gemma
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I'm really curious: Would you happen to have any test results or article based on actual tests to substantiate this about the Repti-Glo, I have used Repti-glo tubes for years, am using Repti-Sun at the moment because I got a good buy on a quantity of them. Being that I have all my UVB fixtures unfiltered, I only replaced the Repti-Glo or the Repti-Sun at the manufacturer's recommended replacement time of one year & have done this for 12 years, since day one.Also the reptisun has to be replaced once a year. Where the Repti glow has to be replaced every 6 months.
I'm really curious: Would you happen to have any test results or article based on actual tests to substantiate this about the Repti-Glo, I have used Repti-glo tubes for years, am using Repti-Sun at the moment because I got a good buy on a quantity of them. Being that I have all my UVB fixtures unfiltered, I only replaced the Repti-Glo or the Repti-Sun at the manufacturer's recommended replacement time of one year & have done this for 12 years, since day one.
The Repti-Sun at the time also had a very good rep & was the most talked about at the time too, but had not yet hit full stride. Now people thinking that it could never be the Repti-Sun because of it's High rep that could manufacture a bad bulb, as the story got repeated over & over like a bad gossip story, because of the similarity in names, suddenly it was Repti-Glo bulbs in general that was the bad bulb & not the Repti-Sun compact (Repti-Sun has since rectified the issue). The astigmatism has stuck & spread.We have now documented 40 individual cases, occurring since September 2006, affecting 16 turtles, 3 tortoises and 21 lizards in the USA and in Europe, affected by ZooMed Reptisun 10.0 Compact Lamps and (more rarely) 5.0 Compact Lamps.
Read More: http://uvguide.co.uk/phototherapyphosphor.htm
This false rumor has plagued the Repti-Glo for years & is still going on & spreading wild.there are only a very few reports of photo-kerato-conjunctivitis associated with ExoTerra compact lamps or linear tubes ...and out of the half-dozen or so convincing cases I've collected over five years, (yeah, ok, that's not a lot, but the affected animals did suffer...) most, but not all, occurred when the reptile was able to get very close to the lamp.
I am told that probably because they are so cheap, Exoterra ReptiGlo tubes are the most popular brands on the market, so the incidence of injuries must be very low; the risk cannot be very great.
Frances Baines
http://www.uvguide.co.uk