A Few More Ideas to Deal with Heat

[greaterexp]

Some of these I would never do, such as putting on frozen sheets every night. But there might be some ideas here which would be useful:

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[carolek572 CommunityAmbassador]

Wow, there are a lot of ideas presented in this article that I didn't think of, greaterexp Thank you for sharing, and I will certainly try a few, because the dog days of summer have yet to arrive!

[greaterexp in reply to carolek572]

It had quite a few I hadn’t seen before, too.

[Tazmanian]

🤗😀

[kdali]

Lots of good ones! (Water fast will freeze you too)

[rjoneslaw]

sounds great

[IFwczs]

I obsessively turn off and on the air, especially at night. Even for "normal" people, the bedroom temperature should be no warmer than 65 degrees.

[pamgarner]

good reminders

[goatgal]

Frozen sheets? To freeze. wouldn't they need to be wet, and when they thawed, wouldn't you be lying in a puddle...in your bed...with a wet mattress pad and wet mattress?

[greaterexp in reply to goatgal]

A couple of the examples didn’t make sense to me. Changing sheets requires a lot of energy and makes me overly warm, even in cool weather. Having anything wet on the skin for hours probably isn’t very healthy for the skin. There were a few other ideas I hadn’t thought of and hadn’t seen in the usual lists of cooling ideas, so I thought I’d pass it on.

[goatgal]

Crisp clean sheets are wonderful enough in the summer! but I agree about the effort it takes to change the sheets. I always feel as if I've accommplished a major task when I strip the bed and change the sheets.

[greaterexp in reply to goatgal]

I feel the same way and dread doing that. It's exhausting.

[MarkUpnorth]

I used to use Chillows?, a sealed plastic wrapped sponge you soaked with water, then refrigerated, and stuffed into your pillowcase along with your pillow. Great while it lasted, I stress, while it lasted. Instead, turn the window unit to the bedroom, WAY DOWN. Wake up with frost on the nose! Got central air? So do we. Not a replacement for the window unit!

[ck722]

My latest friend is a Makita fan powered by a battery stolen from my drill hammer. It runs all night for two nights. They say 17+ hours, on low. These Lupron hot flashes come and go seemingly without warning but a press of a button it fixes these little episodes. The battery can be recharged 1,000 times or so. Model DCF 102 and a 5 Ah battery. I suggest two batteries to always have one at the ready. Set on a little table right next to the bed on low does it. Highly portable for use throughout the day.

A little pricy but definitely worth it. This little gem does the job.

Hope this helps!

[greaterexp in reply to ck722]

Thanks for the info!

[ck722]

Fan only. Battery and charger are extra.

amazon.com/Makita-DCF102Z-1...

[ck722]

One I forgot. No socks in bed.

[greaterexp in reply to ck722]

Smart cookie!