I have the 36inch one 39 watts and that thing is extremely bright as hell. It’s worked amazingly my beardies are extremely healthy. No issues with it at all. I installed mines inside their enclosure. I bought it before people gave reviews but I noticed the product reviews also had mixed reviews. Some people said amazing, others said it didn’t work. I think it depends on the wattage.
You are a GOAT! Just got mine in today. My new beardie won't eat greens but I got him munching down on dubia and mealworm... with calcium dust. And he drinks alot of water. Just waiting for him to shake back. Hopefully this light does it! The coil light I got, like u said previously, is garbage.. sad
I bought a uvb from pet smart once and it was ok then I bought a uvb from my local pet shop and it was so much brighter and better in every way and my bearded dragon loves it
I tried this fixture out with a ReptiSun bulb and I was getting 5.0’s all the way through about 8inches away from dragon.. so in that case if you have this fixture just go get a reptisun T5 10.0 uvb bulb
Have you tried any Arcadia bulbs? My reptizoo t5 10.0 24 watts went bad so I’m at the store now and they don’t carry reptizoo, just reptiSun and Arcadia.
@@amt3331 I have not try the Arcadia bulb yet but give it a try if it fits in there and works I would do it.. I know the ReptiSun did fit and was putting out decent uvb all the way through bulb
This was what I was wondering about. If you got this hood/fixture but the reptisun or Arcadia bulb instead of repti zoo, would that work out. Your comment makes me think it may hmm 🤔
I think that sticker attached, is a film that you need to peel off, might be why you are getting low number. Either way, does it preform better if you use a better bulb or one from another encloser that you know its readings ?
Nope tried everything and it’s horrible haha. Different bulb different fixture the bulb and fixture that reptizoo makes is horrible couldn’t get it to work
It’s because you got them from Amazon and not a store. There are many things you just can’t get on Amazon because they sell used stuff as new. I’m about to get 2 from petco and I don’t think I’ll have the same problem.
Hello. I bought one. My son just got a 3 month old dragon. We bought the 36 inch version. I am worried about it I don’t have a meter. I think I am gpong order the reptisun 10.0 t5 bulb one person says that bulb fits just fine. I believe this will be a bulb I can trust the fixture just energizes the bulb, so I couldn’t imagine the fixture being bad. I can’t afford the $250 meter. I believe my wife would slap me upside head. Thanks for your videos I find yours to be some of the most informative.
Yes you can use the reptisun bulb. It will work in the fixture. Understandable about not affording the meter haha. I took a chance on it still can’t believe I did lol. But it helps me make videos so you don’t have to buy a meter you can go off my readings as most bulbs that are good like the reptisun and Arcadia all put out similar readings and don’t change unlike the repti zoo I tested.
Just an update. I purchased reptisun 10.0 t5 39 watt 34 inch bulb. Mouthful. When I first mounted it in my reptizoo with the most reflective side down, it was giving crazy readings like 10 UVB at 8 inches away, possibly even higher than that. In order to make it work properly, I had to flip to the duller side of the light reflector. Chuck, the bearded dragon is mainly in about 3 to 3.5 UVB when basking. I really wanted to be somewhere in between four and six, but I would have to adjust his basking spot a little more. I just wanted to let people know I don’t know if you can trust these things unless you have a 6.5 meter which I ended up getting. I would’ve burnt Chucks eyeballs if I didn’t have the meter. Thanks for your help.
This is the exact light 54 W that I got for my 90 gallon enclosure for my beardie. I have not sent this light up yet though. In the basking area, I am however using the zoo med 150 W UVB spotlight.
I bought one from Chewys before watching this video. It came in a brown box maybe some bulbs are generic. There were no markings or labels on the tube holding the bulb.
In Thailand for the tube lights we only have 2 options. We have the Zoomed reptisun T5 10.00 (but ours is in a yellow box, brackets not included) or the Reptiglo 10.0 by Exo terra. 😢 The rest are just bad coils. We can put our dragons outside, but during rainy season you need the bulbs.
Yeah nothing wrong with getting the best uvb out their! I take all my lizards outside during the summer as well. It gets extremely hot and the uv index is around 8-10. With 105f days.
