Advice on warmer bed sheets.

MrsStepford

Besides electric blanket to pre-warm bed and hot water bottle, you could opt for a higher TOG duvet. Alternatively, you will find cotton cellular blankets, brushed cotton sheets and candlewick bedspreads from www.chums.co.uk

neilmcl

Emmia said:

neilmcl said:

Emmia said:

theoretica said:

I love my hot water bottle.

It won't just be the sheets, what sort of mattress do you have?  Especially if you have a sprung one rather than foam you might find an insulating layer between mattress and sheet worthwhile.

I found a thin quilted mattress protector (not a thick memory foam type) under the sheet made a huge difference to the heat retention (or rather reducing heat loss) of my sprung mattress. They're also easy to wash.

https://www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis-partners-natural-cotton-quilted-mattress-protector/p1743106?s_share=jlappdroid

To be fair this isn't really about heat retention/heat loss but about the initial sensation of getting into the bed at night, at that point there isn't any heat to lose, there's no heat retained from the previous nights sleep.

This is more about staying warm once you're in bed - a mattress protector stops the mattress sucking heat out of you, which mine definitely did.

Electric blankets are too much for me, and whilst I don't like cold showers, I do prefer to run when it's cold and dry... and I like an unheated swimming pool. 

Agreed, but that's not what's being discussed here.

twopenny

Put a fleecy blanket under your cotton sheet. You can get fleece fitted bottom covers which stay in place better. You can get standard from most stores or go mad and have a luxury one

https://www.harrycorry.com/luxury-fleece-underblanket-1?currency=GBP&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqOWftqHJ7gIVwoBQBh0mWwjzEAQYBSABEgIOu_D_BwE

I found this out after slinging a freshly washed fleece dogs bed cover over the settee one evening. Sooo toasty.

In my youf we always changed the cotton for brushed cotton or vyella sheets (yes the branded type were a cut above for warmth) in the winter.

They still make the Vyella ones, embroidered and all. I used to make said material into shirts for winter wear. Amazingly warm.

I'm a fresh air cool bedroom with electric blanket and hot water bottle person. I feel much better admitting it after Goldfinches post. I thought it was just me

Rosa_Damascena

Korkyb said:

I'm with the electric blanket gang. (although its only on for 30 mins before getting into bed then switched off).


I'm a nurse & work far too many twilight & night shifts so have my blanket hooked up to a smart plug.

This means as I get in the car to head home after a shift I can fire the leccie blanket up through an app on my phone.

Nothing better than getting into a warm bed at 2 am after a crappy long shift.  

Kudos for taking lates but don't you worry about electrical faults and finding your house in cinders?

And for the rest of the electric blanker fans, what about the risk of getting Kentucky fried in your slumber? Is that of no concern?

neilmcl

Rosa_Damascena said:

Korkyb said:

I'm with the electric blanket gang. (although its only on for 30 mins before getting into bed then switched off).


I'm a nurse & work far too many twilight & night shifts so have my blanket hooked up to a smart plug.

This means as I get in the car to head home after a shift I can fire the leccie blanket up through an app on my phone.

Nothing better than getting into a warm bed at 2 am after a crappy long shift.  

Kudos for taking lates but don't you worry about electrical faults and finding your house in cinders?

And for the rest of the electric blanker fans, what about the risk of getting Kentucky fried in your slumber? Is that of no concern?

They're not the same things that your gran used to use in the 60s/70s.

Teapot55

We recently acquired brushed cotton fitted sheets & duvet covers (cheap) from Aldi. Warm from the moment you get into bed. Also, our duvet is a king size but on a double bed. We no longer get draughts sneaking in. The brushed cotton means the duvet doesn’t slip off. We sleep like babies now. 

phoebe1989seb

We're not keen on hot bedrooms so never have the heating on in ours, but we do have a couple of hot water bottles to take the chill off on the coldest nights. Our (super king*) bed with sprung mattress plus built in topper has a down duvet (13.5 togs), a cotton quilt/bedspread (that we only use when really necessary) and linen bedding. 

Except on the most freezing nights, the down duvet and linen bedding usually make for a warm bed. Even on those nights when bed socks and fleecy PJs are called for, I find myself having to jettison both - not to mention the hottie - within moments of getting into bed.

I'm sensitive to the warm, yet slightly rough texture of the linen against my face and - being someone who sleeps with their face buried in the pillow - always remove the linen pillowcase from the top pillow on my side. I prefer the coolness of the high thread count fabric the pillow is covered in 🙄

*I only wish I could find a larger than super king size duvet as we previously always went up a size, ie a king size duvet on a double bed, a super king on a king size bed......

MACKEM99

Alanp said:

You lot of softies...in winter, we used to gather round a 50 watt bulb...and if it was really cold..dad would switch it on...

We used to sit next to grandad and he sucked a peppermint for warmth.

MalMonroe

I'm another electric blanket voter. I can't remember ever being without one, even as a child. If I get into a cold bed it never warms up and I can't use those flannelette type sheets - although they are warmer than cotton - because they tend to 'bobble'. Good cotton sheets and an electric underblanket is my recommendation. You don't need a fancy one and I never sleep in a bed while it's on but getting into a cosy bed is just sooooo lovely. 

MalMonroe

Rosa_Damascena said:

Korkyb said:

I'm with the electric blanket gang. (although its only on for 30 mins before getting into bed then switched off).


I'm a nurse & work far too many twilight & night shifts so have my blanket hooked up to a smart plug.

This means as I get in the car to head home after a shift I can fire the leccie blanket up through an app on my phone.

Nothing better than getting into a warm bed at 2 am after a crappy long shift.  

Kudos for taking lates but don't you worry about electrical faults and finding your house in cinders?

And for the rest of the electric blanker fans, what about the risk of getting Kentucky fried in your slumber? Is that of no concern?

Ha ha! I think we'd wake up if we were being fried, don't you? I'd never sleep with my blanket actually ON in the night. Been using electric blankets for over 60 years now and never had any incident whatsoever. (Sadly yes I am that old!)  They DO have cut off safety you know, similar to lawnmowers.  Nope, no concern whatsoever.