Jotay, I am not real good with my hands but i would be iterested in finding out where you got yours because it might be an option for me. Curiously enough tho, perhaps my humidity mat just needed a couple of days to start working. Before i had the mat, without regular misting the tank would stay at about 31%. I put the mat in wednesday morning & by wednesday the tank was staying steadily at 36%. That 36% carried into all day yesterday. However, the last time i misted the tank was about 10 hours ago, or so, & it is staying steadily at 42% right now. So, I think that before making anything or purchasing anything, i am going to give a try to seeing if the mat starts to raise the humidity a bit more. The other nice thing is that Hissy likes to rest her head on the mat when she sits inside of her cool side hide!