what heating method do you prefer?

ignore my last thread lol, i think this will be more effective :)

Personally I prefer UTH pads because I have a secret cheap source for them :D ;)

However, as long as one has a reliable thermostat, flexwatt tape is a good, cheap, reliable heat source.

This maily depends on your coice of housing. If your using a rack Flex watt or heat cable is your best options with Flexwatt the the better of the two. If your using a tank you options open up a little more. I house in rack so I'm 100% Flexwatt

If you're going racks you're going flexwatt. All the heating pads I have seen say not to use them on plastics.

I've fallen in love with RHP's

Totally, RHP's are the way to go if you're not keeping your snake in a tub :gj:

i use a smaller uth under her warm hide and a nighttime bulb(soon to be a che) on the warm side.

wen I had my 20L I had one of those blue night time bulbs and UTH hooked to an herpstat, it would annoy the hell out of me when I'm trying to sleep, as the herpstat hit its set temperature..the light dims or shuts off, then turns back on....then off. If u must use a bulb def go with a CHE but the humidity suffers.

I use a ceramic bulb for basking and then a pad under the tank for bely heating. Both are thermostat controlled. I have a dozen 75 gallon tanks with this setup. In those dozen tanks are Leachies(Giant Geckos),redtailed boas,ball pythons,bearded dragons,a russian tortoise,Mississippi map turtle.
I dont count my 10 gallons and 5 gallons. have maybe 50 total of the small tanks. I need to invest in some racks My basement is completely full now.

I love my flex-watt!!!

We use racks and flexxwatt
Mike.

You didn't really give us a lot of options...

My heating method of preference is a radiant heat panel... However, you're missing more than just that.

Poor selection of choices

I recently switched to RBI's Radiant heat panel for my ball python.

http://www.reptilebasics.com/RBI-Rad...p-1-c-283.html

You need a wooden viv in order to use this but it's been great, and cheaper than ProHeat. :gj:

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Originally Posted by Dundee85

I recently switched to RBI's Radiant heat panel for my ball python.

http://www.reptilebasics.com/RBI-Rad...p-1-c-283.html

You need a wooden viv in order to use this but it's been great, and cheaper than ProHeat. :gj:

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I use a Radiant Heat Panel and a small undertank heat pad for the warm side of the cage. RHP's are EXCELLENT for maintaing appropriate ambient temperatures. I have an Animal Plastics enclosure and the RHP mounts right to the ceiling....i'm not quite sure if you could mount one in a glass tank with a screen lid.

UTH and T-stat!!!

I use a heatpad.
But also an infrared bulb to keep ambient temps up.