I wouldn't personally go with a strip. Heck they sell those to check my kid's temp too and I wouldn't use those either LOL. Digital has come so far down in price and is so much more accurate I feel it's the way to go.


We use the Accu-Rite indoor/outdoor thermometre/hydrometre from WalMart ($14.99) but Home Depot sells the same thing tho a different brand for just under $18.00. Works greats! Eventually we'd like one of those nice temp guns Matt sells.

Just pop the Accurite in the cool side, feed the probe line out of the enclosure and back in (very long cord but very thin), tucking the probe just inside the warm hide. Then you get the cool side temp, the warm side temp inside the hide and the general humidity at a glance.

~~Jo~~