$20 to spend on UTH and dimmer, would it be enough?

[vangarret2000]

I would get a thermostat first. You can't use belly heat without a thermostat so if you can only afford the belly heat then it is useless until you can get a thermostat.

I would order a reptitemp 500r online and then order some flexwatt (if money allows) from RBI. That stuff is as cheap as it gets and does its job very well!

What's wrong with just using a dimmer?