Designer Geckos
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I've been beta testing two new Herpbator/Reptipro 5000 incubators.
Just thought I'd pass along some of the info on them. First of all, they are good small incubators, not a lot of chamber space, but adequate for small breeding projects. They are well designed and seem to be high quality. They control both heating and cooling, and have a reservoir tray in the bottom for water and a sponge pad to add humidity to the chamber if needed. An internal light is useful for egg monitoring.
Now, as for temps....they are supposedly calibrated at the factory. The digital readout must be for the heating sensor temp, not for the chamber temp, so be aware that you will have to carefully check temps with a good digital temp probe (or a certified traceable mercury thermometer for best accuracy) when setting your desired temperatures.
In order to get one unit to give us a chamber temp of 89-90 (there is a continual 1 degree swing in temps as the unit turns on and off), we had to set the unit readout temp to 95. When we set the other unit to 95, the chamber temp only achieved 86 degrees, so there is a wide fluctuation in temps based on the unit readout.
Just wanted to pass this along to those getting this unit. Check your temps carefully.... Other than that it seems to be a fine incubator and should serve us well.
Just thought I'd pass along some of the info on them. First of all, they are good small incubators, not a lot of chamber space, but adequate for small breeding projects. They are well designed and seem to be high quality. They control both heating and cooling, and have a reservoir tray in the bottom for water and a sponge pad to add humidity to the chamber if needed. An internal light is useful for egg monitoring.
Now, as for temps....they are supposedly calibrated at the factory. The digital readout must be for the heating sensor temp, not for the chamber temp, so be aware that you will have to carefully check temps with a good digital temp probe (or a certified traceable mercury thermometer for best accuracy) when setting your desired temperatures.
In order to get one unit to give us a chamber temp of 89-90 (there is a continual 1 degree swing in temps as the unit turns on and off), we had to set the unit readout temp to 95. When we set the other unit to 95, the chamber temp only achieved 86 degrees, so there is a wide fluctuation in temps based on the unit readout.
Just wanted to pass this along to those getting this unit. Check your temps carefully.... Other than that it seems to be a fine incubator and should serve us well.
