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do they stay within a few degrees of the desired temp???

anybody recommend them?
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Chris Vanderwees
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They rock!!! I own two and they hold their temperature great!!

Regards,

Terry
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Terry Brashear
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Are there exact temp settings or do you have to play with it for a while??? Approximately how long would it take to figure out a temperature???
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Chris Vanderwees
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1.2.0 Bearded Dragons
1.1.0 Crested Geckos
1.2.0 Veiled Chameleons
3.4.0 Corn Snakes
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1.2.0 California Kingsnakes
1.3.0 South Florida Kingsnakes
1.1.0 Albino Sonoran Gopher Snakes
1.4.0 Leopard Geckos
0.1.0 Green Iguanas

not that easy. you do have to fiddle with it for a while...it's like, if it's cool you turn the temp up a little bit or if it's too warm to turn it down a little bit and then go check it later...but i have had no problem what-so-ever getting it to the temp i want it at pretty quickly and very stress free.

amanda

There are two models available...one with still air and the other with air circulation. Is there much of an advantage to a air circulation fan???
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Chris Vanderwees
REPTILE SALES AND INFORMATION
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1.2.0 Bearded Dragons
1.1.0 Crested Geckos
1.2.0 Veiled Chameleons
3.4.0 Corn Snakes
1.0.0 Tokay Geckos
1.2.0 California Kingsnakes
1.3.0 South Florida Kingsnakes
1.1.0 Albino Sonoran Gopher Snakes
1.4.0 Leopard Geckos
0.1.0 Green Iguanas

i don't know which is better, or what would be the pros and cons of air circulation. i can't remember if it was this forum or the bearded dragon forum where i read in one post that the fans were bad, but i don't know why. maybe they dry out the vermiculite or perlite too quickly.

i have the one with no fan, and it seems to work just fine. cheaper too.

amanda

I do not care for them very much. I have used them and still have one. If you do not keep the temps in the room where doing the incubating it move around quite a bit. I just made a new incubator after seeing the reptile mag from april. I took some 11" flexwatt with a thermostat and set it up in a igloo cooler. Bought 2 shelves from target that are for plates and I have a incubator that will hold temps very well. It took me one day to zero it in and it has not moved since. For about $100 I can not incubate 400-500 eggs at a time where with the hovabator I could only do 80.
Good luck,
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Bryan Self
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