Sun Protection

[Cruisinby]

Any advice on the best long sleeve rashguard for sun protection ?   Looking for the most protection for arms & shoulders

thanks

[Califoilia]

I've found that any long-sleeved rashguard works just fine. Some are advertised as 50 SPF, but I'm not sure that just about any comfortable cloth covering wouldn't have the same protection, just w/o having to test for it. I prefer loose fitting like this, but I know others who prefer the more "second skin" type like this...all just personal preference obviously.

[Caribsurf]

I swear by BloqUV https://www.bloquv.com
I have had 2 melanomas and have to be very, very careful with sun exposure.  I love their tops which are all UPF 50 + and come in many colors and a few different styles.  They are also stylish and quick drying , so you could wear one SUPing, and then look good enough to go out for lunch.

They are a little pricier than other tops, but I think their quality, protection and styling are worth it.

[mdsurf]

I have had good luck with Victory KoreDry.  Long Sleeve 50uv  Victorykoredry.com

[Cruisinby]

Thanks for the info.    Paddle on !! 

[Wetstuff]

I thought I would stay out of this one...  We probably made somewhere between 8-10,000 bits of Lyrcra 'in the day'.  Short/Long, socks, tights, caps - multi-weights of Lycra and Polarflece... a bunch. Nothing we made then, compares to what you can buy today on Amazon. In fact, I just ordered medium in a super-comfortable, SS workout shirt, I bought in Lg for PT, to use in the water. They were like, 2-for $10. (5-10, 175lbs)

SPF reminds me of the supplement for the brain on TV that is 'Made from Jelly Fish' - Prevagen.  (Jellies, of course, known as among the smartest creatures on the planet..)  There are a whole range of bullshit claims that the Gvmt. has never required 'to be proven', SPF among them. 

OZ, by contrast, gives-a-C'hit about their populace, and mandates label statements be true. (I only buy OZ-made sun creams for that reason.)  So, yes, support your local surf company if that makes you feel better.  But, if you want a true, block-out shirt - order a black, LONG SLEEVE, workout shirt.  Even on these hot/muddy days, it feels cool when wet. (..like $15 on Amazon - flat seams, stretch, the whole deal.)

Jim

https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/skeptical-cardiologist/80321

[Wetstuff]

I was just thinking about ..."'Made from Jelly Fish".  I am not smart enough to know any science but I intuit that, like similar claims from Our Dear Leader, if you make a statement that seems patently crazy—with authority—many people will simply bow to the fact "He/they would not get on television and say that ...if it was not true." 

Jim

[Bean]

Doesn't "itching powder" come from dried jellyfish?

[Wetstuff]

Or, Sea Lice, Bean...   ' get them in your baggies! 

Jim

[sailwave]

Damn that is a good price for a SPF50 water shirt, $17. Just ordered one with so little to lose from the "loose fit" link above. Thanks!

[Wetstuff]

Here's that 2-for-$10. Amazon shirt.  As someone who's made clothing, I look at this and marvel that someone/anyone can make a few dollars with the three stages of marketing this went through to get to me; everybody got a piece. Before them, the machine, fabric, thread, power company, in-house labor, and the landlord got theirs.  C'hit.

This was not flat-seamed like we did, but it is also not designed to be skin-tight for under a wetsuit, etc.  One pretty trick detail is the back of the collar.  The collar is commonly serged on - which is normal.  But!

A. They kept the stupid label away from your neck. 

B. Laid in a strip of fabric so five rows of thread are covered eliminating any likely chafing.

....all for $5. delivered (I pay Amazon a fee to pretend it is 'free' shipping.)


Jim 

[PonoBill]

Here's that 2-for-$10. Amazon shirt.  As someone who's made clothing, I look at this and marvel that someone/anyone can make a few dollars with the three stages of marketing this went through to get to me; everybody got a piece. Before them, the machine, fabric, thread, power company, in-house labor, and the landlord got theirs.  C'hit.
Jim

That's not the usual three layers of people who get their cut. The three layers are manufacturer, distributor, retailer and that would take a ten buck shirt and turn it into a 30 buck shirt (or more). Amazon gets about 15% (a little more if it's prime), which everyone who sells through Amazon bitches about. Give me a fucking break. I used to deal with national and international fulfillment companies. If I'd said, "I'll give you 15% of retail to warehouse, pick, box, and ship my product" they wouldn't have even laughed at me. They would just hang up the phone.

[SouthCounty]

https://www.victorykoredry.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjwnK36BRBVEiwAsMT8WNj7YD4FGBXmOmElfCASjfC2q1F1ywTwqWE_BpSOhzlZKj6Gyf6o2xoC8TQQAvD_BwE

[Wetstuff]

Accepted, Bill.  I still find it totally mind-boggling these shirts can go from EBF, China onto my back for $5.  In the day, when there was still US-made Lycra, the cloth would have been ~$3 in NYC. 

Jim