Is the "bulb ban" an actual bad thing for the reptile hobby? Panic!

[@Kialna]

Meanwhile I've been replacing so many things with LED's and heatpanels because it does the same job, is cheaper and looks nicer.

[@tikayle9130]

You're telling me Arcadia didn't make up some new amazing bulb technology? I'm shocked and appalled

[@LanceKirkman]

Dam... I didn't know how nefarious Arcadia has been and is

[@zaba1959]

Thats interesting, the statement about unregulated ultraviolet light, Ive never heard of such a thing. What is it and how much is there emitted?

[@ResolveReptiles]

Do you mean specifically regarding halogen bulbs, fluorescent bulbs, or something else? Unregulated UV light being emitted from halogens is very well known and easy to find. As mentioned in the video, not only do certain manufacturers/countries add "UV FREE" to their packages but there is a ton of information about the amount of UV light emitted. In many cases it could be considered trivial emissions, but keep in mind that you, as a person, would not be 1-8" away from these lamp sources for 8-10 hours a day - you would find that painful and be quite upset. If you are Roman Muryn, then I know you have a lot of random Solarmeter branded UV meters. You can easily hold a Solarmeter up to these types of bulbs to see that UV light is registered. Make sure to use an undoped (ie: not the "UV FREE" bulb) bulb which you can generally recognize by being completely clear rather than doped with a blue tint. Also keep in mind that the specific spectrum registered by the solarmeter - which will require you to use several meters to get a complete picture. Contact SolarMeter directly if you would like to question if the readings are electrical noise or actual registered UV light at the sensor. These are all valid approaches and questions. This is also a problem with fluorescent lamps. Regardless of how perfect someone believes the glass to be, errors in manufacturing and simply unpredictable behavior of the reactions in the lamp can create unregulated UV light scenarios from ANY fluorescent lamp. Not long ago, many people were blaming CFLs on being very poor both in the reptile hobby and in general - this is because of manufacturing errors. Newer CFLs, both in the reptile hobby and out, are now much safer if not the safest residential lighting option regarding unregulated UV (not sure if this can be/has been evaluated on the reptile hobby side) if you, of course, don't count LEDs (which you shouldn't since these don't emit unregulated UV light). I know that, if you are Roman Muryn, the general MO of AHH/Reptile Lighting is to spam links with really nice headlines which I won't be doing. This is extremely trivial information to find and has been known as common knowledge for many years often appearing in skin care and even skin cancer related articles. LED light sources, contrary to Reptile Lighting/John Courteney-Smith/Arcadia/AHH/etc, are the safest option we have. Admittedly the latest LED UV tech may be lacking in empirical evidence and possibly complete spectrum emission but that's why we have continuing advances in this area both inside of the reptile hobby and outside. For good faith, you can have this annotated reference: "The results demonstrated UVA leak highest from incandescent and halogen bulbs, and UVB leak highest from CFL." journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0961203309103052

[@zaba1959]

@@ResolveReptiles Thank you for your reply.

[@larrywelling1731]

They make led ubv lights