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What's the craziest cooling methods at the moment? (feddit.uk)

submitted 2 months ago by Cyber@feddit.uk to c/askuk@feddit.uk

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We're not setup for hot weather, so we resort to all kinds of things to keep us and our homes cool.

Apart from ordering fans from Amazon, what else have you been doing to keep cool?

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[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I have a bath every night, whatever the weather.

It sounds counterintuitive but a hot bath at the right time triggers your thermoregulatory system and you'll cool rapidly when you get out. It doesn't last long but I've noticed it.

Apart from that, a 2l frozen water bottle in front of a large fan at bedtime and blackout material on all the bedroom windows throughout the day.

[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That just sounds like evaporative cooling from your skin drying.

[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's the second part of it, but if it was just that putting room temperature water on you would cool you down. Your blood vessels near the skin widen in hot water (vasodilation), and hotter water results in better evaporative cooling once you get out.

[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That makes sense and I'm too uneducated to know if you're wrong, so I'm gonna accept that.