SIMBA has put its brand-new Cotton Percale Bedding Set on offer in its June sale, which comes at a useful moment, with much of England under an extreme heat warning this week.
The set is 20% off in the sale, bringing a single down to £71.20 from £89, and a super king to £103.20 from £129.
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The sale on the bedding saves between £18 and £25, depending which size you opt for
Simba Cotton Percale Bedding Set: from £71.20 (was £89) at Simba
A double now costs £87.20, while a king costs £95.20, meaning the saving runs from around £18 on the smallest size to just under £25 on the largest.
Percale is the reason to look here if you sleep hot. It’s a plain, tight cotton weave, crisp and matte rather than silky, and it’s the finish hotels tend to use because it breathes and stays cool against the skin.
The set is made in Portugal and comes in seven colours, from pure white through to midnight blue and sage green.
Whether that cooling claim holds up in a real heatwave is the more interesting question, and at least one buyer says it does.
A verified reviewer who posted in June said the bedding was “keeping them warm through the heatwave”.
Another wrote: “A week with this bedding and sleep quality changed 100% no sweating no turnovers to trying find a cool spot. Amazing!”.
The set holds a five-star rating across its reviews on Simba’s site.
Even at the sale price, £89 and up is a fair amount for a duvet cover and pillowcase pair, and a percale set won’t transform a hot room on its own.
What it will do is take the clammy, cling-to-you feeling out of the sheets, which, on a tropical night, is most of the battle.
SHEET DREAMS
Simba’s bedding is ‘softer than silk, cooler than linen’ – I tested it
BEAT THE HEAT
Slumberdown’s cooling blanket that ‘works perfectly’ is £16 off at Amazon
Best household essential deals from Amazon Prime Day
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Every Prime Day it’s easy to get distracted by flashy deals on expensive gadgets, but one of the best categories to shop is household essentials.
We have scoured Amazon’s best essentials deals, so that you can stock up and save on your weekly shop:
NIVEA SUN Protect & Moisture Jattvibe Spray SPF 50+, £6.90 £4.80 – buy here
Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Soft Drink Cans, 24 x 330ml, £13.75 £8 – buy here
Catsan Hygeine Plus Cat Litter, £17.39 £12.89 – buy here
Finish Ultimate Plus Infinity Shine Dishwasher Tabs x146, £50 £19.29 – buy here
Andrex Ultimate Quilt Toilet Roll x24, £14.75 £10.64 – buy here
Lavazza Qualità Rossa Ground Coffee x12, £75 £46.50 – buy here
Oatly Barista Oat Milk, £12.60 £8.55 – buy here
J2O Orange and Passion Fruit 250ml x12, £8.99 £5.69 – buy here
Mutti Finely Chopped Tomatoes 400g x6, £9.18 £5.36 – buy here
Heinz Baked Beans 415g x12, £16.80 £8.49 – buy here
If you’ve already invested in a cooling mattress or duvet, this is the cheaper, faster upgrade to pair with it.
Our team has tried Simba’s bedding before and rated how it felt. There’s also Slumberdown’s cooling blanket deal if you’d rather spend less.
Delivery is free and next-day on most UK postcodes if you order before 1pm, which is welcome news during a heatwave.
The June sale runs through the month, so there’s no need to rush tonight, though stock on individual colours can thin out.
