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Nearly every breeder uses some form of rubermaid or sterilite containers for individual clutches. The Sutherlands practices are not practical for most people as I believe they have a room sized incubator which almost nobody has the room for. Also, when you state 89-90 degrees for incubation, that is the absolute highest end of the temperature range they should be incubated at. Ball python eggs will do just great at 85-88 degrees and you get better and more complete yolk absorption and less tiny premature hatchlings as when you crank it up to 90 degrees. Vermiculite is fine, perlite is fine, a mix is fine, no substrate is fine... what it boils down to is that there are many ways of doing things. If you see how RDR or BHB or VPI or NERD incubate bp eggs it differs from the Sutherlands and it works for them. I have experimented with humidity levels and temperatures incubating ball eggs the past few years and one thing you learn is that you do not have to do anything anywhere near perfect. Ball eggs are very sturdy and very easy to hatch compared to many herps. Heck, they put them in piles of rotting leaves in underground holes in Africa and they hatch just fine.
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