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I decided since I needed two foggers (two different tanks) that I was going to get a Zoo Med Repti Fogger and a home humidifier and see which one I liked best.
I chose the Crane Ultrasonic Cool Mist Elephant Humidifier because being an elephant...It had a trunk! making it an easy to rig device for tunneling the fog down to the tank.
crane mist humidifier after ghetto rigging it with water bottles and tape because I didn't have any tubing at the moment
My video:
Testing was all done in a room with no fan/ac on, being that normal homes will have one or both of those on it is safe to suspect a lower humidity result out of both devices in that scenario.
[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8KMFzOrrQE[/video]
So heres some differences between the two,
Zoo Med Repti Fogger
$41.75 Amazon
$59.99 petsmart
Crane Cool Mist Elephant
$39.98 walmart.com
$37.99 target.com
The crane Humidifier obviously had to be rigged up to make a tunneled flow into the tank, using plastic tubing that has to be purchased extra and modified (or plastic bottles as I have done)
The Repti Fogger comes with a bendy tube ready to go.
The Crane Humidifier lets out a cool mist
The Repti Fogger lets out a warm/room temp mist
The Repti Fogger has about a 1 liter capacity
The Crane Humidifer has a 1 gallon capacity
The repti fogger will last about 12 hours on one tank depending on the setting
The Crane Humidifier will last up to 24 hours on one tank depending on the setting
I personally like the Crane Cool Mist Humidifier better, my reason being is that it can run so much longer than the Repti Fogger. For the everyday person that really doesn't want to have to modify anything then the Repti fogger would be the way to go, but if you're willing to put in about $5 extra and about 10 minutes of work you can easily put together the humidifier fogger.
I plan to use the Crane Mist Humidifier in my outdoor play pens during the summer, being that it lets out cool mist it will be great to keep the torts cool on a hot day.
just wanted to share all of this, thanks for reading
I chose the Crane Ultrasonic Cool Mist Elephant Humidifier because being an elephant...It had a trunk! making it an easy to rig device for tunneling the fog down to the tank.
crane mist humidifier after ghetto rigging it with water bottles and tape because I didn't have any tubing at the moment
My video:
Testing was all done in a room with no fan/ac on, being that normal homes will have one or both of those on it is safe to suspect a lower humidity result out of both devices in that scenario.
[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8KMFzOrrQE[/video]
So heres some differences between the two,
Zoo Med Repti Fogger
$41.75 Amazon
$59.99 petsmart
Crane Cool Mist Elephant
$39.98 walmart.com
$37.99 target.com
The crane Humidifier obviously had to be rigged up to make a tunneled flow into the tank, using plastic tubing that has to be purchased extra and modified (or plastic bottles as I have done)
The Repti Fogger comes with a bendy tube ready to go.
The Crane Humidifier lets out a cool mist
The Repti Fogger lets out a warm/room temp mist
The Repti Fogger has about a 1 liter capacity
The Crane Humidifer has a 1 gallon capacity
The repti fogger will last about 12 hours on one tank depending on the setting
The Crane Humidifier will last up to 24 hours on one tank depending on the setting
I personally like the Crane Cool Mist Humidifier better, my reason being is that it can run so much longer than the Repti Fogger. For the everyday person that really doesn't want to have to modify anything then the Repti fogger would be the way to go, but if you're willing to put in about $5 extra and about 10 minutes of work you can easily put together the humidifier fogger.
I plan to use the Crane Mist Humidifier in my outdoor play pens during the summer, being that it lets out cool mist it will be great to keep the torts cool on a hot day.
just wanted to share all of this, thanks for reading