Nightwear for Hot Sleepers – Guide

Short answer: Nightwear for warm sleepers should be light, loose and moisture moving, not necessarily as little as possible. Nightwear in bamboo viscose moves perspiration away from the skin and helps the body shed heat, so you sleep more calmly through the night.

Are you a warm sleeper?

The signs are the same for most people: you push the duvet off in the middle of the night, you sleep with your feet outside it, and you wake with a damp layer on your back. It is the combination of duvet, nightwear and bedding that decides.

Less fabric is not always the answer

Without a layer against the skin, perspiration stays in the sheet and evaporates slowly. A thin fabric spreads the moisture over a larger surface where it can disappear. That is why most warm sleepers sleep cooler with a light layer on than with nothing at all.

Choose loose over close

In winter a close layer warms best, because it holds on to the air. For a warm sleeper the opposite applies: air has to circulate between fabric and skin. So choose a looser cut, but not so loose that the fabric wraps when you turn over.

Why bamboo viscose works

The material takes moisture into the fibre itself and releases it slowly to the air. The fabric therefore does not turn clammy, and it does not turn cold when you stop perspiring. It is that shift that wakes warm sleepers between two and four in the morning.

Bedding and duvet

Bedding covers a larger area than nightwear and therefore counts at least as much. The most common single cause, though, is a duvet that is too warm. Try a lighter duvet first, and then look at bamboo bedding if the nights are still warm.

For the women's wardrobe

On the women's side a short nightdress or a set with shorts are the coolest options. See the whole range under bamboo nightwear for women and choose the lightest quality rather than the model that looks thinnest in a photograph.

For the men's wardrobe

On the men's side a loose night T-shirt with shorts is the coolest set. See the range under bamboo nightwear for men, and avoid boxer shorts as nightwear, because they fit close and are made to sit under trousers all day.

Washing and everyday use

Warm sleepers need to wash nightwear more often, typically after two nights. Wash at 30 degrees without fabric softener, which lays a film in the fibres and slows exactly the moisture transport meant to keep you dry. Three sets allow one wash a week. See also bamboo and temperature regulation, bamboo clothing for menopause and sleeping better with bamboo.