I have a RHP and I love it. Over the years I've used CHE's, incandescent heat lamps, assorted UTH's, and a hot rock (yes, I know, bad... it's long gone, although nothing bad ever actually happened with it) and the RHP is the best by far. What I really like about it is that its heat output is spread out over a larger surface area, so it gives off plenty of nice, even heat without ever getting hot enough to burn you if you touch it. FWIW, the room where my snake lives gets down to around 55 in the winter sometimes, and the RHP keeps him nice and toasty.