Best cooling blankets to help you sleep on hot nights

Shopping | ES Best Home | Home & Garden | BedroomBest cooling blankets to help you sleep on hot nightsToo warm for a duvet? Abha Shah has the alternatives covered The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Abha Shah @brimfulofashah2 minutes agoSign up for our free weekly newsletter for hot deals, best buys and expert reviewsSign upI would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice.As a nation, there’s nothing we love more than discussing the weather, but usually, it’s about how cold or rainy it is. When the sun comes to town, it triggers a national celebration - marked with garden party BBQs, ice-cold drinks and lazing under shady trees in a park. Until nightfall, that is.Because it’s an acute kind of torture trying to sleep when temperatures linger in the mid to high-20s in the wee, early hours. You know the score: sweaty hair sticking to the back of your neck, trying to stop your limbs touching, and venturing one, or two, hopeful legs out of the covers to catch any passing whisper of a breeze.Read MoreBest cooling fans to combat summer heat at homeBest quiet fans for the bedroom to keep you cool and help you sleep soundlyHoover HMC5 UV Mattress Vacuum Cleaner Review: a helpful tool to improve mattress hygieneHow to sleep in hot weatherFarah Arshad, Head of Design at DUSK, offers some stay-cool tips:Invest in the right fabrics: use cotton pyjamas and invest in 100 per cent cotton bed linen. Egyptian cotton bed linen is lightweight and breathable, helping to keep you cool throughout the night. Cold as ice: put a tray of ice in front of your fan. As it melts, the breeze will pick up the moisture and give off an icy cool mist. Keep it cool: the ideal room temperature to sleep is 16 -18°C. Having a cool shower before bed will help lower your temperature. Prepare your bedroom: close your windows in the daytime to av...