is this wheel ok?

[sheltiefan]

http://www.chinchillas.com/estore/detail.aspx?ID=230

I saw this. its looks good but wanted to see what yall think.
I have this cage

http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2753322&lmdn=Pet+Type

I am working on getting her wood shelves soon * fingers crossed * But I heard that the chin spins are heavy and have actually broken the bars on this cage. So is this wheel
1. big enough
2. light enough not to break the bars on the cage?
3. is this a quit wheel. thats very important

 

[greychins]

The wheel's a good wheel... the cage is so-so. I have two of them (had three at one point - we get a lot of rescues with those cages) and I think they're allright. I personally prefer cages more like the QC with smaller bar spacing cause there's never a problem attaching shelves. For attaching the wooden shelves to the cage, I would use the biggest washers you can find. I think they're like 1 1/4. I typically use the 1" and once you screw them tight like the bars are so far apart they don't grip well...

The wheel is big enough, I don't have one but I know lots of people use them. I have no idea about the other stuff though, some other people will have to chime in for that...

 

[SamiJami]

I have that cage for Zipper. The way the cage used to be set up the wheel (I have a flying saucer) would rattle the whole cage. We put in new shelves and racheted the edges of the cage together twice on each corner. It's virtually silent now. I used lag screws and 1.25" washers. If you'd like pictures of how I did it, let me know and I'll show you.

 

[Essentia]

I have that exact wheel and love it.

 

[sheltiefan]

to SamiJami yes i would love to see the picture. I have been looking at pictures to get idea's. I cannot use a flying saucer with chi chi. She is scared to death of it. Luckly i got if off craigslist so it wasn't a waste of money.

to Crysta. Is the wheel quite?

 

[Essentia]

It's the quietest wheel I have here. I don't hear it at all when Chula runs on it. I'll try to get some video.

 

[Essentia]

I couldn't get him to run on it on camera so this is the next best thing. I got in as close as I could so you could hear as much as you possibly could on camera. It's super quiet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6gntqB-Dtk