# "Ionized sleepwear" -- Is this total B.S.? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 10, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ionized-sleepwear-is-this-total-b-s/592197 "2011-08-10T14:27:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ionized-sleepwear-is-this-total-b-s/592197/1 "2011-08-10T14:27:45Z")
I’m guessing yes, but I’d like to hear from the experts. (You know who you are.) > [@](#): > > [Goodnighties](https://www.prohealth.com/shop/contents.cfm?category=Goodnighties&B1=EP081011&utm_source=EP081011&utm_medium=em&utm_campaign=articlepromo) sleepwear is a unique fabric blended with calming negative ions. This ionization technology, called ‘IonX’ - popular with the military, astronauts, Olympic athletes, and racehorse trainers - is a first in sleepwear. It’s designed to help women rest, recover and restore tired achy muscles. Goodnighties also has superior moisture-wicking properties that help to regulate the body’s internal thermostat. The fabric is feather-light, soft and perfect for ultra-sensitive skin. \*All ya gotta do is mention astronauts for instant credibility. Do the astronauts ever feel used? \* ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ionized-sleepwear-is-this-total-b-s/592197/2 "2011-08-10T14:34:29Z")
Woooo. Wooooo. WOOOOOOO! ---
**Author:** ![Galanthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Galanthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galanthus)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ionized-sleepwear-is-this-total-b-s/592197/3 "2011-08-10T14:38:41Z")
Many years ago I guy I worked with had a pyramid device thingy on his desk that he claimed produced calming negative ions. It made everything on his desk around it go black and dirty as the dust stuck to it. ---
**Author:** ![heavyarms553](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/779978/32.png) [@heavyarms553](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heavyarms553)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ionized-sleepwear-is-this-total-b-s/592197/4 "2011-08-10T15:56:21Z")
CHUGGA chugga chugga chugga CHUGGA chugga chugga chugga WOOooo WOOooooooooo! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ionized-sleepwear-is-this-total-b-s/592197/5 "2011-08-10T16:22:50Z")
Yes ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ionized-sleepwear-is-this-total-b-s/592197/6 "2011-08-10T16:27:29Z")
Calming Negative Ions are also being used to market products such as “revitalizing facial masks”, sport watches, and my personal favorite, the [Salt Cocoon](http://salt-care.com/index.php). _“For business or for home, this compact and easily transportable unit offers a very lucrative business opportunity as well as being perfect for individual use.”_ Note the photo of the sexy:dubious: model posing in the salt cocoon. I’m not sure there’s room enough in there for two people to exchange, um, negative ions\*, not to mention the claustrophobia factor. But it’s fun to imagine it being used as a come-on in singles bars. “Hey baby, wanna share my salt cocoon?” “OFFICER!!!” \*wouldn’t they be mutually repellent? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ionized-sleepwear-is-this-total-b-s/592197/7 "2011-08-10T16:36:07Z")
What happens when you put your Calming Negative Ion jammies in the dryer? Do all the ions get caught in the lint trap, and you have to scrap out the lint and squeeze it over your jammies to get the ions back in them? What if the ions float up into your face and knock you unconscious? Or what if you inhale them and your lungs get so calm you _forget to breathe?_ ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ionized-sleepwear-is-this-total-b-s/592197/8 "2011-08-10T16:45:40Z")
Wait, if they’re negative ions won’t they make me feel sad? It can’t be healthy to sleep with all that negativity around. I want pajamas with positive ions. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ionized-sleepwear-is-this-total-b-s/592197/9 "2011-08-10T16:52:55Z")
_This ionization technology, called ‘IonX’ - popular with the military, astronauts, Olympic athletes, and racehorse trainers - is a first in sleepwear. It’s designed to help women rest, recover and restore tired achy muscles. Goodnighties also has superior moisture-wicking properties that help to regulate the body’s internal thermostat. The fabric is feather-light, soft and perfect for ultra-sensitive skin._ WTF… when you go to sleep you pee like a racehorse? