As a poor person, maybe most useful advice for other poor people is water bottles. Tap water is colder than the air so I try to keep a plastic water bottle in my hand or pressed against my skin and it helps a lot.

If anyone is in a bind, post your situation and we/I will try to come up with a simple enough solution. My irl qualifications might be useful for the first time online lol: I was homeless for 2 months and have been poor af for my whole life, so i’ve had to ghetto innovate a lot of stuff.

  • @[email protected]
    13•2 years ago

    Some time ago I read an article on hot water bottles as personal heating/cooling systems, and it’s great:

    https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2022/01/the-revenge-of-the-hot-water-bottle.html

    Since the I bought one, and in hot weather I store it in the freezer / refrigerator (for those that have one)

    Also, water cools when it evaporates, so a spray bottle and a hand or electric fan is an amazing combo: spray your face and the fan multiplies the effect.

    • @[email protected]
      9•2 years ago

      Along these same lines, cooling towels are long, thin towels. Wet them down and place them around the nape of your neck for a surprisingly strong cooling effect. They can also be placed in the freezer.

      • @[email protected]
        1•2 years ago

        One similar to this:

        The only “important” part is that it has a fabric exterior, so that the ice doesn’t “burn” you. But any is good.

        Also, don’t over fill it, ice expands and can make it explode in the freezer

        • @[email protected]OP
          1•2 years ago

          Shouldnt it ideally have some kind of thing that lets me keep it against my body when walking? Bc in winter

          • @[email protected]
            2•2 years ago

            That would be pretty awesome, I don’t know if that exists though. When I’m outside I just use layers, tbh, this is more of a “at home” or “at work” thing.

            But if you don’t care too much about what other people think, you can directly throw it under your shirt, they are not that heavy

            • @[email protected]OP
              2•2 years ago

              other people think, you can directly throw it under your shirt,

              I was doing this the other day. I kept on forgetting it was in my shirt and when I stood up it fell out. Tips for this?

              Off the top of my head, I can imagine a pantyhose holder scarf thing

              • @[email protected]
                1•2 years ago

                No idea honestly, I guess it depends on your specific model… The best I can think is tying two together (they usually have a hanging hole on one end) and throwing it over your shoulder