In my findings, I believe the 60W and 40W ones are rubbish, but if it works for them it's fine. I personally use the 100W ones all year round, just hooked up to a thermostat
Hence why I said, "I find them rubbish, but if it works for you it's fine". It's just my opinion, not saying that they don't work for you - I am saying that they don't work for me.Rubbish how? the wattage's i use are perfect for me in the GC Hinterland.
Ahaha sorry about thatOk you mean not powerful enough. Sorry misread your post
In my findings, I believe the 60W and 40W ones are rubbish, but if it works for them it's fine. I personally use the 100W ones all year round, just hooked up to a thermostat
Hence why I said "in my findings". It's not saying they are rubbish it's not saying it's great. I am saying 'IN MY FINDINGS'People use all manner of methods to heat their enclosures. Some don't bother with thermostats at all. Different strokes for different folks. A blanket statement suggesting some bulbs are rubbish can be a little misleading.
@alex.snaith
If you had of elaborated further in your initial post with your reasons why you thought they were 'rubbish', ie: 'they are rubbish for me because I live in a colder climate' then people would have been able to understand it better. Your statement that they are rubbish without further explanation makes it sound like they are not suitable for any use.
@Wiggly1
Ceramic heat emitters are best IMO, they last much longer than bulbs and get quite hot, whereas some bulbs may not, I find they also heat more of the enclosure, but not all of it.
But whatever heating method you use, i'd highly recommend a thermostat, especially for a ceramic heat emitter.
And yeah as pauls_pythons said UV/UVB isn't needed, and there isn't much proof that it makes a difference, feel free to use it if you want, it's not gonna hurt your jungle lol The bulbs themselves are just super pricey for something you don't really need.
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