its ok i wasnt afended but thanks for the advice m8 cheers

Sorry, in my experience bulbs branded by a certain national supermarket last 30 seconds. Guess I got the manky ones!

Yes, these bulbs can be dodgy, spend a few more pence and get a decent type, especially (not for keeping any sort of animals) the energy saving ones, in my experience they always popped after about a month !!

The other consideration is if you want the heat to be on at night, then you need a coloured bulb, as otherwise the reps dont get a night time at all. Unless you just use a heat mat at night, which may not be sufficient depending on set up and rep involved.

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Tesco light bulbs dont last as long as say the exo terra ones but lets face it they are less than 1/5th of the price. 90p for a tesco light bulb or £5 for one that will last longer, most of the time i would go for the tesco one if i didnt have the money. However i also find exo terra ones also give out heat a bit more evenly as thats what they are designed for, tesco ones are designed as lights.

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exo terra bulbs dont last very long either though.. in my 4x2x2 beardy vivs i use 100Watt PAR38 bulbs... they have built in parabolic reflectors and outlast most bulbs on the market, they can be picked up for about £2 each on ebay... For smaller vivs i use good quality household bulbs, they easily outlast the exo terra bulbs and are a lot cheaper..
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i use energy saving bulbs for light in a lot of my vivs, do the job well

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they all generally are suposed to last a slong as each other, like 1000 hours... they varie from bulb to bulb and small unoticable fluctuations in electrical supply can cause them to break quicker etc.


Maybe tesco is a partic bad brend [as i consider the exo terras to be] so maybe try soem wilkinsons, asda or whatever ... you prolly wont notice a lot of difference.
philips and osram brand bulbs of the same description which soem hardware/electrical stores carry are made a little bit better, although its still prolly hugely vairable on how long they last.

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Science in the home
Late nights all alone with her a test tube
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Maxwell Edison, majoring in medicine
Calls her on the phone
"Can I take you out to the pictures Jo-o-o-oan?"
But as she's getting ready to go
A knock comes on the door

Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
came down upon her head
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
made sure that she was dead

Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again
Teacher gets annoyed
Wishing to avoid and unpleasant scene-e-e-ene
She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away
So he waits behind
Writing fifty times "I must not be so-o-o-o
But when she turns her back on the boy
He creeps up from behind

Thank you all for your posts and support love this forum now.

Cant help but feel iv started a few wars, exo terra uses VS supermarket branded bulbs and this bad branding on tesco spotlight bulbs haha.

Soon as I get home from work al try the bulb see what temps I can get it at. Everything including the heatmat (for at night) is all set up, just this bulb viasco. I get my beardie on saturday or tomorrow evening so theres still plenty of time to pop to a shop.

just to check...is the bulb a spotlight shape?
like this sort of shape?


i assume so.. if not then the whole thread is talking cross purposes.

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Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical
Science in the home
Late nights all alone with her a test tube
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Maxwell Edison, majoring in medicine
Calls her on the phone
"Can I take you out to the pictures Jo-o-o-oan?"
But as she's getting ready to go
A knock comes on the door

Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
came down upon her head
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
made sure that she was dead

Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again
Teacher gets annoyed
Wishing to avoid and unpleasant scene-e-e-ene
She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away
So he waits behind
Writing fifty times "I must not be so-o-o-o
But when she turns her back on the boy
He creeps up from behind