new heating innovation - thoughts?
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MesseNoire
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As far as I'm aware it completely destroys your heat gradient.
Pauls_Pythons
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Not heard a single positive comment on these.
And certainly not new, been around a while.
And certainly not new, been around a while.
JAS101
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yup same I haven't herd a single good thing about them .
They have been around for some time. I got one when they were new on the market.
I use the same type of 12V downlights and just sit them on the wire top of an enclosure. If I want to make them look better I cover them with a small terracotta pot or the cans that go around them in ceilings.
The Reptile One Fan Heater looks nice and mounted into the enclosure well but I did not like the noise the fan made. I also removed the bottom cover as it seemed to block a good amount of the heat you really want directed at the basking spot and it was a pain to get off and back on when a globe needed replacing.
I don’t see any benefit to the fan really. I had it in a water skink set up so it worked fine in conjunction with me adding water to the substraight. In a dry enclosure you might have more problems providing a temperature gradient. Maybe it would be useful if you wanted the air very dry to suit an arboreal desert reptile.
In the end the fan failed and stoped the light from working. I pulled it apart to see if I could fix it (I am a radio electronics tech). After I disconnected the fan completely and it has continued to work nicely as a normal heat lamp.
They are not worth the money just to look nice. I will never buy another one and will just keep using downlights as I have in the past.
I use the same type of 12V downlights and just sit them on the wire top of an enclosure. If I want to make them look better I cover them with a small terracotta pot or the cans that go around them in ceilings.
The Reptile One Fan Heater looks nice and mounted into the enclosure well but I did not like the noise the fan made. I also removed the bottom cover as it seemed to block a good amount of the heat you really want directed at the basking spot and it was a pain to get off and back on when a globe needed replacing.
I don’t see any benefit to the fan really. I had it in a water skink set up so it worked fine in conjunction with me adding water to the substraight. In a dry enclosure you might have more problems providing a temperature gradient. Maybe it would be useful if you wanted the air very dry to suit an arboreal desert reptile.
In the end the fan failed and stoped the light from working. I pulled it apart to see if I could fix it (I am a radio electronics tech). After I disconnected the fan completely and it has continued to work nicely as a normal heat lamp.
They are not worth the money just to look nice. I will never buy another one and will just keep using downlights as I have in the past.
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