Thermometer Accuracy?

[OhhWatALoser]

How do you measure ambient temp and humidity? The IR guns only measure surface temps.

I don't, I know my ambient temp can't be lower than the room the enclosure is in, so I'm not concerned. There are only 3 humiditys I'm concerned with, low good and high. Low looks dry, high looks soaked and eventually moldy, good lays in the middle of those 2. Doesn't matter what the gauge says to me, going to adjust based on the conditions of the enclosure anyway.

[Fazer72110]

I don't, I know my ambient temp can't be lower than the room the enclosure is in, so I'm not concerned. There are only 3 humiditys I'm concerned with, low good and high. Low looks dry, high looks soaked and eventually moldy, good lays in the middle of those 2. Doesn't matter what the gauge says to me, going to adjust based on the conditions of the enclosure anyway.

What you have been doing is exactly what I've been doing for temperature and humidity. I've been concerned if it was ok practice. I was about to make a similar post asking if I should bother with digital thermometers. I picked one up from Petsmart that was defective when I first started out. It would read crazy temperatures, 54 degrees one minute and 86 degrees the next and humidity would be consistently 0%. So, I began relying on my temp gun and just checking multiple spots in each tub. It's reassuring to know others do the same.

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[Mangiapane85]

What you have been doing is exactly what I've been doing for temperature and humidity. I've been concerned if it was ok practice. I was about to make a similar post asking if I should bother with digital thermometers. I picked one up from Petsmart that was defective when I first started out. It would read crazy temperatures, 54 degrees one minute and 86 degrees the next and humidity would be consistently 0%. So, I began relying on my temp gun and just checking multiple spots in each tub. It's reassuring to know others do the same.

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That's what I do as well. I keep the snake room at 78 degrees. So I'm sure the ambient in their tubs is just a little higher.


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[Yzmasmom]

Digital all the way. ... I don't even keep thermometers in my snake tubs, analog OR digital. I just use my handy temp gun and rely on the thermostats to do their jobs.

And while I do trust my thermostats, I don't trust them THAT much so I do check every one of my snakes houses daily w the gun, regardless of what the thermostat reads.

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[Mangiapane85]

TotallyTotally off toptic....but I justreadyoursignature...do you know what you can get if you breed your butter to your mojave?!

Yeah. Normals, Butter and Mojaves...

And Blue Eyed Lucy's.

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[OhhWatALoser]

I've been concerned if it was ok practice.

Probably not lol. Then again some people would flip out if they saw most of my snakes don't have hides and none of them have 2 hides.

There are some things like running a uth unregulated that actually can hurt your animal. Other things have a lot more leeway than cares heats lead on. Ambient temps and humidity I believe fall into that.

[Neal]

I compared a cheap IR temp gun off amazon, same one listed with a $40 from lowes and found the temps to be quite diff. I'm really curious as to which one was more accurate.

[Zincubus]

I compared a cheap IR temp gun off amazon, same one listed with a $40 from lowes and found the temps to be quite diff. I'm really curious as to which one was more accurate.

Interesting .... I compared my two 15 dollar ones ( an old one and a more recently bought one ) to 20 of those digital thermometers that have a wired sensor and they were all within a degree or 2F or so.

The 20 snakes are all in fantastic condition , eating everytime , perfect sheds . So that's good enough for me tbh .


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[Neal]

Interesting .... I compared my two 15 dollar ones ( an old one and a more recently bought one ) to 20 of those digital thermometers that have a wired sensor and they were all within a degree or 2F or so.

The 20 snakes are all in fantastic condition , eating everytime , perfect sheds . So that's good enough for me tbh .


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Oh no, I agree with you. I'm just curious which one was actually more accurate.

For instance say I pointed at the same spot, the amazon one would say 89 for instance, the Lowes one would say like 94.

[Zincubus]

Oh no, I agree with you. I'm just curious which one was actually more accurate.

For instance say I pointed at the same spot, the amazon one would say 89 for instance, the Lowes one would say like 94.

It's an interesting point .... my bruv in law borrowed one a while back and tested it by checking the temp of boiling water ( steam ) and said it was spot on ....


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