I'm eventually wanting to set up a drying chamber. From what I understand people avoid chest freezers, right? Are they workable because I have a chest freezer I'm not using, but I'm waiting to pick up a fridge of some sort.
I think maybe chest freezers have more of a tendency to generate condensation on the bottom, and may be more subject to heat variation. For this reason, I always used a fan when using them for my fermentation chamber for beer. I tried the Mariansky-recommended method of an exhaust fan when humidity was too high, but that didn't work (fan was always 100%). It wasn't until I got an actual dehydrator in there that it began holding at 55F and 70-75% RH.
So my thinking is that for the above reason, fridges may be preferable, and maybe there's a way to get them to work OK without a dedicated dehumidifier. However, that's easily resolved and I also find my little hanging racks that are basically built into the freezer to be very convenient...
So, since I have stable humidity and temp at low airflow, I think it'll likely work for you too with a dehumidifier.