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I'm headed to San Diego tomorrow afternoon for Saturday's show and I've just now thought of picking up a mist system for all my cages since my sprinkler style drip system has become more of a pain in the butt than anything. What kinds are you guys using and what do you like/dislike about them. I talked to LLL about theirs but they said they probably won't have any at the show. But either way, I may come across some different ones. Here's what I need: A mister that can handle at least 25 cages and is easy to expand. I need a low maintenance mister that the valves don't need constant adjusting and replacement. I need a system that can mist a very small amount of water at a time, so that I can leave it running longer (at least 3-5 minutes 2-3 times a day without flooding too bad). I need a system that can run for a long time without having to be refilled (i.e. large reservoir). If possible, I don't wanna go out the roof with cost. I know they can be hundreds of dollars. I'm thinking about the Mr Moisture Pro cause it can handle TONS of cages. Just a thought. Any imput GREATLY appreciated.
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Tyler Stewart
Las Vegas NV
1.2 Nosy Be Panthers
2.2 Sambava Panthers
1.0 Tamatave Panther
1.0 Nosy Be X Unknown Cross
1.1 Veiled Chameleons
0.0.2 CBB Desert Tortoises
0.0.1 Sulcatta Tortoise

i have the mister moisture, not the pro, but the cheap one......it's not too bad at all. the only pain about it is that it can only run for about 4 minutes at a time. i will be upgrading probably to the mr moisture pro or a rainmaker shortly........
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tyler i currently have had the mr. moisture for my nosey be cross and have had it for about four months. it is suppose to be expandable but after a couple small problems i have some "trust issues" with it. after deciding to expand i looked into the and spoke with someone that has the Rainmaker. i ordered the rainmaker jr. last monday and it is suppose to be here tomarrow or monday. it is expandable and all cages are suppose to get the same misting(meaning no loss of preasure). i was told by john at ecologic sytems as well as read on ther site that uder normal conditions their system with the red nozzles can handle at least 20 cages with 60 feet of hose.

as it is now my cross is the only one using the mr.moisture and our other three chameleons are being hand misted with preasurized bug sprayer...and it is a pain in the butt!! we will be at the show sunday picking up feeders and seeing what the breeders have in the way a female sambava for our little male.

good luck buddy and have fun!
dennis

Thanks for the responses.... I think I'm leaning towards the Mr Mister Pro.... The guy at LLL said it could do like 125 cages.... That's sweet! I'll need it to do about 20 right away, but at the rate I've been expanding, I'll need more quick. If that mister can do 125 cages, I'm not worried about the loss of pressure, and he said it could pull water from anything, like a bucket, so I could use a big reservoir of some sort. Some of my larger cages will need 2 each anyways. My biggest concern is having to mess with it. I want it to be simple and easy to fix and adjust. I hope I get that with the one I end up with. That's the whole reason I'm ditching the system I have. Seems like I adjust flow rate everyday. Oh yeah Dennis, if we're around into Sunday in San Diego, I'll keep my eye out for you and say hi.
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Tyler Stewart
Las Vegas NV
1.2 Nosy Be Panthers
2.2 Sambava Panthers
1.0 Tamatave Panther
1.0 Nosy Be X Unknown Cross
1.1 Veiled Chameleons
0.0.2 CBB Desert Tortoises
0.0.1 Sulcatta Tortoise

sounds good. the problems i have had with the mr moisture was first leaks from the nozzle i fixed it the first time with more pipe tape. then one day i came home and i had water all over the bottom of the cage, table and carpet under the cage. i accused my wife and kids of messing with the cage and mister and told them not to mess with things they no nothing about. the hose had disconnected from the nozzle and the mister just kept pumping water as it as suppose to. i fixed it with a zip tie. then that weekend my son and i are standing in front of the cage and the mister starts(as it was supose to)to run normally then water just starts dumping into the cage and table. i shut off the mister and clean up the water and look to see what happened. the preasure fro mthe pump blew the hose off the nozzle eve nwith the zip tie. so i put it back together, using super glue to adhere it better and then a zip tie over the hose and nozzle and haven't had that happen since(knock on wood). lastly my nozzle started to leak AGAIN so i took it apart put more pipe tape on it, added super glue, put it back together and then super glued around where the nozzle and nozzle "fitting" meet on the threads and fixed that problem. i realize i only payed $100 fro the system and the problem aren't super big, but opted to try someone elses product this time instead.

dennis

wow.........i haven't had anywhere near that problem with mine......i went to the hardware store and bought new T's and brass nozzles for mine though.......i have 4 nozzles running off of it now, and no real problems except for the nozzles clogging......
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I haven't tried some of the newer systems out there, but have used a faithful Rainmaker Jr. for years with no trouble. All the equipment has run perfectly. Opt for the pump that can run dry (mine is an older generation that can't do this). Nice company who is helpful and responsive too.

Go to this link man and get the misters from the source. I have a Rainmaker Jr., and have never had a problem with it working or not. The only problem I have found with it is setting it up for multiple cages and it is more of a pain in the ass problem versus a technical one. Their phone is 410-431-4106. This mister can service around 20 full size cages with no problem. Good luck.
-Matt

Tyler-

I am going to make this short. The Rainmaker systems are the best overall. The setup, nozzle assembly and so on. You will not find the Rainmaker systems at the show, only the Mr. Moister if any. Go to HERE to check things out. I use the Jr. model on multiple cages indoors. Hope this helps!

P.S.-

You probably already left for the show!LOL! Sorry if this is late!
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I've had 2 Mr. Moistures for about 1.5 years, and have had ZERO problems with them. I have one for our terrarium in our office, and one at home. The one at home mists 7 tanks. The one at our office I bought because the Rainmaker jr was too loud and disturbed the co-workers when it came on.

Are you guys reading the directions? Are you overtightening the nozzles onto the fittings? The Mr. Moisture is a good deal if you have 10 or less tanks to mist. I just can't justify spending
more for a Rainmaker jr to do the same purpose.

Kathy

I agree that the Rainmaker Jr. is a little loud, but that is because it has a strong pump. It is not like you'll get a noise violation ticket using it though. Sure co-workers might find it loud, but do you really need a mister to take care of 1 or 2 cages in your office? You might as well get a spray bottle for $3 bucks and save money. But that is very considerate of you to take their feelings into account. The bottom line, however, with the Jr. is that while it is a bit loud it can sevice 20 cages with no problems. You might be paying and extra $60-80 for the system but you'll never have to buy another one again and to top it off it can basically handle the requirements of a small greenhouse which means it can handle just about any Chameleon collection.

My problem with the Rainmaker Jr. is that I already have almost 20 cages and I'm gonna have more. I don't want a system that's gonna drop in performance at all. If I need to add a touch of glue to keep fittings tight I will. Noise isn't a big deal, but I just need the room for expansion.
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Tyler Stewart
Las Vegas NV
1.2 Nosy Be Panthers
2.2 Sambava Panthers
1.0 Tamatave Panther
1.0 Nosy Be X Unknown Cross
1.1 Veiled Chameleons
0.0.2 CBB Desert Tortoises
0.0.1 Sulcatta Tortoise

Then go with the full blown system. I can't remeber what the price was on that one, check the web site. Right now I have my mister hooked up to a little more than 20 cages and it works fine although I will admit that I probably won't be adding too many more if any because I don't know if it can handle it or not. I know for certain though that the big system can handle anything you can throw at it. Good Luck.
-Matt