Light Timers

[Commanderday]

Was wondering what you guys and gals used for your light timers. I have been looking but can't settle on one. My cages have three lights on them. I have my day basking light and a UVB light on during the day. I know the UVB is not required but I personally like to have it. If I can provide it for my skink then why not? Then I have my night time light which is needed. It gets cold in Idaho and my house temp stays around 67-69 so the night heat lamp helps. I have been wanting to move to timers so if the wife and I are out and about on a date night or whatever it may be I wont have to worry about manually switching my lights. I viewed some of the power strip timers but that wouldn't really help. Usually the strip is one side timed and one side always on. I would need one with both sides timed for the day/night cycle. They have the cheap one or two outlet timers I could go with. But then I would be plugging those into a strip and have a jumbled of a mess. Any thoughts? What do you use?

[Gao]

why don't you just directly plug the power strip on the timer

[Susann]

I know these are more expensive because they're made by a reptile specific company, there may be similar products made cheaper, but I use these:

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It has 4 plugs for all the time, two for daytime and two for nighttime. Sounds like what you may be looking for?

[Commanderday]

Yeah Susann I saw those but felt like I could find something similar or worked just as well for half the price. Gao I honestly don't know why I didn't think of that in the first place. I think I will get a couple two outlet times and then just plug some power strips into them. I feel dumb for even posting this now without thinking of that lol. Ah well. Hey thanks for the tips Susann and Gao!

[Susann]

Haha, glad I'm not the only one who sometimes needs a bit of a brain-nudge. Good luck with it and let us know what you end up setting up.

[aaronhouts]

Hey, Susann.
Would you mind posting a brand name and model?
I just bought one from Home Depot. I had it ordered but then had to return it. There were a lot of complaints online about the battery not connecting and making it lose settings and time. They also offered a suggestion as to how to fix it, but I couldn't get it to work.
I like them because they can control multiple outlets and even more because they're digital and can be programmed down to the minute.
Thanks in advance.
Aaron

[Susann]

Yeah, these are made by Zilla. I have several and have never had an issue.

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