North of Mouse
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 31, 2011
We have an adjustable thermostat and set the heat for 73* days (coming on at 7am) and 60* at night changing at 10pm. We like to sleep cool. No changes for AC in summer.
This is exactly me too.
My thermostat stays around 74 in the winter, regardless of time of day.
(On the flip side....I rarely use the a/c, and if I do, it doesn’t go anywhere near the 60’s)
I have never understood making it colder while you sleep.
Disclaimer: I hate the cold.
Our house also has dual zone climate control
Ha, I have never understood many things of those that hate the cold. Such as, how blazing hot people like it when they are not directly paying for it (work office) or why people dress to survive arctic winters for just walking 10 seconds to their car and walking 10 seconds from the car to the door, yet the heat is blasting for the half hour drive to 100° while still dressed to survive arctic winters.
In the winter when I'm cold I turn it up, when I'm hot I turn it down. Same in reverse for the A/C in summer.
I grew up in a house where the heat vents were closed off in the bedrooms and we had no A/C. I refuse to be uncomfortable in my own home.
For those who keep their homes at similar temperatures year-round— what do you wear?
I have winter and summer clothes so I prefer the house to be comfortable with what I have on. I absolutely hate going places with cold AC. If it’s 80+ outside I’m usually wearing a sundress or shorts/tank top. I have to put on pants and a sweater the minute I enter a room 74 or below (or I’m miserable if there’s not the option to change).