Ed Lilley from Constrictors NW, builder of Pro-Line caging, breeder of affordable and rather expensive carpet pythons, and former breeder of several varieties of BCI and BCC uses and sells the Hydrofarm stats and has used them for years with no issues, he also uses more expensive stats as well.
You can even back 1 up with another. I have 1 and have had zero problems. I also use Herpstats which I find are the best.
Oddly enough, I remember a thread here recently where somebody was having some trouble with a Herpstat so everything has the possibility of failure.
Inexpensive doesn't always mean a pile of crap.
If you have a Herpstat already, I'd just move the main cage to the room you want for separation, or take the stat from that cage and use it there if you can.
Good advice here:
"If you get one put a lamp dimmer between the t-stat and the heat. Set the lamp dimmer so the heat can't get over the mid-90s, and then if the t-stat fails your snake will be uncomfortable but not burned."
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