I have had a ball python for almost 4 years. I am finally getting around to building a nice display for her. The inside dems are 53x18. I know I am going to use a ceramic heat emitter as my main source of heat. My question is how do I control the temp, I have looked at the helix dbs 1000. It seems nice but it is kinda expensive (especial when I add the night drop cable.) Are there any other products on the market that will do the same thing. I am looking for something that will do a temp swing at night. I like the zoomed reptitemp 500R. but I am not sure if it will drop the temp at night, if I just cut power to it will it keep my settings?

Any help would be great.