The best UTH Brand?

:please:The best UTH brand?

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Originally Posted by kanarybird

:please:The best UTH brand?

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Ultratherm http://www.reptilebasics.com/Ultrath...p-1-c-273.html

Can also be found here http://www.beanfarm.com/store/agora....tank%20Heaters (They ship to canada)

Flexwatt!! :P

Ultratherm are too low power for the tim allen's among us.


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dr del

Ultratherms all the way from Reptile Basics! I've got them in my rack and no worries if my Helix craps out I know my animals won't bake! :gj:

It really depends on the whole picture. Ultratherms are excellent, but if the environment is already on the cool to cold side, they won't work as well as, say, flex watt. Flex watt is excellent and has a proven track record, unless your ambients need bumping up or you have a wooden viv, and then radiant heat panels work really well.
I believe that the whole picture needs to be looked at and then purchases made.

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Originally Posted by Deborah

Can also be found here http://www.beanfarm.com/store/agora....tank%20Heaters (They ship to canada)

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bean farm shipping to canada is like $100.. not worth it..

It depends. Of the ones you listed, ZooMed is best. Just don't use the adhesive. :)

Flexwatt is good working and cheap, but you MUST have a thermostat for it as it can get even hotter than a UTH!

Ultratherm pads from Reptile Basics are great! You should still have a thermostat, but the temps don't get as high so it lessens the danger to the snake(s).

I used to use ZooMed's but they get to hot for the boa and I don't like the adhesive backing they have. That is what I used to use way-back-when when I had my Burmese though.

Switched to Exo's and have both desert and tropical. Tropical pads (2 large ones) are in Gopher's cage as he likes to bury UNDER the substrate, thus lays directly on the UTH (via the glass of course). The tropical line gets WARM - NOT hot. Perfect for him as he has to have belly heat or he hurls.

Humphrey, the ball on the other hand has one desert pad for him (which is higher heat) as he lays on top of the substrate, thus requiring more heat.

Exo's are a super thin element. Of course asking a question of "which is the best" is always open to subjective criticism!

I've used Exo's for the most part, but I don't think they get warm enough.. and the adhesive layer is hard to reuse when moving tanks.

Flexwatt is nice though!

:hijackd: Just a quickie, do you cover HALF of the bottom, or like 1/3 or ...??


Sorry if this really WAS a hijack

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Originally Posted by mikeamy2007

:hijackd: Just a quickie, do you cover HALF of the bottom, or like 1/3 or ...??


Sorry if this really WAS a hijack

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1/4-1/3 is fine. Some people will even go up to 1/2 if the the UTH isn't that powerful.

I use Ultratherm, I live in AZ though so its easy for me to keep ambient temperatures up and the heat pads work perfectly for the basking side

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Originally Posted by mikeamy2007

:hijackd: Just a quickie, do you cover HALF of the bottom, or like 1/3 or ...??


Sorry if this really WAS a hijack

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I think it is like 1/4 or 1/3 - 1/3 is what I've heard most

Anyone have any experiences with Cobra heat mats? I've seen them on closeout at Petco.

I've always been good wit ZooMeds....

I use Habistat heat mats and thermostats over here in UK.Doing a search for ultratherm as they sounded pretty good, i found they are made in Scotland.

On the habistat pad, it says made in Scotland, so it appears....to cut a long story short, its an Habistat ultratherm pad, though it doesn't use the phrase ultratherm on the pad..........GOSH, this is a boring post of mine,... u all asleep yet????

all my UTH's are T-rex and I've never had a problem with them. As for the rack that uses flexwatt and its working great so far. Never tried the others so I can't say. :D

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Originally Posted by skm0308

Ultratherms all the way from Reptile Basics! I've got them in my rack and no worries if my Helix craps out I know my animals won't bake! :gj:

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This is so true! After a lot of research on this same question, Ultratherm has my vote all the way!

Hi,

Unfortuntely I have a cold house so can't use them for anything but the cool end and plumped for flexwatt instead. :rolleyes:


dr del

I use Ultratherm I like the fact that it is UL safety tested which I don't think Flex watt is.

I use the Ultratherm. It works very well for my tub.

right now i've got a hagen heat wave desert. i had the rainforest one before but it wasnt powerful enough (wattage too low).

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Originally Posted by Deborah

Ultratherm http://www.reptilebasics.com/Ultrath...p-1-c-273.html

Can also be found here http://www.beanfarm.com/store/agora....tank%20Heaters (They ship to canada)

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