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Hova bator 1602 recommended?

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Greetings all!

I will be attempting to breed my leopard geckos for the first time soon and I was wanting everyone's advice on the following incubator. This will also be used (I plan to get more than one for later) for future corn snake eggs and bearded dragon eggs as well.
http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog...cubators/-/thermal-hova-bator-incubator1602n/

I've heard these are great to start with a few years back, but my questions are:
1. are they reliable?
2. is the thermostat that comes with it reliable?
3. are there any concerns you've noticed with using this particular incubator?

Thank you kindly!

Amanda
 
That's the one I have. I use it for gecko eggs. It takes a little tweaking when you first set it up because the thermostat is manual (it's a knob that doesn't have a certain temp. marked on it so you have to monitor the temp and keep going up to where you need it)
It does come with a plain mercury thermometer so I use my own digital thermo/hygrometer (on the inside of the egg container) and you should keep one in each container since the heat source is up in the corner. The ones closer to it, will be warmer. I think it's a good deal for the money, and a great starter incubator for small quanitities. Once you get it set where you want it, it pretty much will stay a nice steady temp. so I would say it is reliable.
 
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