I might get my first snake, a Blood Python... but...

[Kara]

The best and really almost the only way to have a perfect set up is to keep them in a tub/cage with a radiant heat panel because they do great with a set ambient temp and no hot spot.

Or a rack with correct heating in a room that doesn't get too cold...or heck, even in a tote with no supplemental heat, in a perfectly calibrated snake room if you have the option to do so, as long as it provides for proper temperatures. A radiant heat panel is hardly the "only" way to have a perfect setup.

What works for one keeper & one setup may be completely impractical to someone else.