Zoomed or Exo Terra? - Page 2

cliff_f · #11 09-27-2009, 07:04 PM

Exo terras! I have had the zoo meds and I personally hate the single door. I like the dual doors on Exo terra.

**Riverside Reptiles** · #12 09-27-2009, 08:18 PM

I like my zoomeds just fine and got them at a far less expensive cost than exo's. I can see where someone might have an issue with the latches. But personally I've not had any negative issues with the enclosures at all.

Leif · #13 09-27-2009, 10:25 PM

I prefer the looks of the zoomed but the exoterra for the fast geckos who like to escape. I can open one door and leave the other shut while I add crickets or change food. The ventilation bar across the front doesnt really bother me too much. Im for either with different geckos.

ballin · #14 09-27-2009, 10:59 PM

I cannot believe this is even a question. Exo Terra all the way, I see most people are talking about the cages but look at the products then compare them. Exo has such nicer stuff compared to Zoo Med.

**Riverside Reptiles** · #15 09-30-2009, 03:41 PM

Zoomed update: Last night I had one of the latches from one of my Zoomeds break off. I emailed them about it this morning. Within a couple of hours I received a friendly response saying that if I would provide them with my name and address, they would be happy to send me a new latch kit and instructions on how to replace it, free of charge.

So, I can attest to the fact that, although the latches may not be the best engineered, at least they stand behind their product with no questions asked and quick, friendly service. To me, that counts for a ton.

heiser · #16 09-30-2009, 07:26 PM

I had the same happen and ZooMed did send out another handle free of charge....and now that handle broke. I just machined my own aluminum handle. Not a fix most can do. Besides the time it takes to replace (about 15, pretty easy), I can't get the door open without using a knfe to slide the latch down enough to open the door. While waiting for the new handle, I still need to feed and water the geckos and it is most annoying to have to fiddle for a minute or two to open the tank. (If you are good at breaking and entering cheap locks with a credit card or knife, you can open the door pretty easily). Just a very annoying design feature that should have been fixed on newer units a year ago. The sign of a really good company is one that corrects the mistake not just keeps putting bandaids on it. While I'm not putting Zoo Med down for quickly addressing your problem (good for business), I just think it is a very easy design fix that should have been done quickly. Particularly hearing how many people have had failures.

**Riverside Reptiles** · #17 09-30-2009, 08:00 PM

I agree that it would be nice if they redesigned the latch. Who knows, they may in fact be in the process of doing so as we speak. When you're talking huge production runs, it's not so quick and easy to just change something. But considering that I own a bunch of these and after a couple of years have only had this one failure, I can't complain too much. As for what to do while waiting for the new latch to arrive, since I have no lights on top of my zoomeds, it's easy enough to feed and water by simply opening the top instead of the front. I'm still very happy with mine and considering the price difference, still don't regret purchasing Zoomeds over Exo-terra's.

Geckophoria · #18 01-25-2010, 05:14 AM

In my opinion Protean Terrariums are a better alternative than either Zoo Med or Exo-terra.

**Riverside Reptiles** · #19 01-25-2010, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Geckophoria

In my opinion Protean Terrariums are a better alternative than either Zoo Med or Exo-terra.

While I agree that Jason makes nice stuff, not everyone wants to wait on a custom built viv to be made and shipped. Many people simply want to be able to go down to their local petsmart and pick something up.

Sinosauropteryx · #20 01-02-2011, 09:47 PM

I don't feel I can really weigh in on this issue because the only herp products I am able to get - and thus the only herp products I have ever tried - were made by Exo-terra. Two exceptions would be the Mega Ray mercury vapour bulbs which I use for Quetzal (look at my sig) and the bed-a-beast cocofiber brick I obtained from someone else that came included with a reptarium she sold me on Kijiji.

But we are talking primarily about the terrariums, aren't we? There are things I like about the Exo-terra terrariums, like the side doors, and things I don't like about them, like the side bar on the top and the lock. However, to give a true comparison, I would need to try using a Zoo-med terrarium. I am thinking I would like to, whenever I get the chance.