Quote Originally Posted by Lord Sorril View Post
Your surface temperatures with a temp gun might be in alignment, but, what are your ambient air temperatures?
Infrared heat mats are not designed to warm air--which is why most people use a Ceramic Heat Emitter (CHE) in their enclosures.

I use only heat mats to run my incubators and I use water as a thermal battery within a relatively sealed and insulated environment to keep the temperature stable. I would not rely on an infrared heating source alone outside of these conditions. A warm snake breathing cold air...not ideal...
I can't seem to edit it now but by hot and cold sides I mean directly above the mats where the snake would be directly touching. By ambient I mean the actual air temperature inside and around the bin. This temperature remains consistent in the entire bin and roughly five inches around the sides and above before it begins to drop off.