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A sun hoodie. Sun hoodies are meant to be worn on their own, cover your entire upper body, be very light, and have a high UPF (clothing equivalent of SPF). Instead of dealing with globs of sunscreen that wears out as you sweat, you can slip on a sun hoodie in an instant and get lasting protection. I got the REI store brand, which is around $50. Unfortunately, it looks like they're almost sold out of the nice visible orange color that I bought. It's only available in XXXL.
I don't see the difference with regular clothing, which also basically offers excellent protection from the sun?
google UPF sun protection.
I already had when I posted.
For instance this clearly says that regular clothing is perfect for sun protection of you don't go for something too bright. https://www.skincancer.org/skin-cancer-prevention/sun-protection/sun-protective-clothing/
"Yes, your clothing shields you from the sun, but not all fabrics and colors provide equal protection." and all of the caveats around what works and what doesn't isn't exactly clearly regular clothing is perfect, but if thats what you took away from that, thats fine of course. I've gotten burned through t-shirts, but not often cause I normall would have worn black concert shirts from metal bands haha