Beardie_Guy
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are the dial thermometers enough for temp taking? i heard temp guns are the only things to use, but are very costly.
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thermometer
- Thread starter Beardie_Guy
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Clay Davenport
Cerebral Nomad
The dial type thermometers are garbage, and so are the stick on strips.
Non contact heat guns can be purchased for as little as $25 now, I wouldn't consider that expensive at all for such a valuable tool.
Pretty much the best you can do on a digital thermometer is $10, so there's not even much reason to have those anymore now that the guns are so reasonable.
Here's a link to Reptile Basics site. Richard sells the non laser models for $25 and $45 for the ones with the laser. He's an excellent supplier as well and you can buy from him with confidence.
Temp guns from Reptile Basics
Non contact heat guns can be purchased for as little as $25 now, I wouldn't consider that expensive at all for such a valuable tool.
Pretty much the best you can do on a digital thermometer is $10, so there's not even much reason to have those anymore now that the guns are so reasonable.
Here's a link to Reptile Basics site. Richard sells the non laser models for $25 and $45 for the ones with the laser. He's an excellent supplier as well and you can buy from him with confidence.
Temp guns from Reptile Basics
Beardie_Guy
New member
ok i will get that. how do they work? also, what thermostat should i use? i don't want a mombo jombo expensive one just a simple one for my beardie. can you just tell me what i will need temperature wise? here is what i plan to use for lighting: two incandescent house lights for heat and light during the day throughout the whole enclosure. then i will have two blacklights so i can view him at night. for the basking area i will use a UVB light and a basking bulb. i will have a undertank heat mat for night heating because it gets cold in my basement. i might not need the undertank heater, i can just use black heat lights. what else will i need(thermometers, thermostats, etc.) besides a temperature gun.