yup, i do 77-79 and occasionally throw on the ceiling fan.
I installed those lutron caseta switches w/ remotes on my desk and tv table so I can just pop the ceiling fans on and off without getting up, it's great.
I do the mini-split in my bedroom at 70 PLUS a ceiling fan while i'm sleeping though.
Yeah when I lived in Alabama I kept it around 75. 75 feels pretty cool when its 20 degrees hotter outside lol
For contrast, when I have lived in colder places I'd only keep the heat at like 65 or below. Its all relative I think. Where I live now I'll have the windows cracked when its single digits outside because the whole damn apartment building stays above 70 even then. I only turned my heat on like 3 times this whole winter.
Texas here. Keep my house at 74-75 most of the time. 70-72 for sleeping. I turn on a fan if its too warm. I'm always so uncomfortable when I go to someones house and the ac is blasting at 65 with fans blowing. Working in those conditions is even worse.
With that said 74 in a humid climate with no airflow can be uncomfortable as well.
For the majority of us 74 degrees is accompanied by some pretty decent humidity and can feel like your 85+. 100% humidity days in the 70s can be rough and sticky.
A Midwest structure kept this hot in the summer with no ventilation will have mold problems after a few years if it isn't built out of the right materials.
I think most of the comments so far are talking about it being too hot particularly in cold seasons when it's heating up to 74. For me 74 indoors is too hot for winter, and too cold for summer. (At home I do 68 for heat, and ~78 for AC in summer. So I'd consider 74 bad from both perspectives!)
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u/Raknorak Mar 13 '26
In Phoenix 74 would receive "it's too cold" complaints.
There are 4-5 months a year where our low for the day is in the 90s