cheapest i can find and I buy a few and test them against each other and only use the ones that read basically the same. Last time I bought some I got 20 units for about 26$, I gave away 4 as they were too far off. (more than 1 degree)

Something like this...
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/New-Digital-L...ht_3231wt_1165

[fluffpuffgerbil]

Thanks! :3 I might just try to find one at lowes. XD I don't really want to buy anything online yet

[fluffpuffgerbil]

So I got one! :3

We happened to have one in our garage from a storage unit! It's a pretty nice one, too, but the plastic covering is broken, it still works A OK! I tested it and it seems pretty accurate(tested it on my lizard's hot spots and Kali's heat pad temp compared to her thermostat temp. Looks like her thermostat is 2* off) But I just realised... I've got nothing to measure humidity with..

[BFT12890]

It wouldnt hurt to get a cheap un-used thermometer/humidity gauge around in a drawer or something just as a backup in case you run into an incident like this again.