Customer Reviews

Zoo Med Reptile Fogger Terrarium Humidifier

5 star:		(25)
4 star:		(11)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(7)
1 star:		(14)

 

 

I bought this model to humidify my 20 gallon tank, and I only kept it on as long as it had to be on to keep the tank at 75% humidity (I built an automated system for it so that it would turn on and off accordingly). After only a couple of months of owning it, the fan on the inside of the system broke. I couldn't return it because I stupidly threw out the receipt after buying it. So I decided to buy a new fan and fix it myself and after replacing the fan, the rest of the system stopped working. So I just decided to give up and try my chances on another one. So I bought the same model and set it up with the same automated system to the same tank and sure enough, a couple months later the inner fan stopped working. This product is horrible and I've heard many others say the same. Don't get conned by this company.

Makes alot of fog quickly and for extended periods of time. Will humidifiy your reptile cage. Be sure to mount hose so that it puts fog into the cage from above, not from a side wall as water will collect in the tube and drip. I you mount it with the hose pointing down into the cage any drips will fall back into the machine instead of the cage. Use distilled water to keep it running in god condition and avoid mineral build up which will cause it to stop working. Good product.

I have been recommending this product to everyone, as it works wonderful... until it stopped working! It has to work hard to keep a 40 gallon tank humid, so it is on for about 3/4 of the day. I checked the manual to troubleshoot, and read the following:

"Operating the fogger in the "On" mode for 24 hours per day will REDUCE the life span of the fogger."

Apparently, so will operating it for the majority of the day. I would say I have had this for two months, working perfectly, then it just stopped working. I am going to try and return it to the manufacturer, and perhaps try another unit, but until I try another unit, I can not know if this is a defective unit or if it stops working under heavy use in just two months normaly. So, I can't recommend this product anymore.

A great solution for a chameleon. Also replaces a drip system if you position it on top, as H2O accumulates on the mesh and drips too.

Some tips:

1. You can use a 2 liter bottle instead of the one provided. It will compress inwardly as vacuum is created. That is normal: DO NOT poke a hole in it to prevent this: it will dump all the water right away. Quite a mess.
2. Mare sure to keep the tube as vertical or arch-like as possible: water accumulates in it and prevents the fog flow if you keep it lateral.
3. Do have something (like a potted plant) to catch the moisture/water in the enclosure. Or things will get the wet very fast. It is a good idea to have two and rotated them - one in the terrarium, one drying somewhere.

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I have had two of these, the first one quit after 2 months , I got a new one on warranty. The second one quiet just after three months. there is only a 90 day warranty on these. There a waste of money. my suggestion is to adapt a humidifier thats built for your house.

When I first got this, I thought it was amazing. Then my water dragon got a respiratory infection from the fog (water was hot) cooling so fast. I didn't know that was the problem at the time, so I continued to use it, and it stopped working completely after 3 months. I had it on all day and off at night. I now use a pumped garden sprayer with warm water, works great and my wrists don't get tired like they do from the trigger sprayers.

I've had this unit for 2-3 weeks and it ran 16hrs a day.... 2/3 of a day. The fan is not working.... go figure

I bought this less than two months ago, worked great, and then just quit working. It creates fog, but will not push through the tube. So I assume the fan is not working. I have only used bottled water, and only ran it during day. This costs too much money for me to only be able to use for a couple of months!

I'm on my 5th one of these in just a few weeks...I'm not sure why they keep breaking, but they are crap! I've used bottled water in all 5 along with a timer so they aren't running 24/7 (manual advises - "Continuous use will drastically reduce the life span of the humidifer"). My timer has it come on for 30 minutes every 2 hours...not very much use...especially since they have broken within a week or 2 of getting. My 5th one has been running for about 4 weeks now, but it makes this horrible fan noise when it comes on now...I suspect it is about to die and then I'm done...these cost way too much to break in as short of a time period. I think I'm gonna use some of the parts from it and my other ultrasonic humidifier (because that is all this is) and rig one of my own. My humidifier I have had in my bedroom has been working for almost 5 years now and has just about the same design as this one minus the tubing. No reason for these to fail as much as they do...stay away if you mind paying about $60 for 2 weeks of use. And what were they thinking when they designed the tube? There is no way to mount it to the top of your tank (or even the side if you please, but that leads to left over water standing in the tube and can mold). The tube is just that, a tube...with nothing on the end. I took a plastic bowl my kids eat cereal out of and drilled a hole in the middle of it slightly smaller than the tube and shoved the tube inside the hole just a bit. Made the hole slightly smaller so it would hold onto the tube to prevent it from sliding out. This gives it a "hood-like" appearance and sits perfectly on top of my frogs cage. I uploaded a pic for all to see...not the greatest rigging, but works for me!

******UPDATE******
I am about 8 weeks into using my 5th one and it is surprisingly still working. The horrible fan noise that started at about 4 weeks of use is getting louder and lasting longer (it used to only make the noise for the first few seconds when it came on)...now it seems to make the noise the whole 30 minutes that I have it running every 2.5 hours. I did have it coming on every 2 hours, but upped it to 2.5 hours hoping to extend it's lifespan. We shall see how long it lasts....

Had the device for a couple months now and it's worked pretty well up until I noticed that the spring that regulates the water coming from the bottle rusts after prolonged use. Seems like a poor design choice to me, seeing as the spring is nearly always wet whether the device is on or off. I'll be looking for a more robust machine.. like my hand and a spray bottle.