BN-LINK Durable Reptile Heating Pad 8 X 12 with Digital Thermostat Under Tank Heater Terrarium Warmer Combo Set for Turtles, Lizards, Frogs, and Other Reptiles

This product is on a scale of 1-10 it’s a 5 the heat controller works well but the heat pad does on me in a week or so.

Very pleased with this product - snake is too !!! Looking for a heating pad this is well worth it !!! Quality and Functionality are all there !!!

Great product for a great price. Highly recommend!

I thought I was buying a heating pad, basically what youre buying is a controller that comes with a free heating pad. I cant believe the price of this, I would expect at least $50. Especially considering that it is for pet use. It is a temperature controller, displays current temp inside tank, and has a separate permanently wired temp sensor that sticks to the inside of the tank with a suction cup. The suction cup works very well, even after repeated removals. The heating pad plugs in separately to a 110v plug on the controller. You can use any 110v device, I would only recommend using a heater or heat lamp though lol. I suppose you could wire it into a stereo, and when the temperature gets above your set point it starts playing Jimi Hendrix. The problem with that, is you then have to figure out whether or not your reptile is more of a country fan, or a rock fan.. The heating pad is completely covered with adhesive on one side for sticking to OUTSIDE of the tank. Its a lot larger than I expected, although I didnt look too see what size I was buying - I just expected smaller. The instructions say multiple times to place on the outside of the tank, so be aware of that. Also, it is absolutely not supposed to be placed on wood or anything other than glass, according to the instructions, so be aware of that. After reading the instructions, and being aware of that, I decided to just set it under the tank, on top of wood. It wasnt even real wood. It was crap particle board. Maybe the glue in the particle board increased its thermal properties, but I doubt it. I think its more probable that the heating pad doesnt get hot enough to catch wood on fire. I didnt stick it to the tank because we are replacing the tank in a month. I then decided to move the tank and stick it to the side of the tank temporarily, so I removed a half inch or so (ended up being about an inch) of the adhesive backing all the way around the edge of the heating pad and stuck it to the glass so that I can remove it, and the rest of the adhesive is unused for the new tank. If this is not an absolute permanent fixture on your tank, I would advise sticking it to the tank using only a little bit of the adhesive (by removing small sections of at the adhesive backing to expose only small areas of adhesive). You will never get this off the tank in reusable condition if you use the entire adhesive sheet. I probably exposed too much adhesive. Its going to be a pain when I go to remove it.

I love this mat so much I purchased two, one for my hermit crab tank and one for my snakes tank. The mat works well for the price along with the temp reader. I love that you can hang it on the wall. My only CON is it doesn’t reach the temp I’m aiming for in my hermit crab tank, I often have to set it higher than what temp is needed for my hermit crabs. I have yet to figure out what I’m doing wrong. But I would definitely recommend though.

This is my second order of this! My first (size smaller) was great, just too small for what I thought I needed. So I ordered the big one to return the smaller one but the temperature gauge on this new one keeps flickering on and off. Obviously this is not safe. I tried moving outlets and everything and its still persisting. Even if I don’t move it the display will randomly start to fade and flicker before turning off. I then have to wiggle it to get it to turn on again. Obviously for the safety of reptiles this is unacceptable. The adhesive is good because it lets you move it a bit where some others are permanent decisions, the only issue with this is that it does life off the enclosure where the cord comes out, it peels it away. I have to duct tape the cord down so it doesn’t leave a large gap where the heat pad isnt connected.

The thermostat has a locking thing... well I didnt know about it but my husband did and showed me how to properly plug the heating mat into the thermostat... currently testing it out and using it to help a Rainbow stag beetle larva grow :)

The thermostat part stopped working in less than 8 months of use. It would not turn the pad on when the temperature dropped below the set temperature. Avoid this one, it isn’t worth it.

It ok

Works as it should