Hi, does anyone have or ever had any experience with the 'Lucky Reptile Thermo Control 2' thermostats as i am looking into buying one but dont know if they are any good? Am thinking of getting the pro 2 version (£50) as it has more features.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

regards, Daz

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4 x Water dragons
3 x normal leo's
1 x blazing blizzard
1 x blizzard
2 x baby leopard geckos normal
1 x hypo carrot tail
1 x mack snow jungle
1 x albino leo
1 x herman toroise
2 x corn snakes (carolina/Anery)

haven't used the pro version, but i recently got the Thermo II for my ackies' viv and i think it's great... has both a stat and a timer for lights, and allows you to set up your required temperature with a tolerance of 'x' degrees and your lights to be on for 'x' hours a day. and when the temp goes above or below the tolerance, it screams at you until you come and check out what's going on

which is fantastic at 3am... luckily you can nix the alarm if you so wish

was told somewhere that the pro version allows you to probe both the ambient and the spot heats?

Thanx v much for your response, didnt want to commit to buying one before i had heard form someone who had used one. Will order one asap i think.

Thanx again, regards Darryl

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4 x Water dragons
3 x normal leo's
1 x blazing blizzard
1 x blizzard
2 x baby leopard geckos normal
1 x hypo carrot tail
1 x mack snow jungle
1 x albino leo
1 x herman toroise
2 x corn snakes (carolina/Anery)

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this is the jobbie. i have 2, i have just ordered 2 more, they're going for 45 quid on ebay at the mo.
they are very good.

they are an on off thermostat so not suitable for lights, just heat mats and cables and suchlike.
They have 2 out put plugs sockets on them number1 controls the temperature, number 2 is switched by the internal timing clock, and can be set to come on and go of twice per day.

they have 1kW output power control. a red digital display which constantly displays the measured temperature. you can set the day and night time temps to different values and switching between them is controled by the timer

they are very simple to program.
this takes 4 buttons a set button. (hold this for 3 seconds. it goes into program mode.)
an up and down button and an ent(er) button.

select which of the 14 or 15 settings you want to set. all of them are explained in the manual.
then use the up or down arrow till you get to the number you want to set it at.
then press ent.
it's that simple.
the one warning i will give is if you want to sleep set the out of range temperature warning to a big number( the range is 0 to 15) (mine is set to 7) and gradually reduce it. because if you set it small and then increase it, it will go off at 4am and wake you up every morning.

and before anyone asks no i don't work for the company or have any links with the manufacturer that i know of i'm just impressed with the stat.

Yep I have a pro II version and prefer them to be honest........smaller wires/probe make it easier to get into places and the LED display is GREAT and a + in my opinion

we really should do reviews of equipment on here. from personal experience.
say take a pic of what we have give a description of what it says it should do and what it actually does. how easy it is to set up and use day to day.
report on how it performs. whether that be good or bad.

this would be a good resource for people thinking about getting new bits of kit.

got mine from surey pet supplies, really good price £30.55
i think it is great, no probs at all and the dislay is good, also lie the fact i can programme the uv to come on and off, would definately recommend!

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1.0.0 Normal corn - Sneaky Pete
0.1.0 Ghost corn - Blink
0.1.0 Anery corn - Heidi
0.0.2 Crested geckos - Pixie & Pogo
0.0.1 Blue tongued skink - Doug
0.1.0 Hogg Island Boa - Audrey
0.0.1 Royal Python - Elliott

i have got both models of this stat and find it great to use. it was a bit of a nightmare getting them programmed as we lost the instructions. but found out that lucky reptile have a pdf library for all the manuals!! I think they are great once set up, do the job well. i got mine from ebay, from the german retailler, paid £49 for BOTH delivered. just needed the european adaptors that were 10 for £5 on ebay. bargain.

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hi
i am using the pro 2 and its brilliant !! got mine from little fish in taunton,somerset and have had no trouble with at all...guys in shop explained very well how to set it up ,so had no troub there either
great piece of equipment,well worth the money