First off, thanks to Matt G for the T-stat, it was well packaged, and very user friendly (Ranco). I was surprised to find out that the temp under the newspaper in Sir Hiss' tub was running about 122 F* to achieve a belly temp of 94*. Does this sound about right? I set the thing to kick off at 122 (94) and pick back up again at about 116 (92). It worked perfectly all through the night and I woke up to find a tub that wasn't at either 88 or 98 degrees! The piece of mind is awesome! I will say that I am using an Ultratherm UTH, and I like it (no stickyness, just sit it down on the stand), but the advertising slogan of theirs that states you don't need a T-stat because it won't get that hot is a big load of BS.

Anyway....let me know if something about this sounds off to you....thanks for the help. Thanks again Matt.