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I seen this advertisted here:http://www.kingsnake.com/gcsreptiles/

ans wanted to get some feedback on how they worked and what you thought of them. They are not very cheap.. so the more info I get the better. Dont want to waste my money.

thanks
Shawn Morelan
www.SouthernBoids.com

OK, I'll bite.

In my opinion, even though it may work great, this thing looks half-assed. The probes are simply taped at their ends, and it seems as though someone with a fair degree of electrical knowledge manufactured it by himself. Is a do-it-yourself job necessarily inferior when compared to a mass-produced unit? Certainly not. The question is whether or not it's worth $269!!!!! Even with the night-drop feature and alarm, it seems way too expensive. I didn't look at the thing too long, since it looked a cheap for something so pricy. Maybe I'm missing something. Does it impregnate boas, too?

Check out

http://www.bigappleherp.com

or

http://www.helixcontrols.com

Each of these companies offer "temperature controllers" or thermostats that have a night-drop feature for $170 or less. They can both control the heat for multiple cages simultaneously. I just had to decide between these two and went with Helix myself. Good luck with your decision.

I was just curious if someone has been using these. I like the fact it has multiple probes and will regulate up to 4 cages at a time. My concern was the way it looked etc.

My Big Apples all work excellent.. but when you have a stack of cages it is difficult to get one probe to do the entire job since each cage in the stack has its own different heat even though they are all setup identical. The cages in the middle stay hotter, as the cages nearer to the top tend to cool off. The top cage is a few degrees lower then the bottom.

All of my Big Apples came with a night drop for free and they only cost 100 bucks each.

However, to get the same 4 cages regulated that would add up to 400 bucks vs 269. Just curious.. I want to make sure they have been used and abused and all work as stated before I try one.

Thanks
Shawn Morelan