Zoo Med ReptiTherm Under Tank Heater, Medium

I’ve had this product for a year and a month. It was great at first but one day I woke up to my thermostat reading 61 degrees. I unplugged the thermostat and plugged the heating pad into the outlet. Turns out the heating pad stopped working at all. I loved this heating pad but it’s sucks it only lasted a year.

Dead after 9 months!!! Thought I still had 3 months before I would need to buy again. Now I need to buy an emergency heat pad for my reptile!

Perfect for attaching to the back of a 29 gallon for our giant Madagascar day geckos. I found a bamboo drawer organizer to put against the glass so they dont burn their bellies. They mostly hang out right over where the corners of the mat are. I like that its large enough they can go to the nice toasty middle or a cooler corner area.

Clean the glass to whatever detail you wish it wont stick for more than a few months have been looking for something better.

Generates enough heat to keep my feeder crickets alive in the winter (20g tank). All is good.

Seems to be working as expected for our gecko. We have another thermometer mounted and it seems accurate to the reading on the pad monitor.

Stopped working after 6 months of use. But? Im gonna buy another.....nothing else quite works like these. Ive been using them for years and have never had issue with them getting hot enough to burn my lizard or exploding, which is a thing heat pads do sometimes. Chalking this up to some quality control issues, not serious enough to have to redo my heat setup around a new pad that might be less safe. For what its worth Ive had plenty of zoomed pads still working three+ years down the line, tho I try to retire them a little sooner than that for safety reasons.

That its easy to use and it sticks well!

Works just fine, ALWAYS put your heat mats or any heating element on a thermostat for your reptiles! The adhesion isn’t the best, simply use foil tape and tape the side of the mat to your enclosure.

First, this is a very good heating pad for a tank. However, I have a lot of problems with the adhesion. It falls off more than it sticks. The stilts that the pad gives you also fall off, so be careful you do not lose them when you clean a tank.