There's no reason to use the quotation marks around "lesser" in your reply - there's really no comparing the quality/safety differences between the two thermostats. I just asked a question as to why you chose one over the other for each specific application. It makes sense that you wouldn't want a light going on/off all of the time - it would drive me crazy too.

I do question, however, that a Hydrofarm will always fail in the OFF position. From what I know (without personal experience), it depends on which part of the thermostat fails as to which position it will fail in. Is this not true?

Thanks for your help!