Comments on: 5 Tips for Sleeping in a Room with No Air Conditioning http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/07/10/5-tips-for-sleeping-in-a-room-with-no-air-conditioning/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:58:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: sandy http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/07/10/5-tips-for-sleeping-in-a-room-with-no-air-conditioning/#comment-49189 sandy Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:32:53 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/?p=692#comment-49189 Cold showers help big time, and every time I eat ice cream, I get cold and can lower my thermostat. I have gained a few pounds.. Cold showers help big time, and every time I eat ice cream, I get cold and can lower my thermostat. I have gained a few pounds..

]]> By: sara l http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/07/10/5-tips-for-sleeping-in-a-room-with-no-air-conditioning/#comment-21453 sara l Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:50:07 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/?p=692#comment-21453 My current city is essentially a desert, so we tend to have 30 degree swings between night time low/day time high. At night we just use a box fan in the window and rarely turn on the AC. I lived in DC for 2 years with no AC in the house. I used an oscillating fan that covered the length of the bed, kept cool fabrics on the bed (and pj's), and when possible opened doors/windows to create wind tunnels. I think the key with a fan that isn't pulling in cold air (didn't exist in DC) or a ceiling fan is to have it as close to you as is safely possible. The other thing that helped was drinking a lot of ice water. Now that I think about it I also spent 5 months in Ecuador (not in the mtns) and used a similar strategy. My current city is essentially a desert, so we tend to have 30 degree swings between night time low/day time high. At night we just use a box fan in the window and rarely turn on the AC.

I lived in DC for 2 years with no AC in the house. I used an oscillating fan that covered the length of the bed, kept cool fabrics on the bed (and pj’s), and when possible opened doors/windows to create wind tunnels. I think the key with a fan that isn’t pulling in cold air (didn’t exist in DC) or a ceiling fan is to have it as close to you as is safely possible. The other thing that helped was drinking a lot of ice water.

Now that I think about it I also spent 5 months in Ecuador (not in the mtns) and used a similar strategy.

]]> By: Weekly (sort of) links: Bachelorette Party/Wedding Shower Edition « Frugal Vet Tech (Student) http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/07/10/5-tips-for-sleeping-in-a-room-with-no-air-conditioning/#comment-21245 Weekly (sort of) links: Bachelorette Party/Wedding Shower Edition « Frugal Vet Tech (Student) Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:06:17 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/?p=692#comment-21245 [...] our hot weather season here.  If you’re looking for some tips to stay cool, Mrs. Micah has compiled a great list of ideas.  Be sure to check the comments for even more tips. Possibly related posts: (automatically [...] [...] our hot weather season here.  If you’re looking for some tips to stay cool, Mrs. Micah has compiled a great list of ideas.  Be sure to check the comments for even more tips. Possibly related posts: (automatically [...]

]]> By: hank http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/07/10/5-tips-for-sleeping-in-a-room-with-no-air-conditioning/#comment-21010 hank Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:41:37 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/?p=692#comment-21010 I actually was considering writing a very similar article to this one as we just did buy an A/C unit for the bedroom; for which I'm VERY happy with! It was a day when I was strolling through the lovely local Home Depot and the guy hit me up sitting next to the A/C units and told me about how easy they were to setup, price was good, it was the LAST one too - so I bit. And I must say, I'm quite happy with the purchase. I'm always a guy that has liked to sleep in the cold air. I hate sleeping in warm conditions - ever since I was young I'd sleep with my window open, even when it was cold outside and could see my breath while I slept, I just caked on the bedding in that instance. But Tip #6 is "Wind down time" - you get hot and sweaty by moving around a lot in the heat. Sit in your A/C or where ever is cool for 30 or 40 minutes and don't move around. Just sit there and let your body adjust to the temperature. Going in hot is going to conserve hot, keep it cool! I actually was considering writing a very similar article to this one as we just did buy an A/C unit for the bedroom; for which I’m VERY happy with!

It was a day when I was strolling through the lovely local Home Depot and the guy hit me up sitting next to the A/C units and told me about how easy they were to setup, price was good, it was the LAST one too – so I bit. And I must say, I’m quite happy with the purchase.

I’m always a guy that has liked to sleep in the cold air. I hate sleeping in warm conditions – ever since I was young I’d sleep with my window open, even when it was cold outside and could see my breath while I slept, I just caked on the bedding in that instance.

But Tip #6 is “Wind down time” – you get hot and sweaty by moving around a lot in the heat. Sit in your A/C or where ever is cool for 30 or 40 minutes and don’t move around. Just sit there and let your body adjust to the temperature. Going in hot is going to conserve hot, keep it cool!

