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HERICUS
Hatchling

United Kingdom
106 Posts

Posted - 16/07/2011 :  11:52:21  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
i need a new thermostat as the one o got with my tank was some sort of genericpoopone.

what sort should i be getting?? or are they all pretty much the same?

ptmbradley
Yearling

United Kingdom
676 Posts

Posted - 16/07/2011 :  12:07:02  Show Profile  Visit ptmbradley's Homepage  Reply with Quote
You can get stats that work differently and obviously some are better than others. But you don't really NEED anything more than a basic on/off stat.

The 2 big ones are the habistat and the microclimate. The microclimate, in my experience, is not as good as the habistat. It's cut in/off points seem to give a wider swing than the habistat. But other than that there's nothing really between them.

Corns: 1.1 Anery, 1.1 Butter, 1.0 Carolina, 0.1 Hypo, 1.1 Snow, 1.0 Sunkissed
Boas: 0.1 Arabesque, 1.0 Brazilian Rainbow, 0.1 Crawl Cay, 1.1 Hogg Island X, 0.1 Hypo Hogg, 0.1 Kahl Albino (poss coral)

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HERICUS
Hatchling

United Kingdom
106 Posts

Posted - 16/07/2011 :  12:13:17  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
im just not confident that mine is reliable. read posts on here about fires and stuff, its just not worth the risk.
by the looks of the it its older than me!

i'll have a search for a habistat one then i think.

cheers.

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ptmbradley
Yearling

United Kingdom
676 Posts

Posted - 16/07/2011 :  12:27:07  Show Profile  Visit ptmbradley's Homepage  Reply with Quote
under 20 quid from surrey pet supplies.

You can get pulse stats which keep a very consistent temperature, but they are more expensive and aren't really needed for a hardy snake like a corn. Then there are dimming stats which work with heat lamps.

But a corn on a heatmat really needs nothing more than a basic on/off. I have 4 habistats and one microclimate, and recommend the habistat every time. But that's me personally. I know there are plenty of others using microclimate quite happily.

Corns: 1.1 Anery, 1.1 Butter, 1.0 Carolina, 0.1 Hypo, 1.1 Snow, 1.0 Sunkissed
Boas: 0.1 Arabesque, 1.0 Brazilian Rainbow, 0.1 Crawl Cay, 1.1 Hogg Island X, 0.1 Hypo Hogg, 0.1 Kahl Albino (poss coral)

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Mort13
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
5599 Posts

Posted - 16/07/2011 :  18:13:18  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I'm another Habistat user. Hardly get any fluctuation and thats with the basic on/off matstat.


3.1.0 Corn snakes, 1.0.0 T-Albino Cape House Snake, 0.1.0 Western Hognose,
1.0.0 MBK, 0.1.0 Childrens Python, 1.0.0 Nicaraguan Dwarf Boas
0.0.1 Occelated Skink, 1.0.0 Leopard Gecko, 1.0.3 Tarantulas, 0.0.2 Damon diadema
1.0.0 C0ckatiel,







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Sta~ple
qeeun speler

United Kingdom
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Posted - 16/07/2011 :  19:35:39  Show Profile  Click to see Sta~ple's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by HERICUS

im just not confident that mine is reliable. read posts on here about fires and stuff, its just not worth the risk.
by the looks of the it its older than me!

i'll have a search for a habistat one then i think.

cheers.



That's the mat being faulty...not the stat. Even with a stat, mats can fault and cause fires. Just don't buy cheap inked mats from China on ebay and you'll be fine :p I've heard of mats and stat breaking when there is thunderstomes and things aren't on a power surge protector, just to add to scare you there :D



A very special super, duper thanks for K :3
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