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The surface temperature of the basking spot should be at least 130 (measured with temperature gun, not standard thermometer). I'd say to use whichever cage will allow you to create a basking spot that hot. If it ends up being the 40, you're right about covering the screen top. If it ends up being the vision, fill it with dirt such that the dirt near the door is as deep as you can get it and the dirt in the back of the cage and one back corner is almost to the ceiling. If you could do it in either, I'd go with the vision becase a)it is smaller and hopefully that'll push you to finish the adult cage faster and b)it provides more privacy.
Otherwise it sounds like you're trying to cover your bases as well as possible.
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