What do you use to heat a single Tub?

Quick question, what do you guys use to heat a single tub?

Flexwatt with a thermostat. :]

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

Flexwatt with a thermostat. :]

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Ditto! You can also use a human heatpad on a tstat!

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Originally Posted by thefnshow66

Quick question, what do you guys use to heat a single tub?

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Cobra T-Rex Heat mat or Ultratherm Heat pad + Thermostat

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Originally Posted by juddb

Ditto! You can also use a human heatpad on a tstat!

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Human heating pads are not designed to run 24/7 – 365 days

Can you use a Zoomed heat pad with a dimmer or Tstat?

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Originally Posted by thefnshow66

Can you use a Zoomed heat pad with a dimmer or Tstat?

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You can the only thing with Zoomed is that they stick to your enclosure (not practical when you want to fully clean it)

yes, but you want to make sure you have a decent tstat so you dont end up melting the tub or something.

So the t-rex and ultratherm heat mats are more reliable than the zoo med one? If i were to just the heat tape, how much of it would i need and where would i place it on the tub?

I use the Zoo-med UTHs on a thermostat... As a general guideline, you want to have about 1/3 of the bottom of the tub covered. You want that 1/3 to be on one end of the tub so you can offer a heat gradient from the warm side to cool side.

Oh, and as far as the adhesive, you can use foil tape to mount the UTH to the tub rather than peeling the cover and using the adhesive on the UTH. By using the foil tape, you can easily remove and reuse the UTH without risk of damaging it.