What's a good heat gun?

[squale]

I have heard that a heat gun is a very useful tool for keeping snakes so you can get quick measurements of surface temps at various locations in the cage. Can anybody recommend a good heat gun? I don't want to spend a fortune but I want something pretty accurate..

thanks

[Shelby]

I have two PE-1 temp guns. They rock and you can't find a better deal at $25.

http://www.tempgun.com/main.html

[justcage]

Just make sure you hold that model one inch from from the area your measuring.. It has a 1:1 aspect ratio..

[kavmon]

i work in the hvac field, i have several different thermometers ranging from 10 bucks to 275.00 bucks. for my snakes and reptiles i prefer to use the 10-15 dollar ones daily. "temp guns" or laser thermometers measure surface contact temps which is different from ambient temps. most laser thermometers vary in accuracy by 2-3 deg. interestingly those cheap 10 dollar accurites also vary 2-3 deg. i don't see a reason to spend more on a thermometer that isn't more accurate. on the other hand the laser beam is cool to play with! lol


vaughn

[joepythons]

I have the PE 1 also from temp gun.I paid $25 and it works great

[justcage]

All thermometers are going to be off but its the aspect ratio that I am talking about.. I have found accurite to be one of the worst..

[jtman]

You find accurite to be the worst? The new Walmart doesnt seem to have them so I was planning on taking a drive to the other one. They seem to get a lot of props around here. What would you recomend getting Matt?

JT

[kavmon]

there are plenty of accurate thermometers. brands like hart scientific,cooper, atkins and fluke are some of the top names. maybe some of the thermometers made/sold for the reptile community are "off" i have a couple of thermometers that are ul listed to be within 1 deg accurate. the accurites that i use are always within 1-2 deg. of my higher end thermometers. i have a 150.00 fluke thermometer sitting right next to my accurites and i use the accurites more. they are accurate enough for most reptile needs.

just curious matt, what kind of thermometer did you use to compare with or test the accurites?


vaughn

[justcage]

I use a raytek for my main gun and then an off brand cooper want to be from KROGERS.. I looked for a month trying to find them and came up with nothing.. Talked to the store manager and they said it was a one time deal like their snow globe deals..

[daniel1983]

Raytek all the way.....I should have a holster to put it in I use it so much....