Radiant Heat Panel suggestions?

Just wondering what brand/make people recommend on here....going to be for a GTP.

The ones I have from Reptile Basics work great.

I have one from Pro Products and it works great too :) the ones from Pro Products are a bit more expensive but it's worth the price. But you can't really go wrong with either Reptile Basics or Pro Products.


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I personally like the Pro Products. And if you email him, with what cage, house temps, and what you are putting In it, he will hook you up with the appropriate RHP. Left to my own, I would have gone overkill, he set me up with what I needed, and they have been working perfect. The Reptile basics rhps are not UL rated. Which is part of what steered me away from them.

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I personally like the Pro Products. And if you email him, with what cage, house temps, and what you are putting In it, he will hook you up with the appropriate RHP. Left to my own, I would have gone overkill, he set me up with what I needed, and they have been working perfect. The Reptile basics rhps are not UL rated. Which is part of what steered me away from them.

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UL rated?

I bought mine from Pro Products as well. Gave em a call, let them know dimensions of enclosure and how I liked to keep the ambient room temp at and they figured out exactly which panel I needed. Now hopefully I can get my enclosure this weekend and get it set up and figure out the temp and humidity.

'Nother one for Pro Products. I've had one for my carpet running for about a year and a half.

Reptile Basics will also provide a recommending size RHP based on your particular situation - size or enclosure, ambient room temperature, etc. I think you can't go wrong with either solution - Reptile Basics or Pro Products. I personally have all Reptile Basic RHP's. I've gone back to them because of good service. Again, I don't think either solution is a poor one.


UL rating is a board that certifies electrical components for safety and fire hazards. The following is conjecture, but I would imagine most all standard electrical components would be UL certified that make up the RHP's. So even in the absence of the official cert they may be just as safe, they just lack the official "stamp" stating so. As an example, when I used to do Controls work we would provide UL certified components for the Control Panels we designed. We didn't typically call in the UL board to certify the panel, because the components themselves were already certified. Only if a Customer truly wanted the UL certification did we go through the hoops of getting one - which cost extra. Just my small experience in the electrical world, obviously anecdotal only and again conjecture.

^^ This about UL, safety cert. This is part of an email I received from Pro Products when I was first inquiring-

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Could it be a sales pitch? Quite possibly. But for me it was a selling point, as I feel more comfortable with them. And I've read nothing but good about Pro Products panels. I'm not comfortable with a heating element that has been banned somewhere due to fires. That being said, for anything else, I do love and use Reptile basics! :)

I use a 40 watt RBI RHP on my Chondro set up, and it has worked beautifully over 2 years now.