I experimented with a quality UTH from Reptile Basics, and can attest that ALL heat equipment needs to be regulated with a thermostat. The UTH got HOT, really hot. Not acceptable.
I'm not sure if skipping a T-stat is a way to save money or what, but I personally feel it's the most important part of the husbandry equation.
The only way you can get away with not owning one, is living where there species of snake you keep occurs naturally. And even then, you are "keeping it" not letting it behave naturally so it's best to listen to the years of acquired knowledge from the keepers that have come before us all and figured it out.
T-stat.
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