Beat the Heat?

Parents Forum
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<p>Hi! I will be doing a summer stay in a dorm this summer and the dorms do not have air conditioning. I am very heat sensitive and the weather will be hot so I was wondering if anyone had good solutions to beat the heat. I was looking at this:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.lnt.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1361040&cp=1331608.1331961&parentPage=family%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.lnt.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1361040&cp=1331608.1331961&parentPage=family&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>any other suggestions?</p>

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<p>This is a real issue...at my S's college..multiple fans per room..one for taking air out of the room in the window. One tiny one at the edge of each bed at night, and a rotating fan on the desk. The key is to start moving out the hot air in midafternoon...then by bedtime your room is bearable and cooler.</p>

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<p>Oh wow - i don't know if I can fit that many fans in my suitcase! :)</p>

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<p>If it's dry heat, open the windows to let night air in and close them tight before the sun comes up. :)</p>

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<p>The ambient noise of fans has its pluses in dorms! Also kids who fly to college just get a ride to Walmart and buy them...they are also in college bookstores where needed.</p>

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<p>^true, but what will i do with them when the program is over? now im begining to think i will just ship a box of stuff over there before the program starts.</p>

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<p>Suggestion: go somewhere that has air fit to breathe in the summer. This includes the entire west coast, probably all of New England and some other places, some of which have satisfactory schools.</p>

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<p>I'll be in New Jersey, but I heard it can get pretty hot and humid over there too.</p>

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<p>True. I'd go somewhere else. :)</p>

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<p>LOL, that would probably be the smart thing to do. BUT, Im toooo in love with Princeton to give up an oppurtunity to spend the summer there. The weather I can try and fix through fans, water etc...</p>

<p>princeton University, however, can't be copied anywhere else in the world!</p>

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<p>box fans (the type you can put in a window to blow out the hot air) are very cheap -- you could buy one at wal-mart and just leave it. cheaper than shipping! Plus, you won't know the window size until you get there.</p>

<p>the one you posted at linens and things looks great -- you could put it at the end of the bed at night to cool you off. If it fits into your luggage, get that one. Walmart also has some like that -- check around when it gets closer to summer.</p>

<p>I don't think you have to worry too much about cooling off your desk -- you will probably be too busy to spend much time sitting around your dorm room and you can always move the fan around. maybe if you are lucky, you will end up with a basement room -- much cooler!</p>

<p>never let a little thing like some heat and humidity get in the way of a great summer experience!</p>

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<p>at princeton you're not allowed to put fans in your windows (the windows open outward, not up and down, I dont think you could get them to stay even if you were allowed)</p>

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<p>This is a little fan that works well. My daughter uses one in her dorm room at Columbia. BB&Beyond will ship it if you don't want to travel with it.</p>

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<p>S spent a summer at Penn State.The two boys set up a fan in the window (it doesnt have to be "in" the window but close to it )and at least two other ones , on each side of the room. ditto on the advice to buy the cheap ones there and leave them..cheaper than shipping them. Also, ask the advice of the program counselors..I'm sure they get asked the same question every year and would know best how that particular dorm building would work.</p>

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<p>OK, the general consensus I am getting here is that I will need one fan that I can move around, such as to the bed, desk, wherever I am sitting. I think for this I will use the link I posted. Then I will need a second one to place near the window for air circulation. Does anyone have any suggestions (links) for the window fan?</p>

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<p>Or, I just saw this. Inseatd of millions of fans, what about this:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=3342191%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=3342191&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>12.84 x 17.28 x 11.16 - seems compact enough (or maybe I just have no sense of size and proportion) and i think it would be fine just resting on a table. Also says it would be perfect for cooling rooms up to 150 square feet. Seems perfect for a dorm room!</p>

<p>Or, would it look increibly pretentous of me to bring it instead of a fan...</p>

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<p>meh, i was just looking at it more and it weighs 40 pounds so its bigger than I thought. Scratch that idea.</p>

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<p>lollipop
thats a real air conditioner which must be installed in a window to vent outside of the window.it wouldnt be permitted.</p>

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<p>Had kiddo in 6th floor dorm in NC and NO A/C - 1 large fan (not floor type or box type - but stand up type) near window that goes side to side - blow in or blow out (get at local wal-mart/bed& bath etc..... near school) - and 1 clip on fan - goes anywhere and also goes side to side - where ever you are (got at home - brought with her) - worked pretty well - if sleeping in a bunk - clip to underside of top bunk - if not a bunk - clip to head/foot board of bed at nite.</p>

<p>Most important thing is to keep the air in the room moving - feels cooler that way.</p>

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<p>okey dokey.</p>