Radiant Heat Panels

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So your telling the millions of people out there who use light bulbs... that they are dangerous and use RHPs? But hey... as long as it works and you have the proper uvb bulbs too, then go ahead.

Its not like they would help me any, my mvb bulbs that provide uvb adn heat have to be replaced once a year anyways.

Where did I say they were dangerous?

How about we stop worrying about defending our heat source of choice?

Radiant heat panels have significant safety advantages over light bulbs. DutchHerp and others have outlined them. If you want to infer from that that light bulbs are dangerous - well, go ahead - just don't attribute that view to me or anyone else on this thread who is rationally discussing the potential viability of using an RHP for a beardie set-up.

How many watts are those heat bulbs? Radiant heat panels can not only heat a spot, they can also raise the temperature of an entire enclosure.

So while we're factoring costs, we need to factor in the potential (if any) cost savings associated with using a more efficient product.