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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vermis" data-source="post: 210702" data-attributes="member: 37487">Ditto. The nighttime temperatures over here rise to 4-5° and I couldn't sleep in the sudden heat!As a kind of TL;DR: to my last post, I'd say smaller mats are more about boosting temps a few degrees above ambient, rather than reaching a very specific temperature.I don't know what to say about the thermostat you bought. I don't know the brand but it sounds expensive. Perhaps use it, in case your heat mat (if heat mat you choose) makes a mug of me. Or... keep it in case of larger heat mats, for a larger collection. These things have a tendency to grow, despite original intentions. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Looking over the details of your first question again, I wonder about the foam background. I'm not personally familiar with exotic terras: is it something that might insulate the viv against the heat from the mat, if both are on the back?</blockquote>