Here are the best 28 Ways To Keep Cool in Summer!!
The Australian scorching hot weather has finally arrived!
But you aren’t planning to sit around in an air-conditioned room all day, are you?
As much as I love summer more than anything else, there are days when the heat becomes too much to handle. Sometimes it is just draining! Fortunately, though, we found several ways — simple and not financially threatening — to manage the heat.
Here’s how to keep cool without spending a fortune!
1. Close indoor blinds and doors before it gets too hot.
2. Pop some whirlybird vents on the roof..
They don’t really cost much when bought.
3. Seal the doors to keep out heat.
4. Clean your air-conditioning filter regularly.
So it doesn’t have to work as hard when the weather is too hot.
5. Run your air-con at half speed.
This prevents the air-conditioner to work too hard and it is also cost efficient.
6. Pop up blankets over the windows for extra darkness.
7. Place ice blocks/cubes into portable air coolers.
8. Freeze water and drink from that as it slowly melts.
9. If you live in a two storey house, stay downstairs.
Hot air rises so it is bound to be hotter upstairs.
10. Freeze a face washer and place it on the back of your neck and feet
11. If you have outside blinds, pull them down as well.
12. Avoid using lights when not needed as it generates heat inside the house.
13. If you have a brick house, spray it at night with water.
Spraying the house as well as concrete paths around your house will help release all the heat.
14. Use slow cookers to cook rather than ovens/stoves – or better still, the barbecue!
15. Turn off your appliances when unused as it also generates heat.
16. In the morning, when the wind is still cool, open your blinds, drapes and windows.
17. You can also opt to open your windows at night when it is colder.
18. Plant around your air-conditioning unit outside to give it shade.
This will help the unit operate more efficiently.
19. Wear loose-fitting clothing in light colours.
20. Fill a spray bottle with water and keep it in the refrigerator.
Spray on your face after going outdoors. You can also pour a glass of water on your face or better yet — do the ice bucket challenge! Totes fun!
21. Fans can help circulate air and make you feel cooler even in an air-conditioned house.
22. Take frequent baths or showers with cool or tepid water.
23. If you’re wearing a cap or hat, remove it and pour a bit of ice cold water into the hat, then quickly invert it and place on your head.
24. Wear your hair up.
This will help to keep your neck cool and relatively free of sweat.
25. Wear a bandanna with water soaked on it and put it on your head.
Or you can relive the 80’s and wear a wet terrycloth headband on your forehead.
26. Running cold water over your wrists for 10 seconds each hand will reduce your temperature for roughly an hour.
It takes 20 seconds to do and feels very nice if your wrists come in contact with other body parts.
27. Kids’ wading pools are great for adults’ feet too,
Don’t forget to keep your eye on the kids!
28. If you have a gas stove with pilot lights, make sure they are set correctly.
If they are set too high, they will produce excess heat
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What are your suggestions for keeping cool for less this Summer?
Response to “28 Ways To Keep Cool in Summer”
Teach kids to sleep like a star at night and spray them.
Pin up a damp sheet over the door to cool the room with a fan breeze.
Put your feet in a cold bucket.
Buy the koolbands and wear them on your head (inside the house)
Get the kids to have a cold bath by calling it an indoor swimming pool. Apparently it’s sooooo much fun.
Put beach towels over kids seats so they don’t get burnt on the metal seat belt clips.
Buy a $20 thermos water bottle which is purely design to keep the water cool. One of my best buys.
Eat watermelon. It has magical powers to stop heat exhaustion. I can’t remember the scientific research so have called it magical.
Buy hyrdolyte zooperdoopers. Have them in the freezer. You can get the from any chemist.
Never leave the house without water.
Go to the local library or shops.
Going out for the day I take an esky just for water. It stays in the car so when we drive home we can all have a cool drink instead of a hot one that’s been left in the car.