Concerned about heat

[Holyvision]

Before anyone makes sure I did, I didn't find a thread like this in the first 7 pages of the search!

Ok so, I live in an apartment in Texas, and I cannot afford to run the A/C to keep the place at 70 -- I actually keep my windows open a lot.

I want to purchase my first real Humidor, but I am concerned that it will get over the max temp and have a hazard for bugs. Anyone have any ideas? I thought about making a coolidor, but that still presents the issue of temperature.

All my vents are in the ceiling -- I thought about putting it under the bed (shade + heat rises), but I dunno. I figure on hot days it prolly gets to 83ish in the apartment.

Ideas? Thanks!

 

[Gawl]

Go vinotemp and never look back. I was in the same boat as you and didn't like seeing my humi always at 75ish. I got a vinotemp, got it setup and have been happy ever since. Do a search for vinotemp and you can check out all the threads on them. I got mine on sale at Target for $139.

 

[northernmoris]

Go vinotemp and never look back. I was in the same boat as you and didn't like seeing my humi always at 75ish. I got a vinotemp, got it setup and have been happy ever since. Do a search for vinotemp and you can check out all the threads on them. I got mine on sale at Target for $139.

Or as low as $50 since they are discontinuing that model.

 

[Not A Nice Person]

Yep. Vinotemp.

In the interim, if you close all the vents except the one in the room the humidor is in, it'll stay about 5º cooler than the rest of the house/apt.

I keep my thermostat at 76º while I'm here and turn it up a couple degrees, to 78º, when I'm at work. Haven't had any problems, but my house is phenomenally well-insulated. Now that cooler temps have arrived in South Texas, it hardly runs at all.

~Boar

 

[wanlail]

I guess for me, I haven't really noticed the higher temps really affecting my humidor. Strangely enough, its cooler than my house most of the time. But the vinotemp is most likely the best option.