# heated beds
**URL:** https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/heated-beds/6764
**Category:** Hardware
**Created:** [June 22, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/heated-beds/6764 "2019-06-22T16:55:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@malcolmthemole](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/malcolmthemole)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/heated-beds/6764/1 "2019-06-22T16:55:38Z")
I suspect it’s been done before but I’ll ask anyway
quite commonly heated beds are seen with a cork insulator underneath but also, commonly, without an insulator.
which is better on an enclosed Taz 6?
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### Author:  [@malcolmthemole](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/malcolmthemole)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/heated-beds/6764/2 "2019-06-22T18:32:31Z")
Any thoughts on using a heated Aluminium (aluminum in usa) bed instead of glass?
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### Author:  [@Rp1030](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/Rp1030)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2019, 1:04am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/heated-beds/6764/3 "2019-06-25T01:04:45Z")
I currently use an Aluminum Plate on my print bed. I think i have the 5052 alloy at 3/16" and it’s a 12"x12" square
I live in the US and I got my sheet online somewhere.
Aluminum plates are very nice because they heat and cool a lot faster than glass, and they maintain their heat better.
My sheet came with some defects so it’s a bit warped and I use an auto level probe to compensate for this.