Thermostat/environmental controls

[HOITrance]

For those of you with high temp arids or heating multiple enclosures in a single space, I am curious what type of thermostat do you use?

I don’t have a large enough number of Arabian or African scorpions yet that warrant dropping $250 on a herpstat. I have been eyeing the Exo Terra one, but been seeing its hit or miss. I do want something with 12 hr cycles so I can set a daytime aroun 88-90 and night around 77.
I plan on heating a pair of exo terra medium lows (24x18x12) once I get more scorpions, but for the moment only concerned about heating the one.

Wanting to pick a A.bicolor and an LQ at the expo tomorrow, but that shelf only sits around 80-82 currently which is a tad low.

Thanks in advance!

 

[viper69]

My rule is buy products from companies that specialize in stats, worth every penny

 

[HOITrance]

My rule is buy products from companies that specialize in stats, worth every penny

Usually mine too, but in this hobby you occasionally find hidden gems . Ty!

 

[viper69]

Usually mine too, but in this hobby you occasionally find hidden gems . Ty!

Not me

 

[Richard McJimsey]

I use multiple Herpstats. Cheap amazon ones work fine too, but you're always gambling with cheap electronics. Most cheaper ones don't have day/night cycles either.

 

[HOITrance]

I use multiple Herpstats. Cheap amazon ones work fine too, but you're always gambling with cheap electronics. Most cheaper ones don't have day/night cycles either.

I had been curious about the exo terras, but I keep hearing about herpstat so that is the way I will probably go. Appreciate it! And yeah, I have adhd and shit memory, so a night cycle is a must lol

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

I had been curious about the exo terras, but I keep hearing about herpstat so that is the way I will probably go. Appreciate it! And yeah, I have adhd and shit memory, so a night cycle is a must lol

I didn’t even know they had night cycle I got regular reptile pads for My roaches and I had to turn one down to 88 because it was warping my plastic .

 

[HOITrance]

I didn’t even know they had night cycle

They (Exo Terra) sell complete control units that are programmable for day and night cycle. I have just heard the probes are prone to issues

I use multiple Herpstats

Ended up ordering the two output herpstat. Thanks for the input everyone! Now to find fixtures and bulbs.