Weeks go by...

After the first few days, we realised the stick-on, dial type thermometer was probably; a) not accurate enough and b) only measured one area. This wasn't helped by wifey sticking the thermometer to the Outside of the tub! We got a digital dual-zone thermometer from ebay, a Lucky Reptile Digital Thermometer (LTH-31) which was around £10.

We considered using a theromstat in order to turn the heat mat on and off (leopard geckos need a temperature approximately between 29 and 34 deg C), but the temperature stays pretty stable most of the time, and it never dropped too far, even with all the snow we had this winter!

The biggest problem we had with the thermometer was how to arrange the probes, we wanted one at each end of the tub, but didn't want the wires getting in Smudges way. We ended up threading them through the gap between the lid and the back of the habitat and placing the probes behind the Coconut shells, out of the way.