Zoo Med Repti Basking Lamp 50 Watt for Reptiles

I normally buy the 150 watt exo terra intense basking bulb version, but since I upgraded my other dragons tank, my main dragon is in a zen and I needed to up his temp just a little bit so I bought a 50 watt instead, since that was all I needed. These bulbs last a good 6months, but I normally get a little over a year out of my bulbs before they go out on me. I have had the occasional bulb thats gone out within a week, but 95% of the time, I get 10+ months out of these bulbs and they put out so much more heat than other reptile basking bulbs.

Received bulb March 17, 2016 and put in basking lamp that day. June 27, 2016 the bulb has already burnt out!! (Our basking lamp is on appx. 10 hours a day.)

Didn’t even last a week. Came home to glass all over my tank. Both bulbs shattered within a week

Solid heat bulb

My special-needs turtle loves this basking lamp. I like that it’s only 50 W. I have a small tank but it really does the job with the intense Rays He likes it.

Ordered two 4 months ago and they have both burned out. I have the light set on a timer that runs 10 hours a day. I think that these lamps should work for more than 600 hours... On 4/20/2013 I emailed the manufacturer to inquire if there had been a bad batch of bulbs because of the previously mentioned conditions. They replied that these bulbs are covered by a 90-day warranty and if I supplied them with a copy of my receipt from Amazon the bulbs would be replaced. I did and they shipped two replacement bulbs to me. I raised my rating from 2 to 4 stars based on this warranty coverage, but I may change that AGAIN if these replacements wear out as quickly as the first two!

Perfect bulb and wattage for our turtle basking area.

This size/wattage is perfect for our little green Anole. Gets just warm enough for him without it making the lamp too hot.

You just cannot beat the price of this bulb. It cost about twice as much as my local pet stores.

Works great. My yellow eared slider turtles love it and bask under it. Doesnt seem to last more than 6 months before needing to be replaced.