What are you using to test the temperature incidentally ?!
Most of the heat mats I've ever tested easily reached 30C+.
Presumably , the heat mat is on a unit , then the rub placed over the heat mat ?
How much space between the mat and the rub ?!?
Just wondering if the some of the heat is escaping sideways .
I've seen similar reports and they got round it by putting tin foil under the mat to reflect some of the heat up towards the tub .
I've read about one bloke who put a magazine under the heat mat just to reduce the gap between the mat rub ....
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