belly heat vs back heat

[Kingofspades]

Both.

Back heat on my enclosed 28 qt. racks. Snake digest just fine.

My new rack is Animal Plastics 41 qt. with belly heat.
The baby rack arriving Saturday will be belly as well.

Both are economy. I wouldn't use an open sided with back heat...but enclosed, it works fine.

[ogdentrece]

I want to use both, because my ambient temps get pretty low even with my UTH running and floor temps at 94.. but the lamps just suck my humidity so much I cant stand it.

[kitedemon]

Belly heat, simply because it is more efficient it is direct heat not indirect. I actually don't think it makes much of a difference in my case the room is quite cold and back just does not get hot enough to provide temps I need.

The comments about digestion and belly heat this is a myth. Snakes are basically a tube of muscles and bone with all the internal organs tucked in the middle. The core temp is what is needed and how the core is warmed is not relevant over head back belly as long as the ambient and surface can allow the snake to hold the temps necessary for digestion it does not matter.

but the lamps just suck my humidity so much I cant stand it.

Glass is as close to 100% water proof as to make no difference it is not the lamps that are the problem... The open top is, humid air rises. I assume you are talking about a tank not a rack? Change the open top and or the air flow patterns and you can fix this issue. Likely you do not have enough water mass and did not give thought to the way air will move into and inside the enclosure. I have used open top tanks for ages and even with an average room RH of 35% I only add water to the system once a week. This is not the place to discuss RH issues if you would like my ideas and what has worked for me PM and I'll be glad to share them.

[Kaorte]

Holy old thread Batman!!