High-Output 100W Mega Ray Mercury Vapor Bulb (120V) Review

I bought my first Megaray bulb 3 years ago and it lasted 2 years. The second bulb also lasted 2 years and is still technically functional, but somehow it got black burn marks which I think is my fault as it's on the outside of the bulb. I also have a UVB and UVA meter which proves that the UV output is 5 times higher than the reptisun 10.0 linear tubes and is similar in composition to Australian sunlight which is important to the health of my bearded dragons. The UV production after the 2nd…

I left Petco and Petsmart because of their shady business practices. I suspected I kept rearranging returned products and claiming they were in new condition after repeatedly returning to the store to replace and re-replace my mercury lamp, leaving my bearded dragon in disarray. At the 5th/6th I was fed up and desperate to prove my theory was right. Considering I sometimes came home with products that didn't last as long or didn't flicker in height, and products that seemed to be used for…

I'm so angry I don't even know what to say without freaking out like a complete psychopath. My dragon was at the recommended height from the light bulb and suffered third degree burns all over his upper body from the light bulb. I spent over $500 and spent hours and hours trying to save her from dying. I gave her fluids and antibiotics every few hours, pain killers, oral water, cared for carnivores when she refused to eat, iodized and sulfonated her back several times a day, injected her…

When I took the box out my dragon danced from coloring the box (bearded dragons love colorful things) and started kissing me and on and until I swapped it out for his old one (the brand he used before kept losing the metal base so I got this one for him) and then looked at it as it got warmer. He loves new lightbulbs because they create a sunrise effect when they heat up, and this lightbulb is more visually appealing than his other brand. Since he got that lightbulb, he's become even more…

About 4 years ago I use metadata all the time. They were great but now I understand what happened to them. I bought a 100 watt lamp to grow one of my Barbat's Oriental Bearded Dragons. A young female, she is in a 75 gallon tank. I placed the bulb 15 inches from its body to the bulb. 12" minimum distance for 100 watts, she was 15" away from that as measured by me with a ruler, for some reason she was scared to death of that bulb, she was under that for a few minutes and then she looked like she…