Bulk purchase of basking lights

[Carolb4]

Does anyone have a source for purchasing large orders of basking lights? It seems that there must be a more economical way to buy bulbs than two at a time from Amazon.

 

[Claudiusx]

Yes it's called your local home center and not buying the "reptile" basking bulbs lol . Regular ol household bulbs work just fine once you find a bulb and wattage that work well for your setup.

I get my bulbs from home depot for 2 or so bucks a bulb.

Many of us just use regular household bulbs for our best bulbs.

-Brandon

 

[KarrieRee]

Some of us on here use regular HH bulbs - or they use a flood light - like halogen - I personally just get the basking bulbs from Pet Smart - they just had a sale on them buy 2 get the second half off -- I have tried both and I cant get the temps high enough w/ the HH bulb and the flood lights cannot sit on top of the screen it gets way toooooooooooo hot I would need a stand to suspend it so I just go w/ the basking bulbs from Pet Smart --
Karrie

 

[MrSpectrum]

Yes it's called your local home center and not buying the "reptile" basking bulbs lol .

+1

I use a plain old incandescent flood (NOT spot). Unfortunately, the fixture I chose requires a special size (D'oh! ?) that's getting nigh impossible to find. I can get halogens the same size/wattage, but they generate too much heat for the fixture, and burn out in a day (Lesson learnt--bulbs burnt! )