I'm misunderstanding... I know the UVB rays are not visible to the naked eye and come from the fluorescent bulbs. The lighting component- is it LED suitable for a Grow Light? Or is a "normal" light just to be able to see if the UVB is on/off?
Get some heavy duty black 90 degree brackets and some washers and bolts from your hardware store. Attach the brackets to the back with the top angle a couple of inches from the top. Then screw the clamps to the bracket and Attach the light. I did this with my custom build. It worked great
Question: I have seen a few times where some will mount the uvb & heat lamp on the inside of the enclosure rather than sitting on top of the screen for Beardies. what is your opinion on this?
I do this for about 80% of my enclosures it’s really to cut down uvb loss as most screen blocks 30% of uv. The heat bulb doesn’t matter because the heats gonna go through the mesh regardless.
Not sure if you’re asking if the uvb is strong but it depends on your bulb. Any fixture works a good in them. I have both that and and the one he’s reviewing except the 36 inch 39 watt bulb one. Both are good except I do like this one he’s reviewing cuz it comes with the stuff to hang. Reptisun doesn’t, it’s like they only thought about placing it on top of screens when the maker made them. You have to use chains or do a little project to make it work. It’s best to hang them inside enclosures.
well boss man i am growing the devils lettuce in a very small space and i am trying to find a good UVB light. i know you cant recommend this light but i think im gonna buy it lol i would go with a arcadia pro t5 setup but in my area that costs around 140 USD.... thank you so much for your video :)
I would also try a zoo med t5 if you want. The hardest thing with this light is just the inconsistency 😂 are you getting regular weak sun levels or the most blinding uvb levels that are higher than Death Valley 😂 either way I hope your lettuce is mighty strong no matter 😂
@@ChiefSweetsUniverse thank you im looking into the zoo med t5 it looks awesome! i found a deal on the 15w zoo med t5ho 10.0 bulb for 18 bucks and a zoo med 14inch fixture for the bulb for 40!! i might go with this setup! thanks man.
@@secrethydromicrogrow420 very nice those produce some uvb you’ll get 5.0 uvi at around 5-6 inches away if mounted ina. Regular fixture if you use the fixture that mounts them sideways where more uvb is put it you can actually get some decent uvb from those
I see a comment about it on here but wondered your thoughts. Is it the fixture that’s not reliable or is it the bulb? I’ve been shopping around trying to research and gather items before getting a beardie and I can find the reptisun and Arcadia bulbs easily but seems the only fixtures/hoods I keep coming across are the repti zoo, so would that work? The repti-zoo hood with a reptisun or Arcadia bulb?
I’ll have to do some testing and come out with a video on it later but I wouldn’t use the fixture as someone I know it started catching fire the fixture. Pangea reptile sells the t5 fixture for $38
@@ChiefSweetsUniverse okay thank you! I was thinking about doing an Arcadia fixture. Are those good? I have a red foot tortoise and when she gets bigger I want to put her in a 8’x3’x3’ enclosure and I am wondering if a 48” Arcadia fixture will be good for that big of an enclosure.
Calibration can be off but you can test this by using reliable uvb tubes from brands that put out a standard. Like zoo med for example all there bulbs pretty much produce the exact same output then you can join Facebook groups about reptile lighting and compare other people’s readings which is the same so that’s how we can gauge the calibration
No worries at all. It’s good to check as well for calibration some people have gotten bad bulbs and thought their solar meter was off but turns out it was the bulb. The solar meter is a pretty good investment I will say
@@ChiefSweetsUniverse I'm looking at reptisun 5.0 mini CFL setting it at 10 inches from the basking spot, according to this chart will give my gecko where it's supposed to be. Is that a good brand or type of light? I assume they emit light and so does it just have to be on during the day since we're trying to mimic it's natural environment?
They’re cheap inconsistent ballasts, not to mention the actual bulbs spectrum is not dialed into D3 action spectrum it’s just repurposed skin therapy bulbs. I’ve also had more than one person in my group complain about them catching on fire. They’re garbage. ETAN the parent company is now putting out Reptiking which is basically the same thing so be careful for those too!
Yeah not good at all I tossed mine but it was a good test to really show people hey these suck. I wondered who was making the reptile king stuff I seen them popping up
I have the 36inch one 39 watts and that thing is extremely bright as hell. It’s worked amazingly my beardies are extremely healthy. No issues with it at all. I installed mines inside their enclosure. I bought it before people gave reviews but I noticed the product reviews also had mixed reviews. Some people said amazing, others said it didn’t work. I think it depends on the wattage.
