Looking for new heat bulbs

[Dart401]

I have a male Panther Cham who is about 10 months old. His cage is 24" x 24" x 48" open air screen cage from reptibreeze. For lighting he has a Reptisun terrarium hood with T5 HO high output UVB bulb, for a basking/ heat light he has zoo Med, mini deep dome light fixture with a Exo terra 50w intense basking spot light bulb.


My problem is the the Exo Terra 50w intense basking spot light bulb is pretty expressive and doesn’t last very long. I don’t really want to spend almost $8 on a bulb that only lasted 4 months.

I read that I can buy regular old fashion incandescent heat bulbs at stores like Walmart, target, Home Depot, etc. and they will be much cheaper and I can buy them in bulk.

I’m curious though what wattage I should get.
If anyone has any suggestions I would really appreciate it!!

 

[Beman]

Yes, you absolutely can. I found wattage to be about the same. So since your currently working with a 50 watt spot light your gonna wanna try the 60 watt regular incandescent bulb. Then check temps. If it is running cooler go up to the 75 watt.

 

[Lennoncham]

Dollar store! You can get bulbs cheap at the dollar store.

 

[nightanole]

I buy these guys:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WN6H26E/

A 10 pack is around a life time supply. My current batch of 4 installed last march is still going strong.

 

[Dart401]

Yes, you absolutely can. I found wattage to be about the same. So since your currently working with a 50 watt spot light your gonna wanna try the 60 watt regular incandescent bulb. Then check temps. If it is running cooler go up to the 75 watt.

Thank you! This is very helpful!

 

[Dart401]

Thank you all for your help!

 

[Ruthless]

I would never use a spot light use a flood light if you decide to go with that type of bulb again. Spot light give a tight beam not good at all.