New Age PetECOFLEX 24-Inch Mojave Reptile Lounge in Maple - Durable Wood Plastic Composite Habitat with Ventilated Side Panels, Removable Sliding Glass Doors, and Mesh Screen Top

We ordered this enclosure a few months ago based on another reptile Youtube channel who recommended it. We absolutely loved it. The quality, design and real glass with large viewing area sold us. We are a large family with biological, foster and adopted children who have done Sanctuary type work for over 30 years. We recently moved to a new area, bought land and are building a home and opening up a new base of operations. We needed about 20 of these enclosures to start, with way more likely needed later. I can build enclosures easily but that would take time away from Sanctuary work.When we found these enclosures we knew immediately we found an enclosure we could endorse and at a price point any person, business or family could afford. Most commonly found pet reptiles are found in stores, bought by families and these pets are brought home to live out their lives in tiny glass enclosures, this enclosure WAS the answer giving more space to encourage better husbandry.If anyone is looking to buy this for any deep substrate type reptiles, its still a decent buy. But, if you want this for Bearded dragons, leopard geckos, uromastyx, or any desert type lizard, It would be a terrible buy.First, the new viewing area is small. The old product had a beautiful area to see your animal, now that is gone. We reached out to the company and our hope was they would consider giving both options to consumers, but we were told, no this is the direction they are going. The point of having a pet is to be able to SEE it. In our case we have many special needs lizards born with blindness , missing limbs, the old and the sick, etc and we need to be able to check in on them easily. This enclosure now makes this impossible with a tiny viewing area that makes those horrible glass enclosures sold at big box stores look like the better buy.Second, if you are looking to stack these on a rack as we do, then the higher they go vertically the less you, the pet owner will be able to see your animal. If a person is sitting on a couch say, the tiny viewing area is not seen at all as its too high.Third, we can see this enclosure being challenging to clean. We built this new one and barely could even get into it to put our lizards items.Fourth, the mental well being of more social lizards would be affected by this enclosure. Our lizards WANT to see out. They want privacy at times, but I could never see putting any social animal in this enclosure as it would feel to them, I’m sure..a prison.I hate to write this review on such an excellent enclosure but I wanted to make sure people knew the reality of what they are buying. If the company offered both options then this enclosure would be in my opinion the 1# enclosure on the market in every category.In closing, if you can find the old enclosures, get them. If not, pass. Its just not a great enclosure for the most common pets out there.Update: We put the original NICE big window enclosure side by side with the updated tiny BAD enclosure side by side…the updated BAD enclosure is NOT 24 inches tall anymore, they cut it down over an inch and 1/4. This means if you want to add interior lighting please be advised this is not a true 4 x 2 x 2 anymore. We were told the enclosure was changed to accommodate snake owners but now we think it was a way to cut costs.Update Again…I have decided to raise my review to a 5 star. Everything I said above still applies BUT I chose to purchase 5 more new ones from competitor brand and I STILL love these enclosures more so we have chosen to purchase more of these again. I likely will modify these for our lizards special needs. We also have chosen to drop stacking 3 enclosures and choose to stack just 2 high. We do hope this company offers more options in the future for expansion, bigger sizes and more front glass. In the meantime I plan to rework these enclosures to make them work as we feel they are the best overall enclosure on the market.

Easy to put together it will take like 20 minutes to set up. It holds heat really well without overheating so I had an easier time setting up the heat gradient in this. The material is also easy to screw into so you can put all sorts of backgrounds and things in there. The track the glass doors slide in is a bit of a pain to clean but that's an issue with every sliding door front open enclosure. It's also decently light so it's easy to move even with substrate in it. It must also muffle sound inside because I noticed my geckos don't get startled by loud noises as often since I moved them into this. 10/10 would recommend for leopard geckos.

