I keep the house at 78... im in central florida.

I keep my humi's at ~62-65%.

I havent had any problems with beetles, I normally dont freeze, but I should start. :-)
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What is your method for maintaining 62-65?
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Heartfelt beads.
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I'm in the desert in California and I also keep the air at 78 and the cooler in the same range. I use silica kitty litter.
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I've been using it forever, Dave. Especially for overflow stuff and troop sticks. I have no problems whatsoever if I use Michael's beads or Boveda packs. I can see it going wild if a guy is in a high humidity area with no beads and is constantly opening it, but compared to a cheapo humi I have always thought it a far safer way to store sticks. Think "small coolidor".
Lots of times I use no beads or anything. I just toss in the sticks and a hygro and seal them up. I'll check the tub after a few days and if all is good, I retrieve my hygrometer. Mind ya, they're slap full of cigars, and those cigars are already well conditioned.
The only reason I posted is because I hoped you'd tell me what the instances are where it'd overhumidify, in your experience. I was gonna ask last time I saw this and now it's totally got the best of me, I had to ask.
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Woops. I missed the percent sign and thought you were talking about temperature. So your humi stays at 78?
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Until winter time.

Sometimes it will be at 80 if we are gone for a week.
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What help drop the temp for me was my walk in closet that has an A/C vent in it. I did two things, one was to keep the door closed at all times which dropped the temp from 77 to 73/74 degrees for my two humidors. The other thing I did was to elevate my long Pelican gun case that was turned into a Pelicoor and I was able to place it on an upper shelf that allows the A/C vent to blow right on it. My Pelicoor runs right about a consent 71/72 degrees.
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Mine's in the mid to low 70's. 40-50 count. My humidity has spiked to 76, though I think that's because my supply was low until litterally just now. If more sticks hasn't soaked up the excess I'll adjust my removing a water pillow or two.
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5 degrees
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Little late on that one.
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That's what SHE said!
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Hmmm... What about putting your 50 ct humi inside a cooler? I suppose if you really needed to cool it down, you could occasionally throw a sealed ice pack in there wrapped in a small towel for a few hours/overnight or something to keep temps down.

My den/man cave stays around 65 degrees year round in northern MN, so I've never had to worry about the heat issue.
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You need to be real careful with using ice (or the equivalent) in a cooler (or humidor). Even wrapped in a towel the ice is going to create a lot of condensation. It has to pull that moisture from somewhere, so it could play havoc with your RH.
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Well with the door closed downstairs the small guest room gets down to around 73-74. I will just keep it there until I can find a means to cool the upstairs bedroom.

The stogies just came out of the freezer this morning. Thawing in the fridge now.
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Good point. That's why I was thinking of limiting the time it was in there, and if that little time would even have a lasting effect.

But, I'm also not the expert. You sir know way more about that than I do.
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Got down to around 72 earlier, so that will definitely suffice.
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