Do I need to return this bulb?

I just bought a full spectrum 5500k vital-lamp, it was the one recommended to me by the pet shop guy. It is the coil kind. Is this bulb safe to use for a chameleon? If not I'm going to have to write to the company because there is totally a picture of a chameleon on the box!

Most Sr's here will attest to the linear, not the compact. And I too have seen a pic of a Cham on the carton!. But then I've seen alot of supplies with a cham on it, that we would never use for a Chameleon

Thank you SonTiger. I'm glad I took the time to research this before putting a chameleon under a dangerous light.
Don't trust advertising!

dont use it it could cause eye problems that's why most of us use the 5.0 linear tubes aka reptisun or reptiglo...

It might be OK... not good for UVB... but good for your plants. I use 6500K CFL lamps on cages sometimes.

For UVB, your best bet is to use the Zoo Med linear lamps.

what about lights like these?


They aren't coil but they are still CFLs. Linear is probably still better right?

franticurchin said:

dont use it it could cause eye problems that's why most of us use the 5.0 linear tubes aka reptisun or reptiglo...

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ditto...use either the uvb tube set ups, or the self ballasted h.i.d. lighting..i only use the coil bulbs for plants....

mangopixie said:

what about lights like these?

They aren't coil but they are still CFLs. Linear is probably still better right?

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still technically a coil bulb..although they supposedly fixed them from killing the eyes of reptiles..but once they f-ed up..im done using them..just means to me that they spend more time on packaging and look of a product than actuall testing, and engineering..