Everyone has their own method and does what works best for them, and that includes hot spot temps. The above quotes show that no two people do things exactly alike.
With regards to your hot spot temp, some like llovelace might change it if it was in their care, others like Simple Man would not. If you haven't figured this out yet, that doesn't mean your way is right or wrong, it just means that they are giving information about what works for them.
I have my flexwatt in my rack thermostat'd at 89*F, which has some hot spot variation depending on room temperature, and allows for seasonal ambient temp changes. I tend to keep a number of my species a little bit cooler than what I read some people on the internet keep theirs at.
Keep an eye on your temps as winter rolls around. We get very dry and sometimes VERY cold here during Minnesota winters. Luckily our heat works very well, and we set the apartment t-stat to 65. Because of the chillier indoor temps, we use belly heat on our racks and place hides over where the tub on the flexwatt, so that our snakes have heated hides. We also tend to use wider water dishes in winter to make up for any humidity loss.
It sounds like you've got things under wonderful control, I bet your animals are just as happy as could be.
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Originally Posted by llovelace
