What is the thickness of the panels that fit in the framing ?

To give people some idea of cost, what's the retail price for a 4' x 2' x 2' in a wooden panel effect

 

I've just had a look at the website. A standard 4x2x2ft is $329 which works out at roughly £230.

As a retailer, I would be interested. I like the modularity of the product, i expect it flat packs for shipping well and would be cheap to ship too. But the UK market is drastically different to the US. Over the pond, they don't regularly use wooden vivs and they are expensive. Here, we can pick up a brand new 18mm Melamine Viv, 4x2x2ft for just £99 (Repti-Life used as an example). I can't see this working long term in our market. More's the pity as they are lovely looking vivs.

 

I'm interested in the above too, but also what is the weight bearing capacity of these, especially when stacked. Is it possible, for example, for a 4x2x2ft to have a 5inch soil based substrate, with rocks, wood, and an animal and all lighting, stacked on top of another.

 

Zen Habitats UK

I was quite taken with this picture... look at that pose... those lovely long legs.... gorgeous thick black hair, and those lovely bright eyes.....

The girl ain't bad either 😉

 

I would also be interested in what thickness the panels are, they look extremely thin in all the review video's I have watched.

Do these still have that substrate barrier which we have to connect ourselves using the sticky pads you provide? Personally, for the price of these enclosures I would expect the substrate barrier to be fully fitted and not set together with a piece of sticky pad which could eventually lose it's grip.

 

I've seen these on Reptilian Garden on YouTube, they look AMAZING!

I agree, the cost may be too high. But my main concern is heat, they are a lot thinner and we have extremely cold weather which will up heating costs.

 

In a FAQ they say to replace the side panels you need 1/4" material so I guess 1/4" (6.3mm) thick.

 

What also concerns me is having posted the same post on nearly all the sections on the forum, and opinions and questions being raised that she hasn't come back with follow up replies. If this is the sort of "customer relations" we can expect before they are trading (notice she said "are coming" not "here") I wonder what their post sales support would be like !

 

Thanks to the handy new function that shows similar threads below, there's one from 10 months ago about this viv style coming to the UK.

All the exact same points were raised, by the same people nonetheless, and all ignored by the OP.

It seems they feel it necessary to push forward, which is fair enough. But like the BioPod, I think this will drop off the map quietly and quickly.