My husband and I had initially thought that we did not need heat lamp. We did not know such a thing before. Our midwife but we more or less condemned it and we were convinced of it quickly. Of course you can do without heat lamp. However, we have a pretty cool apartment and so we were glad that we did not like crazy had to the nursery, where currently no one is except when winding high heat, in autumn and winter, but just could turn on the heat lamp / can. The lamp was delivered quickly and is of good quality. Because it turns off automatically, there is no risk, if you take forgets to turn it off.