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Tips for sleeping in muggy weather? (feddit.uk)
submitted 1 month ago by tetris11@feddit.uk to c/casualuk@feddit.uk
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I've learned that not wearing pyjamas just soaks the bed with sweat, so might as well wear them and just change them out in the middle of the night as and when needed.

I've learned that sleeping with the window open only does nothing but ensure that I hear the birds at 5 in the morning

I've learned that a decent blindfold works better than any curtain

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[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago (6 children)

While a cheap evaporative cooler doesn't help with the humidity you can boost the cooling effect dramatically by adding cooler blocks to the water and even more by placing more cooler blocks in a plastic under-bed container in front of the fans.
If the sound is disrupting then closing the bedroom door and running it in the evening before bedtime works fine.

[–] FurryMemesAccount@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

Cooling yourself with evaporative anything is counterproductive: the extra humidity reduces your body's ability to cool off with sweat.

Essentially, it transforms dry heat into wet heat, which is much worse.

And OP's sweat problem is gonna get much worse.

If you wanna get cool, there ain't too many ways to avoid getting an AC.

[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

Essentially, it transforms dry heat into wet heat, which is much worse.

I think this is key, you need to cool the room enough for it to not qualify as heat anymore.

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