First off, I've used other products by New Age Pet/ECOFLEX. They ranged from OK to good and lasted about 3 years before something happened to them. Granted, the products were outside between 100 degrees and single digit days throughout those years, every day, rain, snow or shine.I will note that this PVC tank is a different material than the rest of their products I have used. I personally think the quality of this PVC/Plastic is much better than what I have used in the past by them.Out of all the products that I have used by ECOFLEX, this PVC tank is by far the most solid product I have used by them. I wish I could give this 4.4 stars, but we will go with 4 stars. Is it perfect or 5/5? No. Is it solid, well-built and easy to assemble? Definitely.Pros:- All PVC boards are dual layered with air gaps to help with insulation. Still light weight (Easily under 25 pounds), but has provided great heat retention so far, allowing my lights to run less. This saves money for me and keeps my gecko toasty at night.- Took less than 45 minutes to assembly by myself. If you can RTFM, you should be fine. Be sure not to overtighten or force the screws, you WILL crack the PVC due to the pressure. I learned this the hard way with one of the other products I have used by them. Tighten until it is snug and barely moves, DO NOT push past this point.- 10-year warranty. This is a must for me. Anything that has a long warranty shows the company is willing to stand by their product. I couldn't find any other glass, wood or PVC tank company out there that went past 3 years that was under $400.- The tempered glass doors are thick and heavy (but not too heavy). The locking bracket is simple and effective for my usage. Very well made.Improvements, not deal breakers:- Top of the tank has a thick 2-inch boarder around the mesh area on all sides. While this does increase the strength of the mesh screen and make it look nice, it does remove a lot of real estate for lights. Reducing this to a 1-inch border is a safe compromise.- Locking bracket comes out just a tad too far and presses against the opening glass, causing a slight scratching noise. I bent the locking bracket back towards the glass a bit and it helped. Keep this in mind when installing the bracket. Ensure it doesn’t scratch the adjacent door before sticking it on.- Inner dimensions are almost 1” less than the listed general dimensions of 36”x18”x18”. Outer dimensions are 36.6”x18.6”x18.6”. Inner dimensions are 35”x16.8”x16.8”. So, if you are looking for a tank that is exactly 36”x18”x18” on the inner dimensions, keep this in mind. You lose about an inch on each side due to the thickness of the PVC tank and outer trimming. This is not a deal breaker for me since I have a leopard gecko, and this footprint already exceeds the minimum requirements. If you need a bigger footprint for, say a bearded dragon or the like, I suggest looking at the large 48”/extra-large 60” tank or another PVC brand.Cons:- No grommet or the like on this sized tank (Only on the extra-large - 60"). This is quite a disappointment as it makes it difficult to get temperature/humidity control sensors in the tanks for proper husbandry regulation. A 1-inch grommet on either the left or right side would be perfect for a tank this size. I ended up taking a 3/16th drill bit and widened the edge of one of the side slits (3rd slit down) to put the sensor in. It works this way but shouldn't require me to make fabrications like this to the tank out of the box and risk the warranty for basic needs/requirements for any reptile.- Top of the tank does not open in any way. I wish there was a way to take the top off without unscrewing it completely off to deep clean.- Sliding glass door is LOUD. Luckily my gecko doesn’t care at all for the noise (sees it as me coming to get them or give them something) but boy do my cats put their ears back and give me a weird look… While the guiding system works well to keep the glass in place, I think smoothing out the glass edges and using a different material for the track will help with it. I feel the rubber creates too much friction and creates the high-pitched noise my cats and I hear.- The glass doors were a pain to get in. Even following the directions, getting the second piece of glass was very difficult. Per piece, probably took me the longest out of the whole thing. The first door went in with no problem. The second door would not fully snap into the front rail no matter the angle you tried. I had to loosen the right-side top to lift it up slightly and get the glass to fit in while holding the first glass door on the left. Hopefully you are good at multi-tasking. It was a pain to say the least.Overall, I am happy with the tank with the adjustments I have made for my leopard gecko. I would even consider a second one despite the cons above. However, I think there are small things the company can do from the factory that can significantly improve the product they are creating. I hope to see them take this review and implement some of the suggestions for a better product.

This was very easy to assemble and not terribly heavy to move where I needed it. I run a bioactive enclosure so I needed to silicone the edges where ever there was going to be substrate to prevent leaking. So I sealed about 4 in up just to be safe. It seems to keep humidity ok not fantastic but if you have a misting system or most regularly you shouldn't have to much problem. The one big flaw of the whole build is there is no cord ports anywhere. You'll need to drill one and get a port on your own. The top mesh seems kind of sturdy. It survived my 18lbs cat hopping on it while I put it together but I wouldn't place anything too heavy on top. I got this for my ball python as she has outgrown her juvenile tank. I just have a basic set up inside it for now and will add later. This is also a very pretty tank and blends in to other furniture and I like that the company has extenders to expand if I want. Overall this is a very nice tank for the cost.