My boyfriend (soon to be husband) once told me that taking off my clothes generates body heat under a blanket?
I really think it generates more heat than when your clothes are on and I don’t mean from any movement or action. I mean strictly laying there. Now that I am telling him, “what a line.” He says they teach that in survival school. (He was in the special forces and in the army for a spell.) Does this lack of outer covering actually working against the generation of body heat make sense to you? Any explanations? And do not mention *** causing heat; I am talking about no movement or friction involved. Just plain laying there. Does it generate more heat without clothes on than with clothes on?
I am talking about being alone under the blanket. Once he lifted it off me and I felt all the heat go away and I said, “Hey! All my heat is leaving!” Then I covered myself up again and went back to genereating more body heat. It SEEMS to work better ***** than with clothes on. And I am talking about at home not out camping or anywhere outside. This is just a tiny, modest experiment and I was wondering if you could help figure out WHY this works.
hahaha, oh yeah it does.
more seriously in some degree it actually does
Your Bf is right. It generates a lot of heat especially if your clothes are already cold or wet. Plus it feels great (with a member of the *** you like of course.) I find that spooning a BIG dog while being ***** generates a of heat too. The only problem is that the dog might lick you a lot or scratch you with his/her paws.
I’ve never heard that. The simple act of lying close together generates body heat, and the blanket holds it in. People don’t strip down when they are lost in a blizzard do they? But, given his background, I’m sure he knows what he’s talking about.
Eskimos sleep ***** because of what you husband told you. He isn’t telling you something that isn’t true.
THIS IS ACTUALLY TRUE IT IS TAUGHT IN THE ARMY AS WELL AS SURVIAL CLASSES. THIS HAS BEEN USED IN THE ARMY FOR YEARS.
Generally the insulation of a sleeping bag is better then any clothing so get rid of the clothing.
Maybe if you both were ***** and cuddling…
I always thought that it was WET clothes that stopped you from warming up. How could more dry clothes NOT be more insulating and hence warm you up faster?
yes, it does the thermal energy is bigger (hotter) when it is all gathered together like in one blanket, as apposed to in little pieces like it is when it is distributed throughout you clothes
It isn’t that it generates body heat. Removing your clothing when camping insures that they will be dry in the morning when you put them on rather than soaked in sweat. Dry clothing in the morning is much nicer than freezing in damp clothing.
I do not agree with this one.
Once I did this and in the morning was in fever.
Actually, its TRUE.
Cloths act as a filter, cooling the warm air away from you.
Your body generates a lot of heat. Under a blanket you are literally filling up more VOLUME with your body heat.
Think of your cloths as small balloons and the blanket as one big balloon. In time the blanket holds more heat… PERIOD!
Science is on your boyfriends side and he OWES me a favor!
The retention of clothing keeps heat in. Striping clothing off and lying next to each other allows more body heat to radiate out to the nearest object. The human bodys heat cannot dry out wet clothes and contributes to hypothermia if not contained in a dry environment. Your boy friend is correct in that you are warmer with no clothes on and wraped in a blanket with or without a body beside you ( much warmer with a ***** body ). However, under extreme conditions (Mt. Everest-blizzard, etc.)-layered clothing and a good sleeping bag, tent, covering or in doors are your best bet for warmth.
Dr. Tommy Skelton
Former Special Ops Survival Instructor
I think it might be possible that it is warmer because your clothes act as a insulator in both directions, both in keeping cold air away from you, and preventing warm air from escaping from you. If you aren’t wearing clothes, then there is more warm air to escape and spread away from you.
If you were the only person under the blanket, I can’t imagine that you would feel any warmer, because you lose a layer of insulation. However, it might change if there were two people, I’m not sure.
If your blanket or sleeping bag is an extremely good insulator and/or reflector of heat (such as a metallized mylar ‘space’ blanket), then clothes would just increase the amount of space your body needs to heat. It’s preserving the heat your body generates, not making it generate more.