Anyone here love taking cold shower in the summer? I do.

[Soundmanred]

Have you measured the temperature? There's a reason why geothermal heating works. http://www.hotspotenergy.com/heat-recovery-performance/groundwater-temperature-map.php

 

[Mixolydian]

I always take cool showers. Hot showers are absolutely terrible for your skin. Hot water opens your pores and makes your body lose all the good oils that keep your skin healthy.

And lose the oils that make your skin...oily.

 

[kushy26]

I too but due to my special nature I avoid to do daily.

 

[Murloc]

I have no AC so I do it before bed if I have to sleep in 28+ °C temperatures, I can remove the sticky film of sweat and it keeps me cool for 2 hours, long enough to fall asleep.
Usually it isn't that hot at night though, I can air it out pretty good.

 

[Zeze]

Only on internet a fun casual thread about a cold shower degenerates into 'my cold shower is colder than yours' contest and invoking of a US geo-study map of the ground water temp.

 

[Vdubchaos]

To cool off after physical activity? sure

But in general I like to take hot shower in the summer and cold shower in the winter.

Hot shower + Hot = cool once you get out
Cold shower + Cold temps = warm when you get out

I don't like getting out of the shower only to sweat again or be cold.

 

[Zeze]

To cool off after physical activity? sure

But in general I like to take hot shower in the summer and cold shower in the winter.

Hot shower + Hot = cool once you get out
Cold shower + Cold temps = warm when you get out

I don't like getting out of the shower only to sweat again or be cold.

I don't understand this logic.

Hot shower + hot = I'm already sweating by the time I dry off. And my body is hot and I'll be drenched in sweat again in a given same room temp vs taking a cold shower.

Cold shower + cold = Miserable.

Eye for an eye thing doesn't work here.

 

[IronWing]

Only on internet a fun casual thread about a cold shower degenerates into 'my cold shower is colder than yours' contest and invoking of a US geo-study map of the ground water temp.

My cold shower is luke warm. Cheap-ass developers shallow buried the water pipe.

 

[waggy]

I generally take cool/cold showers the entire year.

same.

though in the summer i do take them as cold as i can stand it.

I don't understand this logic.

Hot shower + hot = I'm already sweating by the time I dry off. And my body is hot and I'll be drenched in sweat again in a given same room temp vs taking a cold shower.

Cold shower + cold = Miserable.

Eye for an eye thing doesn't work here.

agreed. i was thinking err. no that don't work!

 

[lxskllr]

I don't understand this logic.

Hot shower + hot = I'm already sweating by the time I dry off. And my body is hot and I'll be drenched in sweat again in a given same room temp vs taking a cold shower.

Cold shower + cold = Miserable.

Eye for an eye thing doesn't work here.

I'm not sure I agree with this specific application at the extreme ends, but the logic is sound. Staying close to a normal temperature evens out the perceived extremes. Sitting in AC, then going out to 100F weather makes it feel much worse than if you weren't in AC. The reverse is also true in cold weather.

 

[Zeze]

I'm not sure I agree with this specific application at the extreme ends, but the logic is sound. Staying close to a normal temperature evens out the perceived extremes. Sitting in AC, then going out to 100F weather makes it feel much worse than if you weren't in AC. The reverse is also true in cold weather.

Except human body's comfort isn't relative.

If I take a hot shower because I'm miserable in 80 degree room temp, I'll still be miserable.

If I take a cold shower because I'm miserable in the 80 degree room temp, I'll be nice and cool for few hours until I'm hot again.

 

[Vdubchaos]

I don't understand this logic.

Hot shower + hot = I'm already sweating by the time I dry off. And my body is hot and I'll be drenched in sweat again in a given same room temp vs taking a cold shower.

Cold shower + cold = Miserable.

Eye for an eye thing doesn't work here.

Try it and you will see.

Although cold shower in the cold weather might be miserable at first, when you get out you will be very warm.

Same other way around (you won't sweat as fast.....and will remain cool in Hot/ Hot situation).

 

[SlitheryDee]

It feels refreshing, but for me it can't replace a/c or even really reduce my need for it. As soon as I'm dry again I'm back to normal. I also wouldn't do it in the morning.

 

[lxskllr]

Except human body's comfort isn't relative.

It is relative. Changing between drastically different temperatures makes the uncomfortable temperature more uncomfortable than if you stayed close to it in the first place. It's debatable whether a blistering hot shower is better in the summer, but the overall principle is sound.

[source]
I worked outside for 25 years ranging from below freezing to near 100F with greater than 80% humidity.

 

[DrPizza]

Only on internet a fun casual thread about a cold shower degenerates into 'my cold shower is colder than yours' contest and invoking of a US geo-study map of the ground water temp.

Hey, I was just pointing out that you're a wuss to consider your water cold.

After a hot FL lawn mow I'll start lukewarm (so shampoo with lather) than rinse with cold.

But not as big of a pansy as this guy! Cold water doesn't even exist in Florida. Perhaps he's just referring to the label on the valve though. But it explains one thing - how us northerners can be out in the surf of the ocean, comfortably swimming at the beaches in Florida in January, while the locals are walking by wearing sweaters and jackets (and muttering, "snowbirds").

 

[sixone]

I always take cool showers. Hot showers are absolutely terrible for your skin. Hot water opens your pores and makes your body lose all the good oils that keep your skin healthy.

I know that's true, but hot showers feel sooooooo goooooood.

I try not to get the water too hot, for that reason - especially when washing my hair, as it tends to make it more dry and frizzy.

But there aren't a lot of things that feel better than warm water on my neck and shoulders. Bliss...

 

[Arcadio]

I love cold showers in the summer. Very cold showers. It's a great feeling. I don't like AC, btw. I only use AC when the temperature is above 100. I guess it's because I grew up in a tropical country with no AC, so I'm used to cooling off with just a fan.

 

[Zargon]

Have you measured the temperature? There's a reason why geothermal heating works. http://www.hotspotenergy.com/heat-recovery-performance/groundwater-temperature-map.php

Hey, I was just pointing out that you're a wuss to consider your water cold.



But not as big of a pansy as this guy! Cold water doesn't even exist in Florida. Perhaps he's just referring to the label on the valve though. But it explains one thing - how us northerners can be out in the surf of the ocean, comfortably swimming at the beaches in Florida in January, while the locals are walking by wearing sweaters and jackets (and muttering, "snowbirds").

this is where I point out that the map says AVERAGE water temperature.

AFAIK S Floridas biscayne aquifer is rather cool since the rock layers interact with the atlantic


and the water temp of the aquifer my water is from is about 10F below what the map says the average is





first thing I do when coming in from working in the yard on a hot day is take a cold shower to cool off

 

[Red Squirrel]

Not a fan of mixing taps. I like having hot and cold separate. Makes it easier to customize the pressure and temperature, with the small downside of being more fiddly until you learn the nuances of the particular tap.

Yep, if I was to do it over again, I'd be sure to install two normal separate taps.

fuck no

i took cold showers once, when our furnace broke. was like showering with the hose. which sucked in October and November

hot all year round
if im really hot i may take a warm shower but its never cold

Ouch yeah that would suck... when I take a "cold" shower, I'm reducing the hot water, not removing it completely. Ground water here is just above freezing. I tested it now that it's summer and it's about 14, which would still be pretty cold to shower in unless I just finished doing lot of physical activity and super sweaty.

Now that I think of it, at 14 degrees, and a typical hot day is 25, that's a decent difference, think my water cooling idea could work. :biggrin: