Like I said in my original post, for arboreal species it works great. But for many species IE most colubrids and small boids they get more of there heat from the hot rocks they are sitting on than from the sun directly hitting them. Most radiant heat panels that I have seen used are simply way too big for the applications they are used for.

For example in this large rack I use 3 separate heat cables routered into groves in each shelf. The hot side is around 90 degrees but it is only the back 5 inches of the tub. This leaves the front of the tub at room temperature (usually 65-70)

This gives me great heat for 8 large adult colubrids for only 150 watts.



This rack holds over 20 smaller snakes for the same 200 watts.



And my heat cable costs under $20 while an RHP costs 3 or 4 times that.

Like I said, I don't see the value unless its for VERY large species or for arboreal species.

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