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I just rec'd my tempgun today in the mail. I have MANY digital thermometers all over Herman's enclosure and Spike's. I took the temps with this new tempgun and all my temps are reading 10 degrees cooler and for my leopard tort, that is a significant difference... Now I don't know what to believe! Anyone ever experience this with a tempgun?
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Lisa 
1 Mali Uro - Spike
1 Leopard Tort - Herman
1 Shih Tzu - Jake
lisasmith@optonline.net
Monroe, NY
Temp guns aren’t as accurate as medicals, the most accurate thermometers are mercury medicals, use one to know the calibration of your temp gun. Then you will know its level of accuracy. As you can see the digital medic gun was accurate on every readings of the water glass, the temp gun gave me different readings every time, however sins its only 2-3 degrees of inaccuracy I still use this gun every day and think of it as I valuable tool.
Rgds
Don't forget, also, that the temp gun registers the surface temp of what it's reflecting from. The air temp may be different - especially if what you are reading is the slate basking rock under the hot lights.
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Torey
Salem, Oregon, USA
1.1 Uromastyx Geyri (Joe and Arthur)
1.1 Uromastyx Maliensis (Tank and Turtle)
1.1 Anolis Carolinensis (Bowser and Leeloo)
1.1 African Dwarf Frogs (Bruce and Sheila)
1.0 Betta Splendens (Mr. Miagi)
1.0 Sunset Dwarf Gourami (Sideshow)
0.0.1 False Spotted Corydoras (Spot)
0.0.2 Metae Corydoras (Frank and Jesse)
0.0.2 Dwarf Sucking Oto (Tootsie and Dum-Dum)
1.1 Felis Domesticus (Roscolux and Jenny)
Temp Guns and digital thermometers are complimentary to one another. Temp Guns read surface temps (using an infrared beam), while digital thermos read an air temp (typically using a probe or base). there is a significant difference between the two 
using them together will give you the best overall understanding of your cage and setup.
we use Temp Guns to measure basking spots, hot spots, gravid females (in snakes), etc, while we use digital thermos to measure ambient air temps, overnight lows, daytime highs, etc.
best of luck!
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robyn@proexotics.com
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