was wondering everyone's opinion on Heat panels, the kind you mount inside the tank. I want to built my own cage out of melamine and don't want to use the ceramic heaters I'm using now. I plan on getting a thermostat, either a VE-300 or a Helix, not sure which one yet. It would be for a cage 4'-2'-2', roughly. I'm wondering how well they work? my place gets kinda chilly in the winter, hence the 3/4" melamine. I've never used anything on my snake besides the ceramic heaters and a UTH i used once by itself that did not work well for me at all even though it was the right size. I might inlay some glass in the bottom of the hotside and put some flexwatt or something on that also just in case. I figure with a thermostat it should be alright as long as my probes are placed right.