iPower Reptile Heat Pad 8W Under Tank Terrarium Warmer Heating Mat for Turtles Lizards Frogs and Other Small Animals, 6"x8" Inch

Gets maybe a tad hot, even outdoors when I have my animal ambassadors out. Not really a problem but snakes are dumb and they will cook themselves on hot spot. If this is under tank with some decent substrate it's not a problem.I found that another external heat source (such as a heat buddy) will warm this and let it transmit to the glass so I don't have to keep the pad on non-stop. If you live somewhere and plan for emergencies with your animals this really becomes relevant in a days-on power outage during freezing temps.For anyone that cares I ran this off a mid-sized Bluetti under a canopy tent for hours on Halloween with zero issues and very respectable draw (~15w). The snakes were happy and the tarantula next door enjoyed the radiant warmth too.I do wish it came with a switch and some sort of controllable cutoff temp, but these are very minor wishes. My unit was heated on both sides and had zero issues with the adhesive.Will buy 4+ more for all of my main displays.

I adapted this to use in my garage beer fridge. My garage is unheated, and when it gets too cold out there, it stops the fridge from cycling. This allows the freezer to warm up to ambient temperature, defrosting items. This 4 watt heater it’s just enough to cause the fridge to cycle and maintain appropriate temperatures in both the fridge and freezer portions.

Our hamster is sometimes in a room that gets around 59 degrees F... Concerned that the air heat might be overkill we placed this under her cage. We kept this on or plugged in day and night (there is no heat control on our unit). Her cage has a plastic floor.We noticed that she moved her big bedding pile AWAY from the heated side of her cage. Also, we generally feed her plenty of food. We noticed that she's grown fatter and spending more time sleeping / quasi-hibernating in a bigger pile of cardboard bedding than we saw earlier at the pet store (we can't compare the situation to last year as this is the first year we've had her).I say quasi-hibernating because at odd night hours she loves to get exercise! Running the treadmill and shaking the cage - even climbing upside down on the wire top!Her cage bottom has become slightly warped due to the heat. However, it's relatively thick plastic AND we used wood blocks to raise the cage just above the heater. The plastic hasn't melted and and so for seems fine.We never taped the heating pad so it's been easy to remove it. If it makes sense we could re-sell this item as its hardly been used and is in good condition. For now we are HAPPY to keep this heater just in case she seems to need it.PS - One thing I've found helpful months after purchase: This seller / mfr'r has posted a PDF of the owners manual on Amazon. They also sent a paper one. I'm happy with both (and they match). The online one helps me save time and money scanning. Thanks!

Quality product, well made with good adhesion, nice and warm

Love these heat mats they work perfect for me hermit crab tank! Great value for the price. Great size options as well for different size tanks

works great

I have bought a ton of iPower branded stuff since 2016, from large inline fans to hi-wattage bulbs, etc: Never been disappointed with a single one of those purchases. So when looking for a tank heating pad for my sons two hermit crabs and I found this iPower product, I bought it straight away. The 8"x18" iPower Terrarium Reptile Heating Pad Under Tank Warmer Heater Mat with Digital Thermostat.The packaging, and listing, claim the 8"x18" size is for "50-60 Gallon Tank Use". We would be putting it on a 10 gallon tank. I bought mega-oversized for our tank because we live in a cold climate and indoor/room temps can get down to 65 degrees in the winter. Figured bigger is better and the controller will moderate (what I thought would be a high output heating pad so we wouldn't have to worry about cooking the poor hermies) the temp anyway. Tank is even half full of sand (at room temp of 68 degrees and the air in the tank can't get warmer than 74 degrees).I attached the pad on the back of the tank using the 3M adhesive installed on the pad, taking up the entire back glass from side to side and 2/3'rds of the height from top to bottom. Normal type install for hermit crabs and we set the temp probe for the thermostat 3" from the back wall/heat source. I wanted no more than 85 degrees at the probe, so set the thermostat to that temp. Never even got close.It's been more than a week, certainly more than enough time to have been given a fair chance at functioning.Can't get heat at the probe to be more than 74-76 degrees. Even an inch away from the pad at the top of the tank -where it should be the warmest-, we have a humidity meter/thermometer and it hasn't gotten warmer than 77 degrees. At the time I took the attached pics the ambient room temp was 68 degrees, the thermometer was reading 77 degrees and the probe reading was at 72 degrees. The sand at the front bottom of the tank, furthest away from the heat source, was 68 degrees/ room temp (taken with an infrared thermometer). The pad wasn't producing any decent heat, anywhere in the tank.This heating pad simply doesn't work as it should. I will be sending it back if I can. I just hope i can get it unstuck from the tank, because the adhesive is the only thing that does seem to be working.I'll keep buying the other iPower stuff I've bought before, but this item is a piece of junk.

The pad itself works well and keeps temperature. My frustration is in the sticky, I bought it 3/1 and it is now 5/18 and there is no sticky, where it went I have no clue but you can run your had along the pad and there isn’t even any residue. And the bottom of the tank is not sticky either. Great mysteries of the world I guess.