Switching from classic tank to exo-terra. Advice? :)

[littlemaxbigworld]

I'll gladly give you some advice, but in order for me to give the best possible advice, I would like to know your budget and what your long term goal is.

They have a wide array of thermostats you can use, some way cheaper than others, and some I wouldn't recommend anybody use.

What kind of substrate are you using as some work better than others and some are easier to maintain humidity, being you live in Oregon I'm guessing that's an issue.

What does your thermostat normally stay on in the house, as different wattage heating elements can be used, along with overhead or even under tank.

Thanks! I appreciate it. As for budget I don't quite have a strict number to stick to, but I'm aiming to get supplies that are mid-grade. Nothing extremely fancy and bank-breaking but I definitely don't want the cheapest version of everything either. Right now for substrate I just have the lame aspen that the pet store said 'would work fine' and I'm hating it haha. I had someone else recommend aspen mixed with forest floor but I haven't made the active switch just quite yet. I wanted to see what opinions people had first. Being in Oregon it's such a strange back and forth. Because the state itself is super humid and moist very often, and we have a dehumidifier in the basement. But then it gets too cold and we turn on space heaters and it gets super dry. Our house thermostat is at 70 degrees, but like I said I often have a space heater on in my room in the winter. And during the summer houses here don't have AC units so we all overheat and die, and so I have a window unit in my room to help it cool off in there, but I myself reaaaaally do not like being cold and would rather exist at a constant seventy four or so all the time. So finding stability within my environment is tough, and I haven't had her for too long so I haven't had to dial in what it's like at different times of the year.

But yeah, even if I have to wait a week to get paid again I'm alright with that. My goal is to have her new tank set up within two weeks or so.