• We should now be fully online following an overnight outage. Apologies for any inconvenience, we do not expect there to be any further issues.

how cold is your living space?

Page 2 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.

how cold is it in here?!

  • 66F or below

  • 67F

  • 68F

  • 69F

  • 70F

  • 71F

  • 72F

  • 73F

  • 74F

  • 75F or above


Results are only viewable after voting.

RockinZ28

Platinum Member
Mar 5, 2008
2,171
49
101
Thermostat says 69, Woot.

I'm in SoCal, I've never turned the heater on in my own home. When I lived with my parents, I plugged up the vent in my room during the winter. Hate the heat.
 
Dec 10, 2005
28,800
13,992
136
Depends how close to the windows I get, some of them are a little drafty. As for actual temperature, I have no control over the heat and no thermometer, but if I had to guess, probably 68-70F right now.
 

vi edit

Elite Member
Super Moderator
Oct 28, 1999
62,484
8,345
126
Thermostat is at 71 right now. It's comfortable. Pants and a tshirt are fine. My wife would like it a few degrees warmer but then a few rooms would be uncomfortably warm.
 

Eos

Diamond Member
Jun 14, 2000
3,463
17
81
Thermostat is at 62°F, except when we have guests. guests get the royal treatment of 70°F.

There's also an oil filled radiator for the media room. If I'm gonna be in there, I let it heat the room to about 70°F.
 

Number1

Diamond Member
Feb 24, 2006
7,881
549
126
Basement, Man cave, usually in the 80s (I love my wood stove), living room, kitchen, dining room in the 70s, bedrooms 60s during the day, 57 at night with lots of blankets.
 

Eos

Diamond Member
Jun 14, 2000
3,463
17
81
Basement, Man cave, usually in the 80s (I love my wood stove), living room, kitchen, dining room in the 70s, bedrooms 60s during the day, 57 at night with lots of blankets.

I can never get everything to cool off quickly enough if the heat has been on. Do you open a window or something?
 

Bibble

Golden Member
Feb 20, 2006
1,293
1
0
Thermostat is on 68 but my bedroom goes down to 58 at night for some reason.
 

Dirigible

Diamond Member
Apr 26, 2006
5,961
32
91
My thermostat says it's 74 in here right now. It's set to 67. Nice warm day here today. Had to open some windows.
 

Paladin3

Diamond Member
Mar 5, 2004
4,933
878
126
When we are home the thermostat is set for 60F, day or night, and augment with a ceramic heater in the family room. I drop it down to 52F when we are out.

It's in the low 30s outside tonight. When it gets down below 10F we put on extra layers. Sweaters are cheaper than turning the heater up.
 

Modular

Diamond Member
Jul 1, 2005
5,027
67
91
60 American degrees during the day and at night when sleeping. Otherwise it's 65-68 depending on whether I get to the thermostat first, or the wife does. She'd prefer it to be 72, but I'm not paying that bill!

Edit: Summer in this house is great because we have East-West exposure and the South wall is covered by part of the garage, so we keep it at 74.
 

ric0chet06

Senior member
Jan 11, 2007
789
0
71
44 here, don't turn the heater on till it hits 30's. I got this great invention called a jacket, and I'm cheap.
 

Balt

Lifer
Mar 12, 2000
12,673
482
126
66-68. Comfortable enough if I'm either moving around or have a sweater on. My last apartment had a crappy heater despite being "fixed" by maintenance, got down below 55 at night sometimes there. Heating blanket made it tolerable, though.

I learned to appreciate the very warm summers, at least.
 

trmiv

Lifer
Oct 10, 1999
14,670
18
81
Jeez do some of you even need a refrigerator to keep your food cold? We keep it 70 to 72 when we depending on how it feels. 65 when we are gone or sleeping
 

Scouzer

Lifer
Jun 3, 2001
10,358
5
0
68F usually, but when it's really cold outside i'll crank my spaceheater and make it a little sauna :)
 
Apr 12, 2010
10,510
10
0
60ish. Would prefer these temps steady year round. So I don't have to break out ac just to keep computer temps at safe levels.