Make your car's air con blow even colder with Aldi's £1.35 kitchen staple – as temps to hit 31C this week
Motors with little or no air conditioning can benefit the most from the £1.35 Aldi kitchen essential.
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It is cheap to buy and takes a matter of minutes to prepare
Credit: Aldi
Motorists face an uncomfortable few days as Britain is set to bake in the third heatwave so far this summer.
But a tea towel from supermarket giants Aldi - costing less than a cup of coffee - could be the answer to their problems.
It is cheap to buy and takes a matter of minutes to prepare.
For those who are struggling to cope with the stifling temperatures, start by wetting the tea towel until it is damp and sodden.
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The wet rag should then stored in the freezer for a decent amount of time - perhaps overnight - until it is frozen solid.
As soon as you're looking to head out in your car, grab the frozen tea towel and place it in front of your car's air vent.
This will prevent the warm, stale air that has been sitting in the vehicle from being blown around the car.
Drivers can then benefit from a cool stream of air from the cloth instead, which will be a game changer during these hot summer days.
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Andrew Smart, who tested the hack out, explained how he felt the cold air on his face "almost instantly".
Writing for The Herald, he said: "After setting off, I noticed the cold air blowing on my face almost instantly, and the car began to cool down over the next five minutes.
"However, a massive drawback was that the cold rag would dry up in no time, meaning it would lose its effectiveness very quickly.
"But, by the time this happened, the car was already much cooler, and the air being blown at me from the vents was much more refreshing."
Dr explains why cold showers or baths are a bad idea to cool you down
While the tea towel may dry up after a period of being blown by the fan, it is a great method of immediately cooling down a car.
It could come in incredibly handy over the coming days, as temperatures of up to 31C have been predicted.
The weather turnaround comes
of heavy rain and thunderstorms.
Marco Petagna, senior meteorologist at the Met Office, said that Brits are set to bask in increasingly hot temperatures as we head into next week.
He said: 'I think Wednesday is probably going to be the day when we could start to reach the thresholds of 25 to 28 degrees, depending on where you are.
'But temperatures are going to continue to climb as we go toward the end of the week and certainly by Friday and Saturday we could see 30 degrees, perhaps just nudging into the low 30s.
'At the weekend, we could just start to see humidity increasing a little bit as well and nighttime temperatures look like they are going to be, so it will be starting to become more uncomfortable by night.'
Experts have also pointed to a
transform your vehicle's
air conditioning system
.
Amazon's Clima Set comes with two air condition recharge gas cylinders and is compatible with all cars that use R-134a refrigerant.
The product details describes the set as "nature conscious and vehicle safe".
Enthusiastic motorist, Scott Kilmar said: "This car hack will save you thousands in AC repairs."
on how to use the product, he explained that "it is not that hard to do."
It comes as Yorkshire
Water slapped a
hosepipe ban
on five million people, meaning washing motors with a hose will be off-limits from Friday.
Drivers in Yorkshire,
Lincolnshire
and
Derbyshire
will have to find other ways to wash their car or risk being slapped with fines of up to £3,000 for breaking the rules.
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Motorists face an uncomfortable few days as Britain is set to bake in the third heatwave so far this summer
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