]]> By: fathersez http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/07/10/5-tips-for-sleeping-in-a-room-with-no-air-conditioning/#comment-20990 fathersez Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:26:11 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/?p=692#comment-20990 Just to chip in and say how lucky we are living in a equatorial climate country. Yes it is humid, but rarely so hot that we cannot sleep. We have an AC in the bedroom that we rarely use, usually the stand fan is enough. (My wife rejected all ceiling fans in the house, as they were too messy to clean.) Just to chip in and say how lucky we are living in a equatorial climate country. Yes it is humid, but rarely so hot that we cannot sleep.

We have an AC in the bedroom that we rarely use, usually the stand fan is enough.

(My wife rejected all ceiling fans in the house, as they were too messy to clean.)

]]> By: Susan http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/07/10/5-tips-for-sleeping-in-a-room-with-no-air-conditioning/#comment-20917 Susan Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:48:12 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/?p=692#comment-20917 :) I had to giggle when I read your first tip: "Don't!" This summer we've been able to turn off the a/c at night and open up the windows, and that works very well to keep us comfortable. We have a ceiling fan too which helps We're also looking into a whole house fan, which would be excellent at cooling the house in the evenings! :) I had to giggle when I read your first tip: “Don’t!”

This summer we’ve been able to turn off the a/c at night and open up the windows, and that works very well to keep us comfortable. We have a ceiling fan too which helps We’re also looking into a whole house fan, which would be excellent at cooling the house in the evenings!

]]> By: Saturday Round-up | Oh My Aching Debts http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/07/10/5-tips-for-sleeping-in-a-room-with-no-air-conditioning/#comment-20916 Saturday Round-up | Oh My Aching Debts Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:26:40 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/?p=692#comment-20916 [...] Micah has a great post on Sleeping without Air Conditioning.  I have actually found that putting a window fan blowing out does as much to cool the room as the [...] [...] Micah has a great post on Sleeping without Air Conditioning.  I have actually found that putting a window fan blowing out does as much to cool the room as the [...]

]]> By: Frugal Vet Tech http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/07/10/5-tips-for-sleeping-in-a-room-with-no-air-conditioning/#comment-20893 Frugal Vet Tech Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:04:05 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/?p=692#comment-20893 Our AC is in our living room, so our bedroom gets rather toasty sometimes. We also try to run the C as little as possible since it's pretty energy inefficient and therefore expensive to run. The heat doesn't bother me much, but Husband cannot sleep if its' too hot. He always sleeps with a fan. If it's hot, sometimes he'll mist himself with water or put a cool cloth on his face. If the bedroom is just too hot, he will turn the AC on in the living room and sleep out there. We have a futon and a full-size mattress. He'll put the mattress on top of the futon and then sleep like a baby. Our apartment is on the west side of a brick building so it heats up like, well, a brick oven, on sunny summer afternoons. To help keep that from happening, we shut our blinds and windows in the morning, then after the sun goes down/it cools off, we open them back up and put the fan in the window to blow in some cool air. Works fairly well on all but the most hot days (like today - temps in the 90s with dewpoints in the 70s). Our AC is in our living room, so our bedroom gets rather toasty sometimes. We also try to run the C as little as possible since it’s pretty energy inefficient and therefore expensive to run. The heat doesn’t bother me much, but Husband cannot sleep if its’ too hot. He always sleeps with a fan. If it’s hot, sometimes he’ll mist himself with water or put a cool cloth on his face. If the bedroom is just too hot, he will turn the AC on in the living room and sleep out there. We have a futon and a full-size mattress. He’ll put the mattress on top of the futon and then sleep like a baby.

Our apartment is on the west side of a brick building so it heats up like, well, a brick oven, on sunny summer afternoons. To help keep that from happening, we shut our blinds and windows in the morning, then after the sun goes down/it cools off, we open them back up and put the fan in the window to blow in some cool air. Works fairly well on all but the most hot days (like today – temps in the 90s with dewpoints in the 70s).

]]> By: mrsmicah http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/07/10/5-tips-for-sleeping-in-a-room-with-no-air-conditioning/#comment-20892 mrsmicah Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:58:16 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/?p=692#comment-20892 @Money Blue Book - It's a good case for moving into a basement or 1st floor apartment, as long as the flood risk is low. We're on the 3rd/top floor which is probably the hottest. You can actually feel it get hotter in the stairwell. (or cooler if you go to the basement to do laundry). @Money Blue Book – It’s a good case for moving into a basement or 1st floor apartment, as long as the flood risk is low. We’re on the 3rd/top floor which is probably the hottest. You can actually feel it get hotter in the stairwell. (or cooler if you go to the basement to do laundry).

]]> By: Money Blue Book http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/07/10/5-tips-for-sleeping-in-a-room-with-no-air-conditioning/#comment-20891 Money Blue Book Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:47:06 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/?p=692#comment-20891 How about sleeping in the basement if you've got one? It always seems to be cooler down there How about sleeping in the basement if you’ve got one? It always seems to be cooler down there

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