Zilla Heat & UVB Basking Fixture Small

This barely gives off any heat, except through the top of the lamp. I am running a 50 watt halogen bulb and I have to run an infrared heat lamp too and my bearded dragon is only about 6 inches from the light. The advertisement for this says it is similar in output to a mercury vapor lamp but cheaper. This is not the case. After you buy the bulbs for it is within $1-$3 of the Mercury vapor light with much lower heat output. Do your reptile a favor. Get the Mercury vapor light and fixture instead. This may provide UV, but VERY LITTLE HEAT except for what goes straight up doing nothing.

I was not able to use this Items do to the light bulb it required I order 2 of them but I did not get the light bulbs I neede to see if it would be good I am asking you to refund me the full amount because of not getting the 2 light bulbs I order with this 2 mini lamps

Dinged box, also bought a halogen light because no lights included and it never worked so it may be damaged. Not surprised just disapointed.

I was suspicious that this thing wasnt heating up my 10 gallon terrarium much. The dark rocks I put under it werent really warm to the touch. I got an infrared gun, and sure enough, its raising the temperature of a rock below it maybe a few degrees, say up from 72 to 76 F. Really weak compared to the advertisements of the halogen bulb (sold separately) claiming 90 F. Meanwhile, the fixture itself gets to 120 F. So theres plenty of heat being generated, but most of it stays in the fixture, probably eroding the lifespan of the UVB bulb.

It got too hot. We didn’t trust it so we returned it.

Perfect size made of quality material perfect no bulbs included but still awesome

[9/6/2018 Edit: I purchased this back in May 2015, and its still holding up perfectly. I still happily use the non-Zilla brand packs of 25w halogens with ReptiSun 5.0 mini UVB bulbs. This thing is great.] I always struggled with getting good light fixtures for my turtle, dealing with mounting them, etc. This thankfully eliminated all of that by allowing me to have one single fixture that sets right on the screen with both lamps, and it seems to work perfectly. Very convenient and seems to be more manageable for both myself and for optimizing the turtles basking dock. I dont get the Zilla branded halogen bulbs as there are cheaper alternatives, and I would say to get 25w bulbs - anything higher seems to make the fixture get too hot even if it technically supports it. I admittedly prefer to err on the side of caution with lighting temps.

Easy set up and amazing proce

Good

This fixture doesnt get the temperature past 80f. I just got one brand new and am using the zilla brand mini halogen daytime blue and it doesnt seem to work. Sucks because its a good concept but poor execution.