How Do You Keep Cool for Cheap in This Heat

1ys23 on 13/02/2025 - 05:21
Last edited 13/02/2025 - 05:21

Hello fellow cheapies I mean chunkies.
I am also a fellow fatass as buy every food deal on this glorious site.
Since I am so fat my body temp is a bit high, my cardio endurance is terrible and my body has a hard time getting rid of heat as I am a chunkie.

Anyways…
It is current 5:15am as I am writing this from Auckland because I literally cannot sleep it is so hot. I cannot open my window due to the area I live in, I will get ram raided no joke.
I have a fan on but its not helping :(
How do you keep cool at night the cheapies way? Plz I'm dying, I'm broke, I live in a shitty place, its hot and I'm fat because of cheapies definitely not my fault :P
Its been 27*C in Auckland constantly for the past 3 weeks its just too hot for Auckland.

Plz from a fellow Chunkie I mean Cheapie help a person out here :')

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  • Juju123 on 13/02/2025 - 07:20

    I've tried cooling mat before, I know they are for pets but it works.You can get one between $10-$15

  • justaddwater on 13/02/2025 - 07:39

    floor fan or box fan

  • HollowBones on 13/02/2025 - 09:06
    +1

    Not so much for sleeping sorry, but we have a spray bottle filled with water, and it it sooo nice on a hot day to mist yourself, especially if you're in front of a fan or have a breeze. Took it camping and it was a massive hit amongst friends on a hot day. It's a pretty cheap option!

  • Bargainstalker on 13/02/2025 - 09:28

    Get a proper adjustable mist gun. A very fine mist of water will cool you down near instantly. And evaporate off you quickly you dont feel damp.
    Very quick easy effective & cheap

    • justaddwater on 13/02/2025 - 09:32

      can you send link of example? is this same as for paint?

      • Bargainstalker on 14/02/2025 - 10:07
        +1

        Couldn't post the link for some reason.
        Check mitre 10 harris professional spray bottle.
        They are for gardening.

        • justaddwater on 14/02/2025 - 10:10

          thanks, i know what you mean now. i have this already at home

  • CheapAzChips on 13/02/2025 - 10:27
    +2

    Some additional thoughts:

    Aside from temperature, humidity can mean the difference between being bearable and unbearable. Try to reduce humidity where at all possible:
    - Ensure that you don't bring damp towels or clothes into your bedroom.
    - Dry yourself as well as you can while in the bathroom and keep the door to the bathroom closed as much as possible.
    - Use extraction whenever steam is involved (cooking, showering, etc) to get it out of the house
    - Get a cheap dehumidifier and run it on MAX on your free electricity hours (if you have them), and as often as you can afford it. Even if the room gets marginally warmer it will substantially improve the effectiveness of evaporative cooling (which, while very effective initially, ultimately will increase humidity again unless you can get rid of it)
    - If you can, keep other sources of moisture either in the bathroom or outside

    These will all significantly improve your body's own cooling as well as making the inside feel cooler.

    I'd also speak to the landlord (if you're renting) about putting in a locking security screen door/window to improve air flow at night without compromising on security.

    • justaddwater on 14/02/2025 - 10:13

      ensuite scenario. Does moisture in the bathroom affect moisture in the bedroom next door? what i can do to mitigate, have no window. Does closing the bathroom door help?

      • Foodie on 14/02/2025 - 10:25
        +4

        Yes, close the door and keep the extractor fan on longer than you are in the bathroom for.
        Some people dislike shower domes but they can be very effective of keeping moisture out of your rooms (I used shower dome, extractor fan and leave it running for ~30-60 minutes after my shower)

        • bigcheese on 15/02/2025 - 17:58
          +2

          I second the shower domes.
          They might feel a little claustrophobic at first but you soon get used to it.
          In our case we don’t even turn on the fan - only leaving the door slightly ajar afterwards and then opening the bathroom window after a shower.
          We have two bathrooms in the house and have never had any mould in either after 10 years or so of living here.
          @justaddwater not having a window means you would need to leave the extractor fan on but I highly recommend the shower dome.

  • 1ys23 on 14/02/2025 - 02:08
    +1

    Thanks guys for the suggestions I really appreciate this :)

  • Stoic on 14/02/2025 - 10:52

    Anyone got experience with a ceiling fan? I've been thinking about getting one. Seems to be more common overseas.

    • spam on 14/02/2025 - 10:58

      I had one when I was in Asia where humidity is almost always 90%+. That kind of help if you are sitting in close proximity.

      In my case, the dining table is approx 2m away from the ceiling fan and you barely notice the effect especially when its hot.

      • Stoic on 14/02/2025 - 11:06

        Hmm thanks. Yeah I was thinking of one in the bedroom over the bed so sounds like it should help.

    • Juju123 on 16/02/2025 - 07:46

      Yes we have one in the bedroom and it definitely helps

  • CheapAzChips on 15/02/2025 - 16:54
    +1

    More thoughts since I've been pondering on this a bit more:
    If you have a house where the floor is raised off the bare ground, it would be worth getting black plastic and covering every square inch of the ground under the house that you can. Or pay some labourer minimum wage to do, it's not hard (unless your crawl space is tiny) and shouldn't take too long, might cost $200-300 all up.
    We lived in our first house 4 years before I did that and it made a world of difference, the whole house felt drier both in summer and winter.
    Before that moisture will constantly move up through the floor into the house which made it more humid and harder to keep cool in summer and harder to heat in winter.

  • Dunno on 15/02/2025 - 17:51

    At night when you feel too hot put on leg out from under the covers and you will feel cooler pretty quick

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