My rack idea, comments?

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Is back heat that inferior to belly heat when it comes to racks? every breeder I know uses at least a couple back heated racks. When I built mine, I set it up for belly heat but I just recently bought a rack that is equipped with back heat so Im curious to see what more experience folks have to say

Different situation might make someone favor one over the other. For example if a room is cold, you might need belly heat since you can get more surface area heated, compared to back heat. If getting your ambient temps up is not an issue, I have found back heat to be more consistent because there is no substrate on top of it ( I use cypress), just the back of the tub. Also it doesn't get worn out from a sliding a tub

I understand the need for belly heat for feeding purposes, but as I said earlier I have rocks in my tubs that act as natural heating pads (mimic a hot rock in the wild) wouldn't this be enough belly heat for them if I used the tape as back heat?

There is not a need for belly heat for feeding or digestion.

Dang those are pretty expensive, any cheaper ones since I only have 6 bins/1 rack?

While I have never used them, I made a thread asking for the cheapest thermostat: this seemed to be the cheapest one recommend by some: http://www.amazon.com/Hydrofarm-MTPR.../dp/B000NZZG3S Not that it makes it a good thermostat, its not proportional, no night drop, no mechanical safety, no other features at all pretty much, but it much better than going unregulated.