So what else is new?

I'm considering moving to Sterilite tubs and I've been picking Cody's brain on another forum we both frequent, but I'll ask here too.

1st) What model do those of you who keep your balls in Sterilites (don't go there!!! ) use? I know Cody uses 1995.

2nd) The terra cotta water catches at my Home Depot look too low already for Kashmire

3rd) Where do you attach your FlexWatt? Directly to the bottom of the enclosure, or onto the table or rack that you have the enclosure on?

4th) The confusion part - where does the probe go from the thermostat? I saw Cody had his taped directly onto the hot side of his FlexWatt, I always thought you would want to measure the temp that your snake is actually on. So, if the Flexwatt heats through plastic then whatever substrate you have, wouldn't you want to measure the actual temp that the snake is on when on the warm side, and wouldn't the probe directly on the Flexwatt make the actual temp that reaches the snake be less than your set temp on the thermostat? Seemed intuitive to me, until I saw it done ways I didn't think about.

Thanks!