Sleep Better with Bamboo – How Bamboo Bedding and Sleepwear Help You Get a Better Night’s Sleep

Short answer: The right material in bed matters more for your sleep than most people think. Bamboo viscose is silky soft, gives off moisture two to three times faster than cotton and regulates temperature, so you wake up neither clammy nor cold. Change the bedding and the nightwear together and you will feel the difference on the first night.

Why bamboo works at night

The body gives off moisture and heat for many hours at a stretch, and everything that touches the skin in that time matters a great deal. Bamboo viscose is softer than ordinary cotton, Egyptian cotton and cotton sateen, and the softness stays wash after wash instead of wearing off. At the same time the fabric gives off moisture two to three times faster than cotton, so sweat does not sit against the skin. It is the combination of the two that makes the material suited to bamboo bedding.

Clammy at night, cold in the morning

Many people know the pattern: you wake up soaked at three and you are shivering an hour later. It happens because cotton soaks the moisture up and holds on to it, and wet cotton cools the body as it evaporates. Bamboo viscose instead moves the moisture out into the fabric where it disappears, so the temperature at the skin stays more even through the night. It is the same mechanism as in bamboo nightwear for men, and it works best when the bedding and the nightwear are the same material.

Nightwear for women

For women the range is split by what you prefer to sleep in. A full pyjama holds the warmth best and sits under pyjamas for women, while separate pieces give you more freedom to adjust: a night t-shirt on top and a pair of soft bamboo pyjama bottoms for women for the legs. The whole range is gathered under bamboo nightwear for women, where you can see the cut and the lengths on each item.

Nightwear for men

Many men sleep in a t-shirt rather than a pyjama, so a night t-shirt for men in bamboo is where most of them start. It is thinner and smoother than an ordinary t-shirt and does not cling when you turn over. If you want the whole set, the bottoms and tops sit together, and for the evenings when you are not in bed yet, homewear in bamboo is the same fabric in a looser shape.

How to get the most out of it

Wash the bedding and the nightwear at thirty degrees and skip the fabric softener, which settles as a film around the fibres and closes off exactly the moisture transport you paid for. Dry gently and avoid high heat in the tumble dryer. After that, change one thing at a time if you want to feel what works: start with the bedding, sleep on it for a week, and then change the nightwear. Most people notice the difference on the very first night.

Frequently asked questions

Why do I wake up sweaty in cotton bedding

Because cotton soaks the moisture up and holds on to it. When the wet cotton then evaporates it cools the body, so you swing between hot and cold.

Should both the bedding and the nightwear be bamboo

That works best, because the moisture has to travel all the way through. If you can only pick one, start with the bedding, it covers the largest area.