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Bamboo sheets tend to be cooler than cotton, making them ideal for those who tend to sleep hot. The breathability and wicking properties of the bamboo fabric will keep your bed feeling cool and fresh all night long.
The natural properties of bamboo make it an ideal material for a summer quilt. The silky fabric drapes beautifully, and the lightweight filling helps to regulate your temperature naturally. Bamboo is a luxurious, silky-soft material that feels amazing against your skin.
Keep Your Cool with Bamboo Bedding
Fabrics made from natural fibres like bamboo, cotton and linen, are the most breathable and will wick away perspiration, keeping you cool and preventing sweaty odours, meaning you stay dry and comfy all night long.
If you're a hot sleeper, you don't need us to tell you how frustrating it is to go from cold to hot and then too hot back to something reasonable. Bamboo bedding is incredibly breathable with moisture-wicking capabilities, meaning you can sleep warm and cosy, without over-heating and proceeding to sweat everywhere.
For people who get hot during sleep, choosing sheets made of bamboo, cotton, or linen — breathable fabrics that wick away moisture from the body and help maintain a comfortable temperature — can help.
Hot sleepers love cotton! Renowned for their breathability, cotton-filled quilts are the ideal choice for summer - or anyone who finds themselves regularly kicking off their quilt in the middle of the night.
The texture of linen appeals to many quilters, and the material is made from the flax plant. Quilter's linen has absorbent properties and is cooler than other fabrics.
The best cooling comforters have covers made from bamboo, eucalyptus, cotton, and microfiber. Bamboo and eucalyptus comforters are derived from natural materials that are more breathable than other fabrics, which helps regulate your body temperature by wicking away sweat.
Cotton naturally retains more heat than bamboo, and the natural, long fibres of bamboo sheets provide breathability elements that just can't be matched by cotton's shorter threads. The breathability factors of bamboo keep bamboo sheets cooler than cotton.
Bamboo is more breathable than cotton and helps regulate your body heat. This feature allows you to stay cool and dry on warm days and warm during colder months.
Regulating Temperature
Bamboo viscose fabric can absorb and evaporate sweat faster than cotton. This helps to keep the skin dry and cool, making it an ideal fabric for night sweats or kids that sleep hot.
While there will always be people with preferences for cotton, bamboo is overall more sustainable for the earth and better for your health as well. Due to its hypoallergenic qualities and less need for pesticides and fertilizers, it is more suitable for those with sensitive skin, like children or elderly.
Temperature Neutrality
As a natural fabric, bamboo is fairly breathable, which helps keep the sleeper cool and comfortable. However, many sleepers think that it doesn't sleep as cool as cotton.
Bamboo has high moisture absorption, is anti-microbial and very breathable. Cotton is less absorbent and breathable than bamboo. Bamboo plants are environmentally friendly, and its manufacturing process produces a far smaller carbon footprint.
Bamboo has naturally smooth fibres that limit skin irritation and make it a convenient, hypoallergenic alternative when the weather is hot. Make the time this summer, while the sun beats down hotter than ever (or so it feels!), to reassess your wardrobe for comfort, breathability and sweat protection.
Aesthetically speaking, bamboo bed sheets are generally more prone to wrinkling, & they lack the “crisp” sheet feeling. On the flip side, TENCEL™ is less prone to wrinkling and tends to have a lustrous and less matte look. TENCEL™ sheets are also notably softer and more drapey than bamboo.
Bamboo is extremely environmentally friendly, using very little water to grow, needing no harmful pesticides and being 100% biodegradable. There is no other plant used in clothing that is as well-suited and gentle on Planet Earth.
We recommend Hungarian goose down duvets for night sweats. A goose down duvet filling is naturally breathable and provides three to four times more air circulation than synthetic materials, allowing moisture from sweat to escape more easily. For a cooling duvet, also opt for a lightweight, low tog duvet.
Considered to be the healthiest choice of all bedding materials, organic mulberry silk is a luxurious, delicate, natural product, which helps to regulate body temperature. When sleeping with an organic mulberry silk quilt, the quilt tends to drape over you, contouring your body whilst you sleep.
Wool. Quilts are natural and sustainable. They're warm, yet breathable which make them a great all-season option that will keep you cool and dry in the summer and warm in the winter. They also won't loft as much as other types.
Bamboo Batting
Harvesting it has little impact on its livelihood. As batting, it won't make you sneeze, it's easy to quilt through, and it's a cooler type of batting than polyester. Great for summer quilts and for projects such as wall hangings that don't rely on warmth.
At just 454g, the Big Agnes Kings Canyon UL Quilt is the lightest quilt on test, making it a great choice for summer adventures where weight, rather than warmth, is your priority. It's not only ultra-lightweight; it packs down really small too, so it's clearly designed with the minimalist backpacker in mind.