Suggest a good heat mat

I had an eco-terra piece of junk and I remember someone here mentioning the name of a good one. Any help would be appreciated.

Exo-terra = Exo-terrible.

And that would have been me

"Heat" by "ThermoMat"

or

"Heat Mat Habistat" by "eurorep" (Doesn't mean that you need a thermostat with it)

I have several of each of these and they all work perfectly on glass vivariums

i have a zoomed heat pad that i got from petco.. paid $20 american for it and it works like a champ. It doesnt get sooo hot that it would hurt the animal. Only get warm which is perfect.

I will probly get knocked but I have one by T-REX and it has bee working perfect

Heat by ThermoMat..got it! Thanks everyone!

My tank is 20" by 10 1/2"...is a 10" by 11" good enough?

yeah you dont want a HUGE one just one small enough to be put where your scorps are at..

Yeah, so it covers half the back wall right?

Hey binksyboy, is a Habistat Reptile Vivarium heat mat good enough? Ebay has one 11" by 11".

No cover half of half the back wall...maybe not even half just like 1/4th of the wall

other than their heat mats, i like exo terra's product line

Thanks anemiaffx, ebay also has a 6" by 11".

gromgroms wrote:

other than their heat mats, i like exo terra's product line

I agree, but the heat mat I got gave off next to no heat, very disappointing.

thats ok it doesnt need extreme heat just be warm. Like if you were to leave a towl out in the sun and when you went back 30min later, how that towel would be warm but not hot. Thats what you want. Not something too hot to make lots of steam but just warm the ground.

It doesn't matter what size you get as they all give the same temps. Its just that the bigger the mat, the larger th area covered.

For example, on one of my tanks I have a heat mat covering about 60% of the back side.

On two others, I have heat mats that are slightly larger than the entire back side itself and they do great as well.

If anything, you want one slightly too big rather than slightly too small.

Thanks.

Do you know if plugs from England work in Canadian outlets?

Niekro wrote:

Thanks.

Do you know if plugs from England work in Canadian outlets?

I'm afraid not, no.

I would assume they do but I can't say for certain.

No they don't.

MrWin wrote:

No they don't.

Ah, there you go, nice straight forward answer.

I'll just have to get an adapter, thanks guys.

If I put my heat mat behind the cave will it fry my scorp?

nope, your scorpion will move out of the way if it's too hot. If you're concerned about too much heat, place your hand there to check.

Awesome!!!