Heat tape rubbing

[gusanr14]

Go with larger, recessed Heat Tape. Why gamble on something you know will get worn from sliding on it when prices are comparable? You want 1/3rd for a Hot Spot and your snake is growing.
Don't sacrifice cost or going with a reputable company for anything.
All you have to do is read all the posts where people went with new or unknown companies & you'll find thousands of horror stories where basically threw their money out the window.
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I won't say it is unknown company. They come to shows, and have facebook page called Brace Exotics. Reason I know them is that they were in my states before but moved away. Saw good reviews on facebook page but couldn't find any other info anywhere else. I won't be buying rack till later this year since my snake is still small to be in 15 qt. Trust me, I have researched 3+ hours just for the heat tape and rack. I probably saw all the post here and there, then replies where they say, "I don't understand why people use 3 4 inch heat tape on 41 qt tubs etc.. and some say it is fine. But places like c serpents uses 4 inch on them and was wondering how well they work since it covers like 1/8 of the area. Couldn't really imagine it with big tubs since one, I have 0 experience yet, two, my small snakes are perfect fit on 4 inch, bigger snake could maybe lay tail on there lol jk. But true, if it doesn't work, no one would buy it.

It's unlikely that 6 inches would affect the cool side in a V70 if the room is too cold , back when I used to have my snake room in the basement I ran a oil filled heater year round to maintain the ambient temp at 75.

I am not looking for larger heat tape for cool side. Just a bigger range of hot spot for big snakes. Cool side will be maintained by space heater anyways during winter. My summer gets hot about 80~83 degrees in the room so I shouldn't need a heater in during summer.

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