You are a GOAT! Just got mine in today. My new beardie won't eat greens but I got him munching down on dubia and mealworm... with calcium dust. And he drinks alot of water. Just waiting for him to shake back. Hopefully this light does it! The coil light I got, like u said previously, is garbage.. sad
I bought a uvb from pet smart once and it was ok then I bought a uvb from my local pet shop and it was so much brighter and better in every way and my bearded dragon loves it
Different brands definitely have different outputs
Now lets do Arcadia T5
I’ll do a update soon
I tried this fixture out with a ReptiSun bulb and I was getting 5.0’s all the way through about 8inches away from dragon.. so in that case if you have this fixture just go get a reptisun T5 10.0 uvb bulb
Have you tried any Arcadia bulbs? My reptizoo t5 10.0 24 watts went bad so I’m at the store now and they don’t carry reptizoo, just reptiSun and Arcadia.
@@amt3331 I have not try the Arcadia bulb yet but give it a try if it fits in there and works I would do it.. I know the ReptiSun did fit and was putting out decent uvb all the way through bulb
What size reptisun bulb fit with this fixture?
@@fiegled I used the 22inch
This was what I was wondering about. If you got this hood/fixture but the reptisun or Arcadia bulb instead of repti zoo, would that work out. Your comment makes me think it may hmm 🤔
I think that sticker attached, is a film that you need to peel off, might be why you are getting low number. Either way, does it preform better if you use a better bulb or one from another encloser that you know its readings ?
Nope tried everything and it’s horrible haha. Different bulb different fixture the bulb and fixture that reptizoo makes is horrible couldn’t get it to work
@ChiefSweetsUniverse Thanks, You the man!! Any recommendations, tho?
Catching the typo on the sticker made me laugh 😂❤
Haha I know right! Idk how no one caught it
It’s because you got them from Amazon and not a store. There are many things you just can’t get on Amazon because they sell used stuff as new. I’m about to get 2 from petco and I don’t think I’ll have the same problem.
Hello. I bought one. My son just got a 3 month old dragon. We bought the 36 inch version. I am worried about it I don’t have a meter. I think I am gpong order the reptisun 10.0 t5 bulb one person says that bulb fits just fine. I believe this will be a bulb I can trust the fixture just energizes the bulb, so I couldn’t imagine the fixture being bad. I can’t afford the $250 meter. I believe my wife would slap me upside head. Thanks for your videos I find yours to be some of the most informative.
Yes you can use the reptisun bulb. It will work in the fixture. Understandable about not affording the meter haha. I took a chance on it still can’t believe I did lol. But it helps me make videos so you don’t have to buy a meter you can go off my readings as most bulbs that are good like the reptisun and Arcadia all put out similar readings and don’t change unlike the repti zoo I tested.
Just an update. I purchased reptisun 10.0 t5 39 watt 34 inch bulb. Mouthful. When I first mounted it in my reptizoo with the most reflective side down, it was giving crazy readings like 10 UVB at 8 inches away, possibly even higher than that. In order to make it work properly, I had to flip to the duller side of the light reflector. Chuck, the bearded dragon is mainly in about 3 to 3.5 UVB when basking. I really wanted to be somewhere in between four and six, but I would have to adjust his basking spot a little more. I just wanted to let people know I don’t know if you can trust these things unless you have a 6.5 meter which I ended up getting. I would’ve burnt Chucks eyeballs if I didn’t have the meter. Thanks for your help.
@@richwilson7017 yeah the solarmeter is 100% worth it. The price is crazy but at the end of the day you definitely know exactly what’s going down.
This is the exact light 54 W that I got for my 90 gallon enclosure for my beardie. I have not sent this light up yet though. In the basking area, I am however using the zoo med 150 W UVB spotlight.
PLEASE TELL ME YOU SET IT UP?
I bought one from Chewys before watching this video. It came in a brown box maybe some bulbs are generic. There were no markings or labels on the tube holding the bulb.
Yes, this helps. Thanks!
Thank you!
Suggestions for if you already have this light? I’m installing it inside now.
