Garrett,
I do have a UVB meter and have been testing several companies lights for over a year now.
The Exo-terra 8.0 tubes has one of the best UVB outputs and least degrading over time than all the others expcept for the ReptiSun 5.0. (this is just the tubes)
Here is a link to some of the studies by others of distance and time burning
http://home.comcast.net/%7Eholachapu...earchmain.html
there is also a Yahoo group of Meter owners that has much data on it
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UVB_Meter_Owners/
PowerSun, has a decent UVB output for 6 months average, but is testing out much less than the t-rex or MegaRay's(westron/mac industries) and PowerSun has the fastest degrading time of the MVB tested.
Granted, they all seem to vary a lot even when the same light/company is used... there is not a lot of consistants so its a guessing game for people that do not have meters to check what your individual light is doing. We have found the MegaRays to be better at this than the others.
MegaRay is:
http://www.reptileuv.com and they also seem to better retain UVB output and durability over time.
[quote]The have been tested to emit suitable UVB at up to 6 feet away[/url]
Over 18 inches, from our testing, even the 160 watt dropped dramatically to very low or nothing.... where have you seen this?
There are Zoo series that some company makes, like MegaRay, but not the regular ones that are available to the public. IF you know something else than what I have above, can you direct me to it?