Undertank Heater?

[lmichaela94]

I'm looking for a good undertank heater. Even with a thermostat, my hotspots cant get over 78. Any good UTHs that can be found for relatively cheap (under $20)?

[Crazymonkee]

What is your substrate? How thick is it?

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[B.O.S Reptiles]

I'm looking for a good undertank heater. Even with a thermostat, my hotspots cant get over 78. Any good UTHs that can be found for relatively cheap (under $20)?

Zoo med and Zilla make nice ones. I know that the zillas are $18 here.

[lmichaela94]

They are kept in lock-lid tubs and I use paper towels as the substrate. They are usually two sheets in thickness.
One has a Zilla, and it did GREAT in its first few weeks of use, but now it's just as bad as the cheap one. :/

[wienkeg]

I'm using fluker's, seems to work fine. Just need to get foil tape to tape on.

[Shera]

Ohh, that's odd, what is the ambient temp of the tubs? 78 (or more) would probably be my reading if my UTHs broke altogether, maybe they stopped working?

[lmichaela94]

They still work-ish. I still feel heat from them. If the hotspot is around 78, I would guess the ambient to be about 73-74? I don't know. I keep my sensors at the hotspot since that's where they spend most of their time.