Mercury rising: how to stay healthy in a heatwave

The season’s heating up – so how can you keep your family cool, calm and collected when the weather’s anything but? It starts with a crack team of home cooling appliances. Cue the latest air conditioners to keep you and your power bills chilled, portable fans to bring the cool to you, health monitoring devices and even genius gadgets that can keep fur babies happy and hydrated.

Crank Up The Cooling

The latest models of Air Conditioners can take the heat off your wallet (as well as your home) with clever human-sensing tech that has the ability to ensure your unit is not needlessly pumping out cold air when nobody’s there. 

“The latest smart, energy-efficient air conditioners can sense when a room’s empty and switch to standby mode, which saves on power and money,” says Scott Bazley, The Good Guys Buyer – Seasonal. “They can also be controlled remotely from wherever you are, so you can get the house cooling on the way home from work.”

For smaller spaces and rental properties, a portable air conditioner or cooler can bring a welcome cool change to your abode. Looking for year-round comfort? Look for a reverse-cycle air conditioner that cools in summer and heats in winter.

“The latest smart, energy-efficient air conditioners can sense when a room’s empty and switch to standby mode, which saves on power and money.”

Shop Reverse-Cycle Air Conditioners

Fujitsu C2.5kW H3.2kW Reverse Cycle Split System

Panasonic C5.0kW H6.0kW Reverse Cycle Split System and Air Purifier

Hisense 2.5kW Air Q Series Reverse Cycle Split System

Create A Hydration Station

We all know kids are go-go-go, and with great activity comes even greater potential for dehydration. Make it easy for them to drink on the move by creating a hydration station – an easy-access area with glasses and chilled, filtered water. A benchtop filtered water station can deliver easy H2O, and a workhorse ice-maker can crank out up to 10kg of ice in 24 hours –  perfect for hydrating the whole household.

If you’re upgrading your fridge, look for one with an instant ice and water dispenser and you’ll never need to fill a water jug again. “Some newer models don’t even need to be plumbed in to deliver chilled water whenever it’s needed,” says Peter Simic, The Good Guys buyer – Refrigeration and Laundry. “Instead, the water dispenses from a water tank that needs to be manually filled, and lives inside the fridge itself.”

Shop Hydration

Heller Electronic Ice Maker Silver

Breville The Aquastation Chilled + Hot

Samsung 636L AI Family Hub Refrigerator

Track Your Health With Clever Tech

The latest fitness trackers and blood pressure monitors make it easy to monitor your health and take steps to cool down, giving you peace of mind on a hot day.

Shop Health-Monitoring Devices

Beurer Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor

Fitbit Inspire 3 Midnight Zen/Black

Keep Your Pets Cool In Summer

So how do we help the furrier members of the family stay cool? As well as offering pets a breezy, shaded place to rest, it’s worth investing in an automatic water bowl – a clever water fountain that circulates fresh water for your pet to drink. Providing a consistent water source throughout the day,  it will alert you if the water level gets too low and can even be operated remotely via an app.

The Good Guys has everything you need to keep your family healthy this summer – head in-store or online to find everything from air conditioners to portable fans and coolers and fitness trackers.