Quote Originally Posted by DutchHerp View Post
Hi everyone,

Do you need to have high temperatures in the room where you're keeping the rack, or not?

Racks from RBI, AP, and Boaphile all have plastic with high insulating properties...ARS only has a frame.

Do the ARS tubs insulate better? I'd love to keep an ARS rack in a cool room.
Racks don't perform well in unheated rooms - unless you're into colubrids.

My Freedom Breeders, Boaphiles and RBIs all hold relatively the same temps and humidity. The cool end of the drawer will be just tad over ambient for the room.

I don't know about ARS, but FB has changed their lid design so that you can opt between 100% perforated to little to no perforation. Again, no difference in my FB compared to my "closed" 41qt PVC racks in terms of temp and humidity.

If you need your cool end temps up around 80 degrees, you will need to keep the room over 76 degrees even with an RBI or an AP rack.