Quick Tip: Sleep Cool In Hot Weather
July 17 by Craig Childs 14 Shares | Lifestyle
Being in Australia right now we’re not so much trying to keep cool as opposed to fighting back the cold; but all of you in the northern hemisphere will appreciate this little sleeping hack.
Getting to sleep in outrageous heat is difficult and I’m already planning strategies for this summer. Particularly since we have pretty much no cooling system. This hack was passed on by a friend who swears by it for long summer nights.
Not only are your feet cool and comfortable, but the air passing them from the fan is cooled! Cheap and efficient. Try it out and let me know if it works.
Thanks Viv.
Wet feet? That is really strange. But it could make some sense in making you “feel” cooler.
Great, now where’s the hack for how to get to sleep with wet socks on?
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Makes some sense with evaporation and all. I’d be worried I’d piss myself though… (think hand in a bowl of water)!
I’ll try it tonight :)
It is really a nice and funny hack.
I guess this just shows how much useless and needless information is out on the web. Ever think of just buying an AC unit for the bedroom? Duh.
I hardly disagree with Mike about useless and needless information on the web. The reason is simple, I’m living in Irak doing social work and we don’t have power all the day long as maybe Mike does in USA. For that reason this tip is worthy to try!
And we are experiencing 120 F degrees!
So yeah! is worthy
(I can submit another comment with the results if you want)
It’s not just “feeling” cooler, as the blood flows through your feet, the evaporative cooling created something much like a radiator on a car. The military was actually experimenting with cooling units that could be integrated inside soldiers boots to extract heat form the body and allow them to go harder and faster for longer.
good article and i’m a big fan of the site, but we we stop calling these things ‘hacks’?
michael: I doubt it, after all, look at the url.
As for anyone that says “Buy an air conditioner, you ignorant fool!”: I’m terribly sorry you have such a limited view of the universe, but you’re lucky that no one has taken that view or your extra money away from you by force.
Anyway, on topic… This sounds great if you can sleep with socks on. I can’t unless I’m completely exhausted. Ditto for the fan blowing across me.
Not a lot of blood flows through your feet when you’re asleep, saving the energy for your core. I use a trick from when I worked in an un-air-conditioned bakery (in 120 degree weather). Crushed ice and a little water double bagged in zip-loc. All of it in a fanny pack that you wear over a kidney.
IF you sleep on your back tie the double-bagged ice to your inner thighs with a towel. Yes, seriously, but not high enough to freeze anything important. A ton of blood flows close to the surface there.
I’ve done this since I was a young-un. ‘Cept I didn’t think to use socks… I just used a wet towel. It definitely helps to get to sleep in hot hot weather. Great tip.
Erm…I’d think this would be a quick way to catch a cold though… And it can’t be healthy? Create foot fungus or something?
In many parts of the world it is very necessary to find ways to deal with nights with very high temperatures and no A/C. Over the course of a heat wave, the lack of sleep can add up to the level of exhaustion.
I usually find that the problem keeping me from sleeping is the buzz of mosquitoes. I find that just using earplugs helps with that if away from home. Some years I simply set up the mesh part of my tent in the living room and slept there, safe from mosquitoes.
I can’t even sleep with dry socks on, let alone wet. It may be worth a shot, but for now, I place a bowl of ice cubes in front of the fan and blow it on my torso. That usually does the trick.
That’s great if you live in an arid or semi-arid area where a swamp-cooler would work. I live in Georgia, USA and there is often just too much humidity for this to be very effective (barring droughts) and I suspect that anyone trying it here would risk ending up with a nasty case of trench-foot.
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What do you do if you have a fan at night but the air is just hot air and maked you feel like you’re being thawed?
well…what i do is i get a spray bottle and fill it up with water. I then lie in bed with the fan blowing down me from my feet and i spray the bottle of water on my feet so that the fan blows on your semi-wet skin and man it works a treat.
Happy sleeping
Sven Mate
I am unable to purchase an air conditioner and I have little to no control over the temp in my room. I work at night and sleep during the day. The morning/afternoon sun hits my windows while I sleep. I usually get about 3-4 hours of sleep before the heat takes over. If I open my windows, the sun keeps me awake and the heat still gets in. If I close them and cover them, the heat eventually wakes me up and the lack of air circulation. I prefer to keep them closed and look for ways to tolerate the heat.
I am very excite to see this idea and some of the other ideas people put in their comments! My sleep deprivation is really hurting my health. I am willing to try just about anything right now to allow me to get the sleep I need!
So… thank you very much!!! to all postings that actually had something helpful to offer. I found some ideas to try and a lot of criticism to ignore. I’m grateful for the ideas!!
Yes. Amen. I “feel you.” That’s why I moved to a place with 4 seasons as apposed to Summer and Christmas.
Hi My Name Is Sarah
How are you? I’m fine.
My fan next to my bedroom windoe it blows out warm air on my when i sleeping every night in the hot weather.
The heat index is 1005 degrees in the 12:00 after to 6:20 in the eveing. I live in beaufort south carolina.
I don’t drink enough water in the wummer time. I don’t want to drink water in the hot weather I don’t want to.
Have a great day
Sarah.
Thanks for the tips!!!!! I live in Socal, which in my case, it’s always hot, and even worse in the summer time. It even gets humid!!! But your methods worked great!!!