JCP setup!

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Originally Posted by Brandon Osborne

I'm one of a few who think so. Like I said, it's just my opinion. The cost for a radiant panel for my cages would be around $100. My bulbs are around $1 ea. and last about 8 months with 12 hours of light per day. I've seen them gutted and they are nothing more than a heat cable, or heat tape, with insulation on one side to "radiate" heat to the other side.

My only other argument is that snakes don't get an 85 degree basking spot at night in nature. I know living in a cage is not natural, but why not try to duplicate nature to the best of our abilities. I don't give my chondros any night heat at all and my room in the winter gets down to 65-68.

Again, I've tried them and I think they are overrated and too expensive when compaired to other alternatives. And as mentioned in another thread, the largest producer of chondros and emeralds in the U.S. uses only lights for heat, with no night heat.

Use what works best for you and more importantly, your animals. :)

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Thanks for sharing your views with us.

I suppose it's just personal preference, but I really prefer RHPs.

I don't have a lot of money (I'm only a student) so I have to save for months to get a new snake. I just think it's worth the money to get RHPs.

I'm getting a divided AP cage, and I was planning on just using one RHP to heat both sides of the cage, but instead I had to buy two smaller ones. :(

Lot more money but I'll do it nonetheless.

For light, btw, I get fluorescent light fixtures. It really makes the cage look a lot more beautiful :banana:

Nice setup! Is that jim sharphorn cage?

Nope it's an Animal Plastics cage!

That guy who produces the largest amount of CBB GTPs and ETBs has some pretty goofy set ups to be honest. I remember expecting a lot and it was very simple. Simple works best in most cases though and he seems to be doing great. I couldn't be happier with my new PNGxbiak.