I hadn't found many uses for my temp gun since Abraxas died (BTW I would HIGHLY suggest getting the Tempguns.com PE-2 and metal cast for it). Well I had wondered if Oakley and Hissy's hot side temps were correct because I just switched them both to aspen to help with the lack of humidity in their cages and the humidity was at about 50-55%. I pulled out my temp gun and took the temp of the hot side, 80 degrees. For some reason I trusted completely the thermometer not thinking that that was the temp of the heat pad, not the upper temp. So after I realized that, I cranked up the dimmers to get their temps up. I am really hoping that their humidity will go up and be more manageable with the aspen because it was staying too low with the paper towels.