Tips for keeping cool on summer nights

[Mokidugway]

Buy an air con unit ???...

[Dami]

Cover as much as you can in baby lotion. Hubs does my back before bed if hot. cools me down lovely.

[Snowyowl9]

Eat ice cream

[Bottesford]

Bedroom 25.5c outside 20.5c at almost midnight. So far ok.. Nice breeze on too should help air the place out a bit before sleeping. Only need a little air movement and it's all ok.

[hillbilly]

Close all windows and put the heating on full for an hour or two then turn the heat off at bedtime it will feel like it is cool after a short while!!!

[Turnedoutniceagain]

Don't know what all the fuss is about? Drank 2 jugs of Pimms last night and slept like a log

[4wd]

Simple and cheap air con

 

2 bottles (I use 2x2 pint plastic milk ones from any supermarket/shop), fill with water, freeze them.

 

Stand the frozen bottles a few inches apart and place a fan behind them so that it blows air through and around them in your direction.

 

May want to stand the bottles on something like a tray to collect any condensation/melt though.

I've seen a more complicated version of this using a cheap bucket full of chunks of ice and a fan fitted in the lid.

The bucket then has two or three holes in the side to direct a jet of really cold air into the room as required.

Just creating air movement makes a big difference even without cooling.

- either by through draught or fan if there's no wind.

 

[fazer76]

Also worth pointing out, mozzies aren't too keen on moving air or the effect of a fan in a room the benefits are two fold.