melamine rack vs PVC

[PitOnTheProwl]

Personally, I love my PVC enclosure (Animal Plastic T12 to be exact) I like the fact that all the cutouts are already made for the heat tape and probes. I think it's would be about the same price (if not more) to build your own melamine enclosure and that would probably without the glass. Also, as many people pointed out, the PVC enclosures are A LOT lighter and in my opinion, easier to clean.

Racks and enclosures are a lot different...........................................


If money fell out of my butt and I had a supplier for XPVC here in SA at reasonable prices I would make my own super light weight racks.
None of that exists here so I build mine out of MDF (uncoated melamine) and have no problem with it other than the weight. I run lids on all my racks so there are no problems on my end.