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Hello and welcome to BP.net! I think initially people might have thought your post was a joke just because there was so much information and a good deal of it was information that is not usually supported here.

I think what others have said about the human heating pad is correct. On the picture you posted it even states it has an automatic timer for 2 hours, that means every 2 hours you'd have to go by and turn the pad back on. I use UTH on all my balls and haven't had any issues yet. I will recommend buying a digital thermostat, however, personally I like Hydrofarm's. They are not too terrible price wise, you set a temp, and then it does the rest.
Thank you. The sunbeam heat pad has a "continuous on" mode. I made sure when I bought it. I also bought a zoomed heat pad. On visual inspection, the sunbeam appears to be made of higher quality parts. I will test to see if it can be controlled by a tstat tomorrow.