Just out of curiosity why chose a VE over a herpstat? I have constantly wondered this, if someone else had released the VE200 and not RB it would likely be a flop. Of all the major bands (herpstat, ecozone, herp keeper, helix ,VE) it has the fewest features of all but the helix, which as near as I can tell is a copy of. The base model has no alarms, no night drop, no cooling, is pulse proportional. I actually don't get it, the price of the herpstat is the same and for 25$ more you can get a HS1 which has two more safety features (relay and low temp shut down). What is so attractive about the VE? Honest question I simply do not get it.