Garment Details - Picking Your Best Option

Many garment and product manufacturers claim their products help protect a user from certain hazards such as UV protection.  Though we have no reason to dispute these protection statements we do not have the resources to test the claims.  Therefore, we will inform you of the claims of protection in our product details however, we do not guarantee the claims and recommend additional safeguards be used by everyone to protect yourself from any hazards.

For more specific details available about UV Protection from the National Library of Medicine 

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The general information below was taken from their website on August 1, 2024 and is subject to change without our notice.

"... The aim of the presented study was to investigate UV protective properties of typical summer fabrics that are currently available on the market. Although it was not possible to study the parameters independently we have demonstrated the following trends. Polyester and wool fabrics usually provide sufficient UV protection (UPF 30+), while other fabrics, such as cotton, linen, and viscose, frequently offer poor UV protection. We showed that dark-colored fabrics frequently have UPF values of 30+. Nevertheless, also white fabrics may provide sufficient UV protection depending on other parameters such as tightness of weave and fibre type. The most striking result however is the fact that 78 fabrics (33%) have an insufficient UPF of less than 15, and only 113 fabrics (48%) fulfilled the requirements of the European standard for UV protective clothing, that is UPF 30+ [4]. Similar results have been found in previous studies performed in Switzerland, Germany, and Australia [8-10]..."