We all face it.
It’s an eternal issue.
On the one hand, we wanna keep our flesh temp down enough to rest at night. (We all know how important it is to remain cool for snooze time.) So, we take off the blanket. But then, naturally, the prospect of a fleet’ve Legion demons emerging from under the bed to opportunistically eat our exposed toes, forces the heat absorbing fleece back on us. (Obviously. Totally rational fear we all have, right?) What’s an insomniac to do with all these totally sane and logical conundrums that definitely aren’t based in delusion?
(You call them toes… Satan’s henchmen call them Vienna Sausages…)
Two words:
Cooling blanket.
I know, right? It sounds like a total oxymoron. But, apparently, this are a real thing. You get all the protection of swaddling up in womblike cloth, with none of the sweltering side effects that typically come with insular comfort. And how? What sorcery is this? Well, by way of regulating both the temp and wetness. Indeed, through some wizardry of technology I don’t understand, these blankets work to cool you by managing both heat and moisture – moving said heat from your body so you don’t sweat at night. (And by “you”, I mean me – who tends to awaken drenched and legit wondering whether I hit the treadmill in my bedclothes.)
So, that’s nice, but… do they work?
(Homegirl was gonna give a review. But this is her first good sleep since the menopause sweats hit. I didn’t wanna wake her…)
Looking at the verified Amazon purchaser reviews, the answer seems to collectively be… yes. Yes and a half, even. While the one I analyzed was also a weighted blanket, the chronically hot snoozers reported that there was no added heat and that they were kept cool through snooze time. Not only that, but the “emotional comfort” it offered was off the charts as well. (So long, toe munching Succubus residing on the underside of my sleigh bed.) Only caveat? You’re gonna pay for it. I’ve yet to find a well reviewed one that’s under a hundred. But, in a way, it all comes out in the wash if you’re like me and you hafta turn the A/C on full blast and drive up your bill to get any rest. Plus, can you really put a price on feeling swaddled but not suffocated while you sleep?
So, if you wanna stay cool without the nocturnal goblins eating your feet, try these chill quilts!