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ionized-sleepwear-is-this-total-b-s/592197/10 "2011-08-10T16:56:23Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I’m guessing yes, but I’d like to hear from the experts. (You know who you are.) > > > [@](#): > > > > Goodnighties sleepwear is a unique fabric blended with calming negative ions. This ionization technology, called ‘IonX’ - popular with the military, astronauts, Olympic athletes, and racehorse trainers - is a first in sleepwear. It’s designed to help women rest, recover and restore tired achy muscles. Goodnighties also has superior moisture-wicking properties that help to regulate the body’s internal thermostat. The fabric is feather-light, soft and perfect for ultra-sensitive skin. > > \*All ya gotta do is mention astronauts for instant credibility. Do the astronauts ever feel used? \* Let me put it to you this way-I’m considering transferring this thread to General Questions. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ionized-sleepwear-is-this-total-b-s/592197/11 "2011-08-10T17:01:50Z")
You want negative ions? Stick your finger in a light socket, negative ions out the wazoo. Your path to ground may vary. Wazoo ions not guaranteed. > [@Eve](#): > > What happens when you put your Calming Negative Ion jammies in the dryer? Do all the ions get caught in the lint trap, and you have to scrap out the lint and squeeze it over your jammies to get the ions back in them? What if the ions float up into your face and knock you unconscious? Or what if you inhale them and your lungs get so calm you _forget to breathe?_ Oh, we’ve missed you around here. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ionized-sleepwear-is-this-total-b-s/592197/12 "2011-08-10T17:07:22Z")
> [@dangermom](#): > > Wait, if they’re negative ions won’t they make me feel sad? It can’t be healthy to sleep with all that negativity around. I want pajamas with positive ions. Nonononono. See, that would be incredibly dangerous. The negative ions _attract_ all the positive ions from around the house, you see. That way, you get all the good chi and feng shui and kundalini and ka and everything else to gather around you. If you were wearing _positive_ ions, and attracting negative ones…well, I think we all know where that leads. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ionized-sleepwear-is-this-total-b-s/592197/13 "2011-08-10T18:48:18Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Nonononono. See, that would be incredibly dangerous. The negative ions _attract_ all the positive ions from around the house, you see. That way, you get all the good chi and feng shui and kundalini and ka and everything else to gather around you. If you were wearing _positive_ ions, and attracting negative ones…well, I think we all know where that leads. Getting eaten by dragons? No, I know, it will influence the water in the glass by my bed and make it all negative, and then I’d drink it and get angry and stuff. (You know water has memory, right? I saw it in a movie.) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ionized-sleepwear-is-this-total-b-s/592197/14 "2011-08-10T18:52:27Z")
This is so educational. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ionized-sleepwear-is-this-total-b-s/592197/15 "2011-08-10T18:53:36Z")
Let’s not get too far off topic here which is, I believe…electric jammys? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ionized-sleepwear-is-this-total-b-s/592197/16 "2011-08-10T19:05:51Z")
So, what if you wear the negative ionic pajamas and get a carpet shock? Will that leach off the healing energies, or compound them? And what explains the popularity among racehorse trainers? Do they wear the pajamas, or do the horses? ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ionized-sleepwear-is-this-total-b-s/592197/17 "2011-08-10T19:07:57Z")
Without opening the thread, and never having heard of “ionized sleepwear,” I knew the answer would be “yes.” It’s _ **ALWAYS** _ yes, if you have to ask. Joe ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ionized-sleepwear-is-this-total-b-s/592197/18 "2011-08-10T19:10:08Z")
Yes it’s BS. It sounds like my HRT boxer shorts(wildbleu), no not hormone replacement therapy but heat release technology. For women of a certain age with heat related symptoms who are in need of a little HRT? Actually I find them to be more in line with hormone release technology…as they let all the little ions in my shorts circulate with ease?.. :D;) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ionized-sleepwear-is-this-total-b-s/592197/19 "2011-08-10T19:57:40Z")
The opposite of ionized underwear is the union suit, because it’s unionized. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ionized-sleepwear-is-this-total-b-s/592197/20 "2011-08-10T22:01:17Z")
These types of jammies have been marketed in some form or another by organized criminals for over a century. Such purveyors work in highly secretive anion rings. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ionized-sleepwear-is-this-total-b-s/592197.md?page=2)