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Originally Posted by CherryBrandy
mmmm theres a thing -just my own personal view
1) they are heavy and can not be moved so easily
2) the glass isn't as retractable and moveable as wooden ones (ie wont double over only moves outwards and upwards)
3) the glass is heavy and when open on vents the surface area is weighty - ie could easily come down heavy in a wind and crack if not secured hard - which then makes undoing it harder
4) tortoise can see out so need to place wood around the sides
5) can be overpriced for what they are
6) I punctured my leg on the edge (metal part and my leg gave way before the glass and metal did) and nearly had to go to A&E. The wooden one would have just budged !
7) you need to add height to it so torty can get in - either on bricks - which then I couldn't lean in enough to help lift tortoise out
8) so I opted for taking a pane out for an entrance - which looks brilliant but it has made the structure weaker all round.
On a good note : -
They look really good
retain the heat and heat up quick
last forever
CB
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I have two glass coldframes which work really well. They have sliding lids so dont have to worry about them falling down. They are mounted on breeze blocks with a gap somewhere between them. The weight of the CF helps keep them on the blocks, and gives more depth and the tortoises/box turtles cant see out. So they dont stress. I have had them over twenty years and have got my monies worth with them:0) I prefer them over the plastic CF I also have.
If you are starting out, then well worth paying a little more in the first place, than to have to buy again.
And they do retain heat, as mine are all unheated, and my torts/boxies are out 24/7 this time of the year:0)