Kris, I'm sure the topic will stay alive for many years to come as opinions on the topic can be quite strong and passionate.
Personally I'm relatively new to keeping BP's, so I tend to listen to those that I see have been around a long time and have experiences they can share. In the end all of us are going to make a lot of the same mistakes others who have come before us have made but that's all part of the learning process.
I have noticed that most often the topic comes up when a discussion is started regarding picky eaters. I recently picked up a 50 gram hatchling that was giving me a hard time with feeding so I switched her to a 6 quart tub. Now the problem is I can't tell if it was the switch from the 28 quart tub to the 6 that did it or the fact that I found live mouse hoppers that were really tiny. Now that she is eating confidently and aggressively I've swapped out the 6 and gone back to the 28 without any problems in her eating pattern.
As for comments on the OP I tend to prefer the Reptile Basics hides over PVC pipe just because I like to to a quick check in the AM and PM every day to see how everyone is doing and lifting the hide for a second allows me a quick peek. I would think it would be hard to see one of my snakes if they were in a pipe, at least hard to see if their eyes are in blue or not. Plus I would hate to have to shake out the pipe to get the snake out on days I want to weigh or handle it. Perhaps it's not an issue I don't know but that's what would worry me. Everything else David said sounded fine to me but then again so did everything Deborah and Derek said as well.
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