I use 65% beads in my desktop, which is in my room. My room's temperature fluctuates a lot in the summer due to poor air duct placement. It gets a good 10°+ hotter in my room, so it can get upwards of 80°+ during the day with the sun beating on the side. Which is why I have a wall mounted AC unit, even though the whole house has AC, and will drop the temp back down to ~70° for a bit.

I have two coolers in the basment as well, one with 70% and the other with 65% beads. The basement is a much nicer ~70° temperature.


So I don't consider 72°-74° high. Get what ever rH level you prefer.


Quote Originally Posted by badwhale View Post
Beetles have nothing to do with rH. That's all temp and their presence to begin with.

FWIW, I use 65rH heartfelt beads.

Will
It was my understanding that at high temperatures, a real high rH (like 75%-85%) will increase the chance of beetles. Or at least that is what I remember from reading a bunch of posts.