Quote Originally Posted by DVirginiana View Post
The reason people keep saying heat mats can burn a frog is because they can. The most commonly sold ones in the US (idk about Canada) can easily get up to 100 degrees, and up to 120 if wires break or something else causes them to go haywire. The small ones may not get quite that hot, but they can still get hot enough to burn/damage a frog. There's nothing wrong with using a heat pad on the side of the tank as long as you're regulating it with a thermostat. It can help boost heat, but probably won't be enough on its own to keep ambient temps around 80.
That is interesting... what brands do you guys have? or which one are known to fail?
I've tested 3 dif brans with around 20 dif mats... none of em could ever burn anything, hell I even came to the conclusion they don't even pull enough heat to be any useful for the price you have to pay.