I have this light. Been having it for 3 months already. I have the bigger one 36 inch and 39w bulb. No issues at all and my beardies are very healthy.
In Thailand for the tube lights we only have 2 options. We have the Zoomed reptisun T5 10.00 (but ours is in a yellow box, brackets not included) or the Reptiglo 10.0 by Exo terra. 😢 The rest are just bad coils. We can put our dragons outside, but during rainy season you need the bulbs.
Yeah nothing wrong with getting the best uvb out their! I take all my lizards outside during the summer as well. It gets extremely hot and the uv index is around 8-10. With 105f days.
@@ChiefSweetsUniverse For us the summer is extreme., about 100-120 every day. In the summer we can only bring them out in the early morning.
The UV index we have in Thailand is 11-14
Woooweee that’s some strong uv! 😂
@@ChiefSweetsUniverse Yeah. We have to be careful. Everyone covers their skin and heads when we go outside 🤣
Got mine in yesterday
A lot of people recently have been getting them
$42 shipped to the door with a bulb can't beat that nowadays
I'm misunderstanding... I know the UVB rays are not visible to the naked eye and come from the fluorescent bulbs. The lighting component- is it LED suitable for a Grow Light? Or is a "normal" light just to be able to see if the UVB is on/off?
This uvb light is not a suitable grow light. I would go with any daylight LED bulb that will be great cause that’s what I use for all my plants
how can i mount this on a front opening pvc cage
Get some heavy duty black 90 degree brackets and some washers and bolts from your hardware store. Attach the brackets to the back with the top angle a couple of inches from the top. Then screw the clamps to the bracket and Attach the light. I did this with my custom build. It worked great
I used 4in brackets
That is a great way!
Very helpful. Thank you!
Happy to hear that
Question: I have seen a few times where some will mount the uvb & heat lamp on the inside of the enclosure rather than sitting on top of the screen for Beardies. what is your opinion on this?
I do this for about 80% of my enclosures it’s really to cut down uvb loss as most screen blocks 30% of uv. The heat bulb doesn’t matter because the heats gonna go through the mesh regardless.
What’s your opinion on zoo med power sun for a 4x2x2 enclosure
Not sure if you’re asking if the uvb is strong but it depends on your bulb. Any fixture works a good in them. I have both that and and the one he’s reviewing except the 36 inch 39 watt bulb one. Both are good except I do like this one he’s reviewing cuz it comes with the stuff to hang. Reptisun doesn’t, it’s like they only thought about placing it on top of screens when the maker made them. You have to use chains or do a little project to make it work. It’s best to hang them inside enclosures.
do you think this would work for a leopard gecko?
No I wouldn’t use this fixture as it’s unsafe
well boss man i am growing the devils lettuce in a very small space and i am trying to find a good UVB light. i know you cant recommend this light but i think im gonna buy it lol i would go with a arcadia pro t5 setup but in my area that costs around 140 USD.... thank you so much for your video :)
I would also try a zoo med t5 if you want. The hardest thing with this light is just the inconsistency 😂 are you getting regular weak sun levels or the most blinding uvb levels that are higher than Death Valley 😂 either way I hope your lettuce is mighty strong no matter 😂
@@ChiefSweetsUniverse thank you im looking into the zoo med t5 it looks awesome! i found a deal on the 15w zoo med t5ho 10.0 bulb for 18 bucks and a zoo med 14inch fixture for the bulb for 40!! i might go with this setup! thanks man.
@@secrethydromicrogrow420 heyooo that would be a good deal. The zoo med bulb last a whole year my reptizoo went out 3 months in worth the investment
@@ChiefSweetsUniverse just a quick update i ended up going with 2 zoomed 26w reptisun desert 10.0 CFL's. thanks for steering me in the right direction
@@secrethydromicrogrow420 very nice those produce some uvb you’ll get 5.0 uvi at around 5-6 inches away if mounted ina. Regular fixture if you use the fixture that mounts them sideways where more uvb is put it you can actually get some decent uvb from those
It's actually cheaper to buy the Repti Zoo fixture and a ZooMed bulb than to buy the ZooMed fixture and bulb.
I think it’s cheaper to buy a Pangea t5 fixture and a zoo med bulb. Cause the Pangea fixture is only $38.
