I'm sleeping on top of the covers with the window open but even that's still a bit warm right now it's not nice at all. I'm going to invest in a fan I think.
I turn my air conditioning to 17c and go straight to sleep, whatever the weather. That temperature is optimum for my comfort when sleeping. I had aircon fitted to the bedroom, kitchen and lounge about 3 years ago. The best two grand I ever spent.
Would you mind me asking where you got it and how much you paid?
John Lewis, £299. Yes it's expensive but worth every penny, I find them much better than the conventional fans. John Lewis can't keep them in stock, I picked up the last one at my local branch!
John Lewis, £299. Yes it's expensive but worth every penny, I find them much better than the conventional fans. John Lewis can't keep them in stock, I picked up the last one at my local branch!
Had to have a big fan on last night and the windows open. Our house was stifling.
When I finally managed to drift off I was awakened by the loudest thunder and brightest lightening I'd ever seen, must have been round about 1.00am. It didn't last long though.
I'm normally not a hot-weather moaner, but it was pretty horrible trying to sleep last night, even with two windows on either side of the room open and our (very noisy) tower fan on. Our upstairs thermostat showed 27.6, and our house is actually pretty well insulated. I was in the Caribbean a month ago, and the evening temperatures were as high as it was here in the south-east last night!
I just went out like a light last night.....but then I'd stayed up 3 hours past my usual bedtime watching the women's footie so I was knackered (and I'd had a long root canal session during the day which also tired me out mentally)
I still got up at 6.45 though........so no doubt I'll have a nice nap during the afternoon......:p ......(one of the perks of working from home !)
Half way down the bed so legs were hanging off, covers thrown on the floor, naked with the fan aimed directly at us. My OH had a bad sleep but I was out of it until my alarm went off this morning.
It's the will it won't it thunder in the night which prevents me dropping off sooner.
I invested in a mini fan in the 1990s during a mini heatwave and upgraded over the years to a larger standing fan and as well as A/C mostly to take the humidity out of the air.
You get used to the white noise in fact it blocks out other sounds etc which are more likely to wake you. Modern A/Cs are quieter these days and don't need to run the whole time.
20 degrees C when I awoke today but you can set it to whatever you prefer.
My OH says the office he was in yesterday had the heating on, what a waste
I developed an allergy to something or other a few months back, my Doctor gave me antihistamines which I stopped taking as I noticed they were making me very drowsy so I take one of them half an hour before bed, knocks me out when I hit the pillow, great job for this heat.
Neat utilisation of an otherwise unwanted side effect :kitty:
Take the summer duvet out of its cover and just try sleeping under that. Fill a hot water bottle with cold water and place in the fridge to get very chilled, then put into your bed. - wonderful on hot feet. You can also use 2litre plastic bottle in this way if you haven't a hot water bottle.
I relocated to the north-facing bedroom the other week.
Keep the upstairs roller blinds down all day and close the curtains too.
Bedroom is quite cool as a result, and the bed is up against the wall - which is a yard thickness of stone.
Take the summer duvet out of its cover and just try sleeping under that. Fill a hot water bottle with cold water and place in the fridge to get very chilled, then put into your bed. - wonderful on hot feet. You can also use 2litre plastic bottle in this way if you haven't a hot water bottle.
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Is it noisy?
On the lower settings not at all, on the higher settings yes a bit. It's got a useful sleep timer on it too so it's not blasting all night.
Thank you
Would you mind me asking where you got it and how much you paid?
John Lewis, £299. Yes it's expensive but worth every penny, I find them much better than the conventional fans. John Lewis can't keep them in stock, I picked up the last one at my local branch!
Thanks very much ^_^
(Oh, and two fans, one for me and one for my dogs, windows and bedroom door open - and earplugs to block out the noise of the flies and snoring dogs).
When I finally managed to drift off I was awakened by the loudest thunder and brightest lightening I'd ever seen, must have been round about 1.00am. It didn't last long though.
I still got up at 6.45 though........so no doubt I'll have a nice nap during the afternoon......:p ......(one of the perks of working from home !)
I invested in a mini fan in the 1990s during a mini heatwave and upgraded over the years to a larger standing fan and as well as A/C mostly to take the humidity out of the air.
You get used to the white noise in fact it blocks out other sounds etc which are more likely to wake you. Modern A/Cs are quieter these days and don't need to run the whole time.
20 degrees C when I awoke today but you can set it to whatever you prefer.
My OH says the office he was in yesterday had the heating on, what a waste
Agreed, got ours a couple of weeks ago and i doubt that i would have been able to sleep without these last few days.
Neat utilisation of an otherwise unwanted side effect :kitty:
Can I have your superhuman powers please? ;-)
I relocated to the north-facing bedroom the other week.
Keep the upstairs roller blinds down all day and close the curtains too.
Bedroom is quite cool as a result, and the bed is up against the wall - which is a yard thickness of stone.
I can't open the window as my cats would be in and out all night and fans annoy me.
I sleep naked in the winter so not much different there in the siummer
Good tips, thanks.