Ceramic heat emitters

Hi All

Just been having a look online and seen these pop up a few times for heating for hoggies.

Has anyone used them before or heard good/bad reviews on them?

Cheers

Amy x

I used to have one on my tenrecs - you will need to have a controller on it to keep it at the correct temperature

Are they good Helen? And would it be possible to attach it to my zoozone somehow, or am I better or with a heat mat and a thermostat?

I have one .. in my nursing viv ... and i have a habistat thermo on it they work pretty well ...x

would be difficult to attach them to a zoozone .. heat mats would work better in a zone .x

In a zoozone, heat mat and thermostat - ceramic heat emitters should be fixed securely inside a viv and not on a zoozone lid in my opinion. x

You posted the same time as me again Lou - stop it!

lol .. ha ha great Minds and all that ... !!!

Yepp mine is attached to the roof of my nursing viv .x

I did think as much but thought I would check. I have got the heating set to 20 degrees in my house constantly atm but I think a heat mad is going to give me peace of mind x

Heat mats are great i tend to have thermos as well but some people dont use them .x

Do these go outside the vivs. I have a three stack and the bottom one is always a couple of degrees colder than the top two. Would it work if I put it on the bottom outside I would worry if inside - can they get away from heat or chew anything?

Heat mats .. i have mine inside and i have no problems at all .. i just check them over .. when i check my hogs in the morning ....not sure the heat would be strong enough to go through the bottom of a viv Christina

what heat matt do u use lou? x

I have different one but i do have a reptiles in most of them .and habistat thermos .x

i have a habistat thermo the twin one for mine i dont no where to put it tho the sensor i have heating on in my room so they have not needed it as its plenty warm in my bedroom for them just getting to warm for me lol x

The sensor needs to be in the viv chick.x

i no that i just dont no where i no it has be near the bulb or mat if i use a bulb should i tape the sensore near the bulb on celing x

you can place the sensor anywhere in the viv .. Tracy .x

ah ok will put on celeing as willow will attack the wire lol she naughty lol x

I use CHE as have vivs. But I need to get some heatmats as back up for Zoozone etc. Can any one recommend size/wattage for me? They will be on a thermostat, like my CHEs.

On a side note, I love my CHEs, really easy to use, bulbs last absolutely ages (one of them still going after a year).

They are all pretty much the same Cathy to be honest .. I think i may have a spare couple you could borrow hun x

Ta chick. Gonna buy one though, just in case. Then if I need it before you can get it to me, I'm OK. Some of them are huge, some smaller, and they vary from 4w to 40w, obviously 4w not going to be very hot. would this one be OK?

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i just won 2 on e-bay 11x11 12w...habistat heat mats..£7-£8 inc p&p....just pop in "reptile heat mat"....they are coming up quite cheap...its the thermostats that are the pricey part!!

mine are all around 12 x

Habistat 11 x 11" are ideal for zoozones