Okay, so I'm always up for some product testing, right? While I spend a LOT of my time in the salon, I occasionally get called out to work the floor, and as such I like to know which products to reccomend and which to tell people to avoid (for example, I don't think our store has sold a heat rock in over a year, we all warn people how bad they suck). I picked up the Zoo Med Repti Heat Cable and plugged it into a rheostat set as low as it could without being OFF, and let it get warm. The package says you can use it in a zigzag as an UTH, or stick it to the side of the tank, or (GOD FORBID) actually put it RIGHT IN THE TANK, say...wrapped around a decoration or something.

After a few hours of being plugged into my rheostat, I checked on it...and oh my god it was a BILLION DEGREES. Okay that's a slight exaggeration, but still...it got WAY too hot for ME to touch, much less for my reptiles to sit on!

I returned it and made them put "I HATE THIS" for the reason for the return on the slip.

Just figured I'd share. If anyone considers this product...AVOID AVOID AVOID, I'm sure it'll cook your snake. Given how hot it got when using a dimmer, I can't imagine the harm it could cause if some idiot just plugged it straight into a wall!!!