Quote Originally Posted by Pyxiefan001 View Post
... it has recently come to my attention that the bulb has one/two flaw: there is a bit of a delay in it turning on when the temp starts to drop below the desired setting, and it's life span will be shortened with it turning itself off and on 24/7. Would a heat emitter be more efficient than this?...
Think the delay in light turning on is part of hygrotherm program. Like a house heater or AC; there will be a temperature range of a few degrees where it will operate before it kicks in. The ceramic heat emitters have longer life spans; so what you can do is replace the infrared with a ceramic emitter when it finally burns out.

To determine if ceramic is more efficient than infrared, would have to compare the two units over a period of time while monitoring electrical consumption with meter like kill a watt or similar. Good luck !