New enclosures by Dreamplastics.

[mack1855]

Arrived today,very pleased with these.1/4 inch acrylic with laser cut vents.They also offer1/8 inch acrylic with round screen vents for less money.Went for the better enclosure,as they will be in my living room,on display.

 

[Tortuga]

How much do those enclosures weigh? They do look really nice. I was wanting to do all glass enclosures, but then the realities of lifting heavy objects after back surgery set in.

 

[MetalMan2004]

Looks nice for sure. I’ve looked at those a few times. Might have to bite the bullet.

 

[Feral]

I've used similar acrylic enclosures with drilled ventilation from a different company. I think this style is definitely the best looking and best functioning, to me. So I like your choice. But since I have no experience with that exact company, will you update us on any warping you notice in the first couple of months? Especially if you happen to use deep, moist substrate?

 

[mack1855]

How much do those enclosures weigh?

Weighs in at 8lbs.( 3.6kg ).

will you update us on any warping you notice in the first couple of months? Especially if you happen to use deep, moist substrate?

Will do.Will be housing two adult Poecilotheria so not sure how moist it will get.But will let everyone know
if anything goes south.

 

[Kitara]

I've used similar acrylic enclosures with drilled ventilation from a different company. I think this style is definitely the best looking and best functioning, to me. So I like your choice. But since I have no experience with that exact company, will you update us on any warping you notice in the first couple of months? Especially if you happen to use deep, moist substrate?

I have an 8" cube from DreamCo that is 1/4" acrylic. Dry sub though. No warping. My other from another company that is 8x8x12 warped quickly. It is 1/4" acrylic on the front and back, but the door is 1/8". The door warped. It was also a lot more expensive than DreamCo so DreamCo is my go to from now on.

 

[Feral]

I have an 8" cube from DreamCo that is 1/4" acrylic. Dry sub though. No warping. My other from another company that is 8x8x12 warped quickly. It is 1/4" acrylic on the front and back, but the door is 1/8". The door warped. It was also a lot more expensive than DreamCo so DreamCo is my go to from now on.

Good info, thanks. For me it was the Lorex 8"x18"x8"s that get some very minor door warping, which for me at that minor degree seems reasonable for acrylic. So I'm cool there. But I'm not okay with how the back sides have bowed outward in the middle a little. This style is top-opening, and the fronts don't bow outward because of support from an overhanging lip on the top-opening lids, but the back doesn't have that overhanging lip support and bows a bit between the hinges.

Given, I have a lot of moist sub in those, about 3" in the front sloped to 5" in the back. But still... Is it unreasonable to think it shouldn't be bowing? Was your other one a Lorex? Maybe I should have gone with DreamCo.

 

[viper69]

o warping.

how long have you owned it, telling us "no warping" is useless with length of time....

My other from another company

what company...I don't want to buy from that mystery company, and Im sure no one else does either hah

@Feral I've heard nothing but bad news on Lorex. I was going to order years ago from them, glad I didn't.

 

[Feral]

@Feral I've heard nothing but bad news on Lorex. I was going to order years ago from them, glad I didn't.

Interesting. Good to know. I didn't seen any bad news, so I went for it. When I ordered last September, the first one they sent cracked the day I was setting it up/planting. It seemed like the seams were under way to much stress and CRACK!... but I thought maybe that was just a one-off, it can happen. So they replaced it. And I didn't mention it here. But now always the bowing in that one spot. I'm torn about it... on one hand, the new gap is extra ventilation and that's always good. But on the other, if it means that it is structurally weakened... I don't know it it is, but it'd be bad if it were!

But I have to say that I really think it's due to moist, deep sub. It'd probably be just fine with dry and/or shallow sub.

Interested to hear how DreamCo stands up.

 

[viper69]

Interesting. Good to know. I didn't seen any bad news, so I went for it. When I ordered last September, the first one they sent cracked the day I was setting it up/planting. It seemed like the seams were under way to much stress and CRACK!... but I thought maybe that was just a one-off, it can happen. So they replaced it. And I didn't mention it here. But now always the bowing in that one spot. I'm torn about it... on one hand, the new gap is extra ventilation and that's always good. But on the other, if it means that it is structurally weakened... I don't know it it is, but it'd be bad if it were!

But I have to say that I really think it's due to moist, deep sub. It'd probably be just fine with dry and/or shallow sub.

Interested to hear how DreamCo stands up.

They don't need as much venting as you think (minus Avics), extra "gaps" are faulty products. They had great prices but after talking to a few friends and reading around, never bought.

 

[mack1855]

extra "gaps" are faulty products

Ya,cant see how a seam failure is a good thing.Venting that's not part of the design ,and manufacture is suspect,IMO.
@Feral ,this my first DreamCo enclosure,so no awards yet.And no moist dependant animals are going in,but I tend to keep enclosures dryer than some might advocate.Time will tell.

 

[Feral]

@viper69 We disagree about airflow, especially with surviving versus thriving. But regardless I wish I would have seen whatever negative sources you had about Lorex. And known about DreamCo, I didn't hear about them until much later. C'est la vie, I guess. @mack1855 I looking forwarding to hearing how DreamCo holds up, and also other people's future reviews of them. Thanks for posting this.

 

[viper69]

@viper69 We disagree about airflow, especially with surviving versus thriving. But regardless I wish I would have seen whatever negative sources you had about Lorex. And known about DreamCo, I didn't hear about them until much later. C'est la vie, I guess. @mack1855 I looking forwarding to hearing how DreamCo holds up, and also other people's future reviews of them. Thanks for posting this.

Sure thing.....

Your conclusion appears to be speculative and based on assumptions re: thriving and surviving.

 

[Feral]

Sure thing.....

Your conclusion appears to be speculative and based on assumptions re: thriving and surviving.

I think it's an important topic, but this thread has nothing at all to do with ventilation and air flow. You have your perspective and I have mine. And that's cool. I don't think this thread needs any more said about circulation than that.

 

[viper69]

I think it's an important topic, but this thread has nothing at all to do with ventilation and air flow. You have your perspective and I have mine. And that's cool. I don't think this thread needs any more said about circulation than that.

You brought up ventilation in your reply. I made a comment, and you make a sweeping judgement regarding what you consider thriving/surviving vs what I consider it to be- without even asking me. Good luck with that assumption and the process that lead you to it.

 

[Smotzer]

Arrived today,very pleased with these.1/4 inch acrylic with laser cut vents.They also offer1/8 inch acrylic with round screen vents for less money.Went for the better enclosure,as they will be in my living room,on display.

How much did you pay?

 

[mack1855]

How much did you pay?

dreamcoplastics.com.I bought the 10x10x16,1/4 inch plexiglass,laser cut vents.
You will see what I paid,minus shipping.

 

[Smotzer]

dreamcoplastics.com.I bought the 10x10x16,1/4 inch plexiglass,laser cut vents.
You will see what I paid,minus shipping.

Thanks!!