• slingstone@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    In my view, placing a leg or half my body from under the blanket regulates my temperature, with warmth under the blanket moving to my uncovered body to dissipate, allowing me to achieve warmth without getting too warm and getting to the nasty, sweaty stage.

    I’m sure this occurs to some degree, though I’m not sure how much.

  • LilB0kChoy@midwest.social
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    1 day ago

    Our bedroom is in the basement and it’s 1/2 below ground level. It’s never gotten above 21°C even on the hottest days.

  • Frenchfryenjoyer (she/her)@lemmings.world
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    2 days ago

    just feels cursed to not have a duvet on me to some extent 😭 I kept waking up in the night automatically kicking the duvet off me and putting it back on because my room was sooo hot

  • Rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    The heat won out against my fear of monsters a few weeks ago. I sleep like a corpse on a mortuary slab now; on my back, one pillow, no blanket. Monsters be damned, my bedroom is too hot 😂

    I don’t think corpses on slabs have pillows but, yknow. It’s close 😂

  • InvalidName2@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    It came as a huge surprise for me, but wool blankets are surprisingly comfortable in hot weather.

    I’m hot natured and I cannot get good sleep when it’s hot. Sometimes even a cotton sheet is just too much for me. But, somehow, a wool blanket is noticeably cooler feeling to me when I’m hot. I don’t understand it, yet I’m not the only one who has experienced it.

    I also like the weight of a wool blanket. Something about that is quite calming. Obviously, they’re also great in the cold seasons, too.

  • Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    Nope, this is the exact reason I have the vents for every room but my bedroom blocked. AC is expensive and I don’t care if the rest of the house cooks, but I need my bedroom to be cold at night. Kinda just want to build a refrigerated box bed.

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      2 days ago

      Who look at Mr fancy over here with AC. Round here we just blow fans ineffectually at ourselves like God intended.

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    2 days ago

    You can take the fat, fluffy bit out of the duvet and just use the outer duvet cloth on its own, and it still counts. Much cooler.

    [Edit] Even with that, it’s all limbs out in this weather. Just a tiny corner of duvet cloth draped across carefully as some kind of “makeshift modesty sporran”.

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      2 days ago

      Eww, no, the flappy entangling menace does not work for me!

      Same reason I find the notion of traditional sheet + blanket to be anathema.

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      2 days ago

      They sell “cooling comforters” that I’ve personally found to be quite, well, comforting on particular kinds of nights. My wife describes them as “oily” though. (They don’t leave a residue, they just have somewhat of a slippery coating.)

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        2 days ago

        Nope it doesn’t work now I’ve just got two fat cats sitting on me.

        Seriously they do not take a hint, if this house catches fire I’m going to die.

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          2 days ago

          My cats used to have a habit of peeing on my bed, so they’re no longer permitted in my bedroom. Of course just shooing them doesn’t work, so I leave the door to my bedroom closed at all times.

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    2 days ago

    I camp in South Texas in the summer, and the two things that help the most on hot nights are air circulation and cooling blankets. Look for anything made with Lycocell. You can sleep on top of them and they basically act like heatsinks, or if it’s only in the 80’s / around 25c and you still want to be covered, there are thin waffle-type ones that are supremely comfortable in that kind of temperature.

    Also, if the heat is really killing you, consider a cot: the thin fabric of the cot allows air to circulate under you, cooling off your back as well.