i beleive the phillips emit uvc.... which is a HUGE reason why not to use them.
the NEC 10. are barely suitable for lower uv demanding animals let alone dragons and the like. they emit 50 odd uW/cm2 at 1" and 20 odd by 2". so unless they are sitting on the bulb... useless..
i use the nec10's for dragons with no probs and no many other keepers and reptiles parks that use them for uv
i beleive the phillips emit uvc.... which is a HUGE reason why not to use them.
the NEC 10. are barely suitable for lower uv demanding animals let alone dragons and the like. they emit 50 odd uW/cm2 at 1" and 20 odd by 2". so unless they are sitting on the bulb... useless..
I use the NEC T10 on all my dragons.
Why not use natural sunlight for all your UV needs? Its alot cheaper then any light bulbs and your animal can get exercise while outside (under supervision of course).
frillygirl, you will find the test was a little rigged, its been put up against known low quality bulbs, and low output ones.... to try and make it look great. i dont see a reptisun 10.0 on that data.
a bearded dragon needs bare minimum 60 uW/cm2 over at least 10 hours of the day. a reptisun 10.0 does this at a safe distance of around 20cm. were a NEC 10 does it at less then an inch, and your awfully silly to let a dragon sit this close to a bulb all day. it then depletes to 20 odd, by two inches.
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