I guess you could consider anyone who has a room devoted to snakes to have this kind of set up... I mean isnt it impossible to have a heat pad that only gets 92 degrees without a thermostat? Isnt it a fair statement to make that all heat pads will get above 100 without a thermostat? ... My snake room is set to keep my cool side temps around 80 so I have half the set up without a thermostat... but then again the heater I use has a built in thermostat so i guess it doesnt count

Heather wouldnt an accurite tell you if your temps/humidity are correct w/o a thermostat?... I may have misunderstood your question