I am planning on buying a hersptat for my BP's t8 to best regulate his temperature. I am finding it a bit difficult to determine which to purchase, I understand the differences between the basic and the 1 as far as the safety features and such. The only question, i believe, that I still have is regarding what Herpstat would best suit me. I have heat tape provided by animal plastics as well as a recently purchased 80 watt RHP that I purchased from Reptile Basics as I live in New England and it gets quite cold in the coming months. My question is would I need a Herpstat 2 to run the heat tape separate from the RHP? I currently have a cheap thermostat from Zilla which is why I am looking to upgrade. I have both the heat tape as well as the RHP plugged into the zilla and have been turning it up quite a bit from the actual temperature range to achieve the desired temperatures inside the t8.


Any suggestions or advice is greatly appreciated!