@@ChiefSweetsUniversehow well does the Pangea fixture reflect uvb?
@@zonixz4761 the pangea fixture is awesome and it reflects great
I see a comment about it on here but wondered your thoughts. Is it the fixture that’s not reliable or is it the bulb? I’ve been shopping around trying to research and gather items before getting a beardie and I can find the reptisun and Arcadia bulbs easily but seems the only fixtures/hoods I keep coming across are the repti zoo, so would that work? The repti-zoo hood with a reptisun or Arcadia bulb?
I’ll have to do some testing and come out with a video on it later but I wouldn’t use the fixture as someone I know it started catching fire the fixture. Pangea reptile sells the t5 fixture for $38
@@ChiefSweetsUniverse oh great! Thank you! I’ll check them out!
Can you use different bulbs in this fixture? Like a zoo med bulb?
No the fixture sucks as well isn’t curved great like the better fixtures
@@ChiefSweetsUniverse okay thank you! I was thinking about doing an Arcadia fixture. Are those good? I have a red foot tortoise and when she gets bigger I want to put her in a 8’x3’x3’ enclosure and I am wondering if a 48” Arcadia fixture will be good for that big of an enclosure.
Could the difference in uvb in the same kind of lights be because of the uvb testers not being calibrated correctly?Just wondering.
Calibration can be off but you can test this by using reliable uvb tubes from brands that put out a standard. Like zoo med for example all there bulbs pretty much produce the exact same output then you can join Facebook groups about reptile lighting and compare other people’s readings which is the same so that’s how we can gauge the calibration
@@ChiefSweetsUniverse okay. Was just wondering I’m new to this. Thanks for the reply.
No worries at all. It’s good to check as well for calibration some people have gotten bad bulbs and thought their solar meter was off but turns out it was the bulb. The solar meter is a pretty good investment I will say
Have you tested the fixture with a different bulb?
Yes the fixture is part of the problem
Can you put an Arcadia bulb in a zoomed hood?
Yes as long as it’s a t5
Can we use Zoo Med T5 HO ReptiSun 10.0 UVB Lamp (22”) on this Reptizoo’s fixture ?
You can but I tested a Arcadia and zoomed bulb and it’s the fixture that’s the problem not the bulb. The fixture doesn’t reflect uvb at all really
40 gallon tank for bearded dragon-what UVB should we purchase?
Arcadia 12% t5 ho 24 inch. Or a zoo med 10.0 t5 ho 24 inches
Hi, brand new Leopard Gecko owner here! If i have this light for my terrarium, would i need a basking light too?
Yes you still need a basking light. I would get a Arcadia shadedweller over this light though
@@ChiefSweetsUniverse thank you for the tip! i’m a day 1 noob 😊
What about oiibo?
Also bad
If I'm keeping my crested gecko close to a window where it will get natural light do I need more UV?
Glass windows block around 99% of uvb so even then wouldn’t work
@@ChiefSweetsUniverse I'm looking at reptisun 5.0 mini CFL setting it at 10 inches from the basking spot, according to this chart will give my gecko where it's supposed to be. Is that a good brand or type of light? I assume they emit light and so does it just have to be on during the day since we're trying to mimic it's natural environment?
They’re cheap inconsistent ballasts, not to mention the actual bulbs spectrum is not dialed into D3 action spectrum it’s just repurposed skin therapy bulbs. I’ve also had more than one person in my group complain about them catching on fire. They’re garbage. ETAN the parent company is now putting out Reptiking which is basically the same thing so be careful for those too!
Yeah not good at all I tossed mine but it was a good test to really show people hey these suck. I wondered who was making the reptile king stuff I seen them popping up
I don't think that is abnormal I am pretty sure that the bulb does better after being on for a period of time
But after 1 month they usually burn in and start leveling off. So it was kind of weird
Let’s go🔥
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Yeah that is insane Bec if someone put that 5 inches away they wud scortch there lizard or animal terribly
Yes exactly! It’s too close and even then you don’t know if it’s putting out a lot of uvb like other readings. Too inconsistent
50 gallon tank. 36x18x18 what UVB should I roll with? I love your videos. 🔥
Appreciate you! Arcadia 12% t5 ho 24 inch
Okay, what distance is ideal for basking zone with that?