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Old 06-07-2011, 02:37 PM
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I dont understand why so much people ar buying exo terra stuff?
You pay for ''exo terra'''name not for the thing you bought.

example: Today i bought terrarium from home depot. There was exo terra and unknown terrariums.The unknown cost 45 Ls (~90 $ ) and exo terra cost 125 Ls (~250 $ ). Both had air vents. Only dif between them was that unknown terrarium was sliding doors and unknown terrarium was litle biger
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Sometimes it's worth it to me to pay more for front opening doors (the Exo Terra doors don't slide). If I find something I like, I'm willing to pay for it. Also, I've gotten all my Exo Terras except for one used, for very good prices.

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Same here. It isn't as expensive to buy used exo terras as new ones. You just have to clean them before you use them.
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Old 06-07-2011, 08:09 PM
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What bothers me about exo terra vivaria, is that the door locks break after a few years of use, the mesh lids are fairly flimsy, the polystyrene backgrounds are rubbish, and the "vents" just facilitate the escape of feeder insects

I am in agreement though, with the idea that you get what you pay for.
That is why my most recently purchased vivaria, and all future vivaria will be custom-built. IMO, exo terra vivaria are not worth their high prices. That said, on the whole they are pretty solid and it takes a fair amount of abuse to render them completely unusable.
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Old 06-07-2011, 09:26 PM
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have to agree with gram here there are some things i just don't like about them but i'm not going to pass them up if i find one at a good price used, and i do like the open front doors compared to sliding doors.
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Old 06-08-2011, 03:36 PM
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Exoterra has pretty good management on their products. Sometimes its not fullfill your needs but if you cant create your own tank or background whatsoever, exoterra offers you good solutions. I am not exoterra fan but I think exoterra made some good stuff like exoterra flexarium which counts cheap and for that price, big, easy to care, move, handle and looks nice. Of course there are tons of stuff that useless or just simply too expensive.
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I don't mind their enclosures so much. But both them and zoomed make some pretty crappy herp stuff that newbies end up spending a lot of money on because they don't know any better. That alone makes me realize, they're just in it for the money and don't give a crap about the hobby. So, I'd rather buy my herp supplies from a smaller company or better yet, make what I can myself.
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