I have 2 t-8's (my 3rd will be here some time soon) I use 80 watt reptile basics heat panels and have not had any problems I can not say to much about the pro products heat panels being iv never used them But Iv seen ppl on here say they have used them and they love them... With all that being said "I think" iv seen more ppl post negative comments about the reptile basics heat panels due to warping, heating to much, but that could also be because 1. No t- stat or quality of t- stat. 2. T- stat probe placement some ppl put the probe laying on substrate under the panel which the snake can move pee on or poop on and change the temps which makes the panel heat up more making it too hot what I do is I drill I bigger hole in the vents on the COOL side and dangle the probe about 3-4 inches from the ground that way if the snake does move it it will just bounce back and you obviously want to set the temps to whatever you want the cool side to be which in my case is 80 and that makes the hotspot perfect at 90-92 I also use the ve-200 t- stat but some ppl once again swear by the herpstat and I can't say anything about those because I have never used them... Anyways enough of my rambling just wanted to put my 2 cents in their good luck on finding the one to want oh and another thing if you do get the reptile basic panel make sure their is at least a 6 inch gap between the panel and anything in the cage because that will cause is to warp as well
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