It all depends on your ambient temps in the room you will keep the rack. RBI only uses 4" heat tape, even on their largest racks. Only covers a little more than 10% of the floor space. If you have ambient room temps in the high 70s you should be fine, but if not, you will need to go with a company that uses larger heat tape, like Beeger Boxes.
The small heat tape is what has always kept me away from ordering racks and just building my own instead. Can I recommend another option: ARS racks. They just came out with a new line that is prices very nicely...
Reptile Basics have great products and customer service the downside is the lead time, better not be in a hurry.
4 inches heat tape is more than enough in the majority of cases especially with an enclose rack that will hold heat better.
Only true if you have a dedicated reptile room that is able to maintain ambient temps in at least the mid 70s. If you are putting this rack in a room climate controlled for humans (usually high 60s/low 70s) your ambient temps in the tubs won't get up to where you need them to. This information was corroborated by RBI themselves when I was looking into racks.
RBI has a wonderful reputation, and does make quality products, they just might not be suited for everyone's unique conditions.
Last edited by JoshSloane; 07-18-2015 at 03:00 PM.
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