How to Survive a Heatwave: 7 Tips for Staying Cool!

A heatwave is a bit like a zombie apocalypse. Only the prepared survive. Good thing we’re here with some tips for fighting off those ravenous temperatures and making it out unscathed!

If you don’t have air conditioning or a swimming pool, the heat might think you’re an easy target. But, it’s in for a big surprise when it swarms into your house to find you fully equipped to bat it away like a pesky moth.

Read on to discover just how you’re going to do that…

 

1. Grab a Slush Puppie

Slush Puppie Machine

Can you get cooler than a Slush Puppie? Being made entirely from deliciously flavoured crushed ice, it’s the epitome of cool. If a Slush Puppie was a human, it’d be Samuel L. Jackson.

But, with the sun ready to turn you into a walking roasted marshmallow as soon as you set foot outside, how do you get one? Oh, that’s right, you just make one in your home using this Slush Puppie Machine!

This awesome appliance makes up to a litre of fantastically cooling slush at a time. Just grab your Slush Puppie syrups and you’re good to go.

 

2. Chill out with some ice cream

Mr Creations Ice Cream Machine

So, an ice cream on a hot day is amazing to cool you down. Only thing is, you don’t want to go running down the street after an ice cream truck that appears to be driven by a career getaway driver. That’ll just make you hotter.

If only there was a way to just make all the soft serve ice cream you want at home. Like, say, with the Mr Creations Ice Cream Machine or the Slush Puppie Ice Cream Machine!

These fantastic appliances let you make seaside style soft scoop in your very own kitchen. So, don’t bother chasing the tinkly tune of an ice cream truck that probably exists only in a different dimension. Instead, just get one of these.

 

3. Keep those drinks cool

Pineapple Ice Bucket

When the heat’s trying to crowd you like a clingy ex, a cool drink is a must-have in your defence arsenal. Emphasis on cool. If the drink gets hotter than a spicy curry… well, what good is that?

So, you need a way to have loads of ice on hand. And, if it can be more fun than a weekend in Las Vegas, you’ve got a winner. For that, you just need this Pineapple Ice Bucket, which is styled to look like that prickly but delicious fruit.

Or, if you want a way to cool your drink without diluting it, these Ice Stones will work a charm!

 

4. Create a chill room… literally

RED5 Portable Air Cooler

Usually a chill room would have peaceful music, calming décor, maybe a soothing scent or two delivered by a fancy diffuser. But, when it’s hot, you only need one thing. A fan.

But, this can’t be any old fan. We’re not talking a fan that likes your Instagram account every now and then and never comments. We mean a super fan. Like, this RED5 Portable Air Cooler!

Not only does this fan offer a cooling breeze enhanced by chilled vapour, but it has a soothing mood light built in, which is especially good on those hot nights when you feel like the heat from the overhead light bulb is pushing you over the edge.

 

5. Get out of the hot house

Garden Chess Set

OK, so, the thought of going out into the sun can seem crazy. But, consider the fact that your house feels like an airless box of heat where they train astronauts to land on the sun.

But, if you get out into a shady spot under some trees, maybe catch a bit of a breeze, the outdoors can actually feel cooler. Only thing is, what are you going to do for entertainment?

Don’t worry. We’ve got loads of exciting outdoor toys and games to pass the time. From remote control cars to croquet to garden chess, you’ll be having so much fun you won’t want to go back inside!

 

6. Stay hydrated

Personalised Metal Insulated Drink Bottle

Brace yourself… science incoming. When it’s hot, you should drink more. We know, right, mind blown!

But, yeah, your body tries to cool down by sweating when it’s hot. And, sweating doesn’t just make for awkward hugs, it also means dehydration. So, it’s important to stay hydrated throughout the day by carrying around water in one of these water bottles!

Handy tip, go for an insulated water bottle so you don’t have that warm drink situation that we mentioned in point 2.

 

7. Head to the beach

2-Person Inflatable Kayak

So, you’ve tried to take a cold shower, but the water just turns to steam before it hits you? Yeah, we know the feeling. And, we know the solution… total immersion.

Head to the beach or find some sort of body of water and jump in it. And, so you can stay out there longer and enjoy the fresh breeze that blows over the water, take a spin in this 2-Person Inflatable Kayak!

This kit comes with everything you need to create the kayak at the water’s edge, including the pump, so you don’t have to blow it up using lung power (and wind up with your head spinning like a busy waiter).