BLUE TONGUE SKINKS

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?

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

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:

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

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!

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.

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

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