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Hi gonnabe leaving my cham outside pretty soon , almost warm enuff at night, and waswondering what is a good mister yo use for outdoor cages, it will be on a timer of course, would it be cheaper just to get the stiff at home depot and make my own? any suggestions would help alot, Thanks, Dave

I use a $50.00 setup from Home depot. It is a mister with 18 spray heads (used for cooling down patio areas - $30.00) and a battery powered timer that connects to a spigot or a hose ($20.00). I have it set to come on every hour for 3 minutes when it's hot outside and every 2 hours for 2 minutes when it's not hot.

It works wonderfully! I don't remember the name of the mister but it has a picture of a pool, an umbrella, and a family lounging around the mist. LOL.
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Raf

1.2 Jacksons Adults (Frank, Patty 2, Lucille)
0.0.17 Jacksons babies
1.1 Nosy Be's (Mars and Roja)
1.1 Bearded Dragons (Diego and Consuelo)
1.1 Adult Sulcattas (POOPIE and George)
0.0.2 Baby Sulcattas (frick and frack)
1.0 Home's Hingeback Tortoise (SPEEDY)
0.0.2 Red ear slider babies (Hingis, Dingis)
1.0 Yellow Footed Tortoise (Alfred)
1.1 3 toed turtles
1.0 Red Siberian Husky (Harley)
0.1 Black Lab (Krissy)
0.1 English Bulldog (Alice)
0.1 Blue Merle Great Dane (Wednesday)
Saltwater Fish and Inverts too

Cool, i'll look for it. Thanks

I had been waiting forever to see those misting systems in home depot. The people told me they are seasonal and are not in stock until summer. I guess 99 degree temps arent summer at least in texas. I went to the sprinkler system and bought a kit for an outdoor sprinkler system. Lowes had a kit that came with almost everything I needed except a fine mister nozzle which home depot had. the system I bought was from www.misterlandscaper.com It works well with a few mods. I went ahead and set up two systems on seperate timers one that comes on and mists 3 times a day and one that drips for 9 hours a day. Just so you know I spent over $100 which I think is the price for some standard misting systems.

They have the mister systems ar home depot on sale now, at home depot heere in california. You might wanna check, they dotn have the timers in the kit, but they have them in the store,

homedepot.com has it for 39.95:

Arizona Mist
3/8 In. Professional Misting System

Permanent outdoor cooling system. One kit provides 12 ft. of misting. Cools outdoor temperature as much as 20 deg. F/ 11 deg. C. Kit includes: (1) Roll of 10 ft. tubing, (5) 24 in. pre-cut sections of mistline, (6) Misting nozzles, (12) Hanging clamps with nails, (1) Brass end plug, and (1)Brass hose adapter.

Internet/Catalog # 162800
Store SKU# 421564

Price: $39.97/ea
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Raf

1.2 Jacksons Adults (Frank, Patty 2, Lucille)
0.0.17 Jacksons babies
1.1 Nosy Be's (Mars and Roja)
1.1 Bearded Dragons (Diego and Consuelo)
1.1 Adult Sulcattas (POOPIE and George)
0.0.2 Baby Sulcattas (frick and frack)
1.0 Home's Hingeback Tortoise (SPEEDY)
0.0.2 Red ear slider babies (Hingis, Dingis)
1.0 Yellow Footed Tortoise (Alfred)
1.1 3 toed turtles
1.0 Red Siberian Husky (Harley)
0.1 Black Lab (Krissy)
0.1 English Bulldog (Alice)
0.1 Blue Merle Great Dane (Wednesday)
Saltwater Fish and Inverts too

Hi Dave,

FYI, last issue of ChamNews has an artcile on a homemade system for in or out. Not sure if it's what your looking for but here's the link...
mist system

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