Simba’s ‘super soft and cool’ cotton percale bedding is perfect ‘during the heatwave’ – it’s been slashed by 20%

SIMBA has knocked 20% off its Cotton Percale Bedding Set as part of a summer sale that closes at 23:59 on Friday 31 July. That brings a single down to £71.20 from £89, and a super king to £103.20 from £129. 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) A double now costs £87.20 and a king £95.20, so the saving runs from around £18 on the smallest size to just under £26 on the largest. Sign up for the Shopping newsletter Thank you! The set covers a duvet cover and a pillowcase pair rather than a full bundle, which is worth knowing before you order — the fitted sheet is sold separately from £39.20. Percale is the reason to look here if you overheat at night. 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 real heat is the more interesting question, and while we’ve tested Simba bedding ourselves, the brand’s own reviewers have been putting it to the test in exactly those conditions. One verified buyer wrote that the duvet cover was “keeping me cool during the heat wave”. Most read in Shopping Another said: “A week with this bedding and sleep quality changed 100% no sweating no turnovers to trying to find a cool spot.” A third kept it shorter: “Soft and cool – great colour too.” More deals in the Simba summer sale Cotton Percale Bedding Bundle: from £111.20 (was £139) – buy here Brushed Tencel Bedding Set: from £103.20 (was £129) – buy here Egyptian Cotton Bedding Set: from £103.20 (was £129) – buy here Cool Linen Bedding Set: from £255.20 (was £319) – buy here Cotton Percale Fitted Sheet: from £39.20 (was £49) – buy here Cotton Percale Pillowcase Pair: £31.20 (was £39) – buy here The set holds 4.7 out of five across 29 reviews on Simba’s site, which is a small sample, though a consistent one. Britain has already had three heatwaves this year, and forecasters expect temperatures in southern England to climb back towards the low 30s in the middle of next week. Even at the sale price, £71.20 and up is a fair amount for a duvet cover and two pillowcases, and percale 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. If you’ve already invested in a cooling mattress or duvet, this is the cheaper, faster upgrade to pair with it. We’ve also tested the brushed Tencel version, which is softer and better at wicking moisture, but it costs more at £103.20 for a single set.