Quote Originally Posted by Phillydubs View Post
Can you give me a quick breakdown of pvc cages and how it all works ? Because like the OP I’m leaning towards that set up.

All you need is radiant heat underneath and it does enough for the temps?
If you use a heat panel, it should be mounted to the ceiling. RHPs are enough heat by themselves, they provide both belly heat and ambient heat. They work by heating the objects below them, which then radiate heat off into the air. Which is actually much closer to the way the sun heats than heat tape/UTH, is more easily absorbed by snakes than the belly heat coming off of UTH/tape alone, and isn't impacted by cooler room temps as much as UTHs/heat tape.