Ron!! How could you not like cypress. I never used it before simply because of the price but since Chewy.com has it for so cheap, i decided to try it and i love the stuff for the boas, bp and dumerils. After a couple weeks of it with Caesar, i will say it is the best stuff i have tried for him but it still doesnt kill the smell. But then neither does any other substrate. I am starting to think retics are just a messy, musky smelling snake by nature lol.
And i might eat my words a little. I caught Pat down on the floor tonight digging around in the Reptile Prime and he looked like he was having the time of his life so maybe i will stick to it with just him as he is small and the biggest cage i would use for him would be a 36Lx24Dx24H so it would be a little more cost effective.
But i agree, use what works for you. It's like the RHP and heat tape arguments i see so much lol.