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Review on 🐢 UVB Reptile Light 5.0 & 10.0: LED UVB Lamp for Turtle & Bearded Dragon by Jason Lockwood

Revainrating 5 out of 5

True UV but limited range

Okay, I've tried a few of these new UV LED lights to make sure they're real. It has UV output; Tested with Solarmeter 6.2, results below and in pictures. It doesn't heat up; the temperature of the actual lamp after 10 minutes (allowing the lamp to fully warm up and give an accurate UV reading) was only 88°F. UV values: @ 2": 34 µW/cm² @ 3": 22 µW/cm² @ 4": 18 µW/cm² @ 5": 13 µW/cm² Since most tropical reptiles need 13-30 µW/cm² cm² are recommended for a bathing area, I would say that this lamp can do that. This may not be suitable for some arboreal reptiles that require a tall cage. UV does not penetrate very far. I also wouldn't recommend it for desert animals or those that need high levels of UV exposure, like bearded dragons or turtles; Unless you buy a lot of these to cover most of their aviary and keep the bulbs within 2 to 3 inches of the animal, they probably won't be getting enough UV exposure for vitamin D synthesis.

Pros
  • Suitable for tortoises, bearded dragons, lizards, reptiles, birds, terrariums and aviaries.
Cons
  • No automatically