Home LivingWellnessSleepThis TikTok sleep hack involves airing your duvet… but does it work?Sleep expert gives her verdict on Scandinavian duvet airing hackWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Home LivingWellnessSleepThis TikTok sleep hack involves airing your duvet… but does it work?Sleep expert gives her verdict on Scandinavian duvet airing hackWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Sleep expert gives her verdict on Scandinavian duvet airing hack
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TikTok is full of sleep hacks, whether it’s falling asleep in two minutes flat with themilitary sleep methodor sleep-inducing breathing exercises like the4-7-8 trick. Most recently, a new sleep and cleaning hack has been going viral on the app which involves hanging your duvet outside.
Dubbed the ‘new’ Scandinavian sleep hack, airing thebest duvetoutside is said to have many benefits aside from being a quick and easy way to refresh your bedding. Hanging duvets outside to air is a common practice in Scandinavian countries, and if we’re learnt anything so far from these hacks, we could all learn something from the Scandi’s healthy approach to sleep and wellbeing.
The originalScandinavian sleep hackinvolves sleeping with two separate duvets – one for you and one for your partner. Many people who tried this trick credited it with ‘saving their relationship’ as they were able to choose their own duvet for their sleep style while not disturbing their partner or having fights over cover hogging.
Why should you air your duvet?
As you can see in Blomdahl’s TikTok, she takes her duvet andbed sheetsoutside and leaves them there. She recommends doing it as often as you can or at least once a week. In her video, Blomdahl says that the “main goal is to refresh your bedding and it really makes it fresh and airy.” She also suggests that if you don’t have anywhere to hang your duvet, you should refrain from making your bed immediately and instead, open your window for an hour to let the fresh air into your bedding.
To find out if this is true or not, I spoke to Rachel Marshall, brand manager and sleep expert at Bensons for Beds who told me that there are multiple health and hygiene benefits to airing your duvet outside at all times of year. At time of writing, we’re enjoying a hot summer in the UK, whereas Blomdahl’s video shows her hanging her duvet out in cold Arctic temperatures.
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Marshall went on further to say that “letting your duvet sit out in the fresh air for a few hours every now and then can help with moisture removal, as the fresh air evaporates any excess moisture trapped within the duvet fibres.” But what about sleep?
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