Reddit mentions: The best temperature indicators

Anchor Hocking Heritage Hill Glass Beverage Dispenser with Spigot, 2 Gallon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BWC0E42/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_f4uhAbF8X8STT

1 X Organic Kombucha Scoby - Live Culture by Scoby Kombucha https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009ZW8RP4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_.5uhAb83TMN5D

Unbleached Cheesecloth 9 Sq ft 100% Cotton Reusable-Great Filter or Strainer for Cheese/Kombucha scoby/Glass jar/Wine making https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M612PJU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_j7uhAbFHCHX7S

Adhesive Temperature Strip https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0079JZLP4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i9uhAbJBGF75D

Red Baron Bottle Capper https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001D6KGTK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_xbvhAbFY4CJN3

Beer Bottle Crown Caps - Oxygen Absorbing for Homebrew (Gold) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZSEH8VW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_YcvhAbCE0836F

Bottles Free: Just start saving old beer bottles (not the twist on style bottle) submerge them in hot water for 5 min, labels peel right off.

Sanitizer: White Vinegar, I prefer Star san.

Prince of Peace Tea, Black, 100 Count https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AP70BKC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_divhAbY9D73AP

With these products, you will be good to go and your volume is 2 gallons, so by the time your upgrading after your first batch. For me a 1 gallon container never cut it. With the capper you don’t have to worry about giving your friends a bottle of your Kombucha and never seeing your $4 swing cap bottle again. Just save old beer bottles or ask your friends for them.

To answer your question, the temps you listed are to low. For all brewing temperatures are very important. You want to keep your fermentation in the 70s. Here’s how you fix the problem without keeping your home heater on 24/7.

Round Kombucha Heater Kit for Continuous Brew Crocks & Dispensers. 10" Brewing & Fermentation Heat Mat, Works with any Ceramic, Glass, Stone or Porcelain Containers (10"-120VAC 7-Watts) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072S6XBQJ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_1tvhAb04PYXBK

Enjoy... In the long run you will spend less by starting off with the right equipment.

> I don't have any tools for that, and I didn't wash any of the soils. I'll be doing that soon. I used to have a water mister but the plants didn't seem to do well when I introduced it so I stop

A TDS meter is cheap, I strongly recommend it if you're going to be growing carnivorous plants. With most of the common plants humidity and temperature is not all that important (don't put a dome on them and you'll be fine).

Another option over carafoam is flaked oats or flaked wheat. Regarding a better thermometers: I have http://www.amazon.com/Arctic-Star-AR550-Infrared-Thermometer/dp/B000MX5Y9C

But I used to have http://www.amazon.com/Extech-TM25-Waterproof-Temperature-Indicator/dp/B00CDQ28IG/ref=sr_1_1?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1426957897&sr=1-1&keywords=waterproof+probe+thermometer

Both work really well. Maybe get both to double check?

You would need one of these to measure the temperature accurately. My friend had a IR temperature gun (this is what you mean by heat gun right?) and it doesn't work. Sam gave me a pretty concise response as to why if you're curious I can paste it here.

Tempilstik 28065 Surface Temperature Indicator, One Indicator, 1450 Degree F https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00P18D2KQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_i9D4AbQPVPV93
I got mine from amazon

I use these and just tape on instead of using the adhesive

Adhesive Temperature Strip https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0079JZLP4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_d4q9yb59F65J8

Here is the mobile version of your link

well the easy fix would be to offer to put something like this in the living room. LL can get updates to the humidity level and see it's fine.

https://www.amazon.com/pp-Code-Temperature-Humidity-monitor-party-detect/dp/B01MV415MP/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_421_tr_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=Y04H35Z549VJ6BC5944B

I noticed LAOP focused on airflow and not overall humidity. High humidity can still damage a house even if you have a breeze. I suspect it's humid as fuck as LAOP didn't even try to argue that.

This does remote temperature and humidity monitoring via wifi and works out of the box. It doesn't control anything, but you could set up IFTTT to trigger a smart plug to kill your lights if the temp was too high (for example).