I agree. I just switched to human heating pads and they are cheaper, bigger, and have more heat distrabution. Also when its that time to clean everything it is much easier. I think that I paid 20.00 for a 6x6 UTH at petco. It made one little heat spot in the 20 long it was in. The human pad was 15$ and is 24x12 a perfect fit for the 30x12 tank. It covers 2/3 and 1/3 of that is hot and disapates on the other 2/3. I will be switching my BP tank to the human pad also.