| | |  | Snake Supplies | Home » » » ZOO UNDERTANK HEATER LARGE | | | | | | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 10.6 inches | | Product Width:
| 9.7 inches | | Product Height:
| 1.2 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.75 pounds | | Package Length:
| 19.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 9.8 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.3 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.85 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 26 reviews |
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27 of 28 found the following review helpful:
 Great Product for My GeckosFeb 10, 2010
By S. Buckley
Well if you are looking at this product you probably know what it is and have an idea of what it does... One Note is this product is not ment for any water animals (painted turtles included).
I was using an alternate product to heat my tank but when I went from a 20 gallon tank to a 50 gallon tank it was way to small. This product is 10x better than that competing brand that I purchased at petsmart (for the same price) as this in quality, overall look, and options. Quality is outstanding... Very nicely finished off. On amazon I found it to be $15-20 dollars cheaper than in stores (including shipping).
One major advantage of this product is that one side of the heating pad has adhesive on it to stick directly to the glass for optimum heat transfer (I really like this feature as my old pad did not have this), However this might be annoying when it comes to clean the tank. Also it is able to placed on the side of the tank to transfer heat into the enviroment rather than through the substrate. This is to protect an antique stand or dresser or if there is a table cloth on the table. The product does come with little rubber feet to place on the tank to raise it slightly so air can flow beneth.
In the instructions it warns not to use with any material tank other than a glass tank. It warns not to place a water dish above mat because if water spills on the glass that it is heating it can cause a stress crack in the glass.
For the bottom mount it states that the preffered substrate is Repti Cage Carpet, Repti Sand of thickness no more than 1.5", If using a light (easily movable... newspaper, paper towels, pine shavings, moss) substrate for snakes a cage carpet is required as the glass may become exposed and then burn the snake (or other reptile that can burrow).
I am not using a heat controller on this pad, I instead have a heat lamp and an normal light lamp for day light and heat and then leave the pad on 24/7 for night heat. In my tank the temp fluctuates from ~80-85 in the hot side and ~75-80 on the cool side so there was no need for a temp controller. On the back of the box it gives different temperature ranges for different animals.
I myself have two leopard geckos about 12 years old and about 10", with this new heater I noticed them out of their hides more and exploring the entire tank rather than just one half.
Hope this helps anyone looking.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Great product by a trusted nameJul 05, 2010
By C.K.
I bought a different heating pad before this one by Cobra. It, compared to this one was awful. I returned that one and got this one immediately because my girlfriend got one for her snake. I love how it includes rubber feet to lift up the tank. It adheres well to the underside (or if you prefer the side) and works very well. If you're looking for a heating pad for underneath a tank or on the side, go with ZooMed.
10 of 11 found the following review helpful:
Great undertank heater for the priceJan 19, 2009
By Dominique W
This is an excellent undertank heater at a reasonable price. It allows the option of placement on the bottom or the side of the tank. Ours is installed on the bottom and we've had no problems of overheating the tank stand or any problems whatsoever.
I would highly recommend this item.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 incorrectly listedOct 20, 2011
By Zakel2
I may have gotten the wrong size. But I needed a UTH for my 20g long tank and the dimensions listed for this product are ideal - yet when I received the product - the dimension w
ere 18inx7in instead of the listed 10inx9in.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Extremely fragile, expect it to break.Sep 12, 2011
By Nate
I have purchased two of these, both are broken, one during regular use and the other broken out of the package. While this heating pad seems ideal because of it's adhesive side, and relatively low power usage, the packaging fails to warn about it's ridiculously fragile construction. First, the heat is created by running current through a tiny and very brittle metal line that weaves up and down the length of the pad. Upon opening and inspecting a broken one (I had discarded the receipt) I noticed the weaving appeared to have been accidentally crossed in places with entire inches of line moving diagonally across others causing it to short circuit which should have caused the pad to fail even sooner, but at least cause a decrease in heat output because entire sections of the resistor are shorted out (never mind the possible dangers of malfunction). This line is also nearly as fragile as the filament of an incandescent bulb which means you must be very careful not to bend it in anyway during the installation process. I would expect even a bump against something slightly pointy while moving your tank will also break the heating line. Once it breaks, you are left with an open circuit that you can not easily fix (and probably shouldn't). The plastic pads that sandwich the heating element will warp and bend on their own when they are warmed, so if the adhesion to your tank isn't strong enough to combat that, the pad will pull itself off in places and eventually bend itself enough to break the element.
Long story short, don't buy this if you ever intend to move your terrarium around, or clean your terrarium, or look at it funny. Also don't buy it if you want to have a power rating you can trust, and a heating element without built in short circuits. I'll be perusing something more solidly built.
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