I’ve been meaning to ask this for a while. I saw a comment a month or so ago. Person said they keep their thermostat at like 65 in the winter and 78 in the summer. 78 seems fucking insane to me. That’s too damn hot for inside. How do you sleep at 78 degrees?
Are they a lizard person or am I a baby?
Edit 1: I love all the comments on this! Never thought this post would create such discussion. Looking at the comments vs upvotes it honestly seems 50/50ish that 78 is hot for the indoors. Can lemmy do polls?
Summer: 72-74 in the day, 68 for sleeping Winter: 65 in the day, 62 for sleeping. I love the cold
20.5 in winter and 21.5 in the summer.
78 during the day is fine depending on the humidity. The real trick of AC is that it brings the humidity down so if it is like 90 out and the AC is running to hit 78 then it is fine. But if it’s like 83 so the AC barely runs then 78 starts to feel sticky and unpleasant.
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Usually off, but if on 18°C (291.15K).
always in the 20-24.
I try to keep between 68 F and 72 F, but uh, the thermostat’s method of measuring the actual temperature in the apartment is completely, laughably busted, so… hot days it goes on 62, cold days it goes on 84.
72 F / 22 C in winter and 68 F / 20 C in summer. We live in a LEED Platinum building and the electric bill for our 2-bedroom apartment never goes above $50, so we set it to whatever is most comfortable.
I keep it 68F(20c) downstairs, but the main house temp is regrettably 73F(22C) and I fight to keep it that low because the rest of the house is cold blooded.
Not American so we turn the heat on when it’s cold and off when we’ve warmed up enough to save money.
78 is insane, only a few C off the highest temp ever recorded in my country.
When I have my AC on (usually on the hottest summer days), I set it to 19°C (66.2°F) so it’s not too cold.
23 all year round
I’m originally from Florida, so 78 is what I usually leave mine at during summer.
By thermostat are we talking about heating? I’m cold-tolerant so I typically set mine to 15.5 C. If it gets any colder than that indoors it comes on
Summer: 77-78 during the day, 75 at night.
Winter: 70
(Not so) pro tip: Buy a stand or desk fan. What actually makes 77 feel hot is because there’s no breeze. 77 in itself is not hot. What you need is air circulation. Keeping it at 77 with a fan to get a breeze going is comfortable enough. Your electric bill will also be lower.
