Hacker News Reader

Do you burn through long sleeves and pants?

There are clothes marketed as 45 or 60 UPF and even blue denim jeans supposedly are equivalent to 166 SPF.

Wearing long sleeves, long pants, and a wide-brimmed hat and shoes it seems like sunscreen would only be needed for hands and neck. https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/a/1238

Not practical for swimming unless you’re wearing a wetsuit of course but depending on weather conditions I do find long sleeves, pants, and a good hat can be practical for outdoor activity like hiking instead of sunscreen everywhere.

Also won't work well to protect your face from the UV reflection while skiing. Spring skiing in particular is often too warm to comfortable wear a full face mask.

As the same type of person, I don't think it's laughable ;-) I rock my Ex Officio and Coolibar gear every summer. It's a heck of a lot easier than putting on sunscreen all the time!

My very fair-skinned twins were slathered with sunscreen by nursery school staff and both developed an allergy to it. They use a shirt and hat. Works fine.