Today's SideDeal3-Pack: Tailor Vintage UPF 50+ Sun Shirts
Our Take
- Long-sleeve shirts
- They protect you from the sun
- Designs are on the back
- Are they Mac compatible: I dress my MacBook Air in one of these every time I bring it to the beach
Protection
I think I am finally ready to admit something that I’ve known for years now: I hate summer.
For so long, being both in denial and afraid of judgment, I would tack on positive little addenda to my criticisms. “Wow, it’s 98 degrees and humid as hell out there. But, hey, at least the lawn’s looking lush and green!” Or “Wow, the sun is really beating down today. Whoa, how about all those daylight hours, though, huh?”
But it was thinking about these shirts that helped me realize the season truly sucks.
To be clear, this is nothing against the shirts. They’re good! They’re long-sleeved and provide UPF 50+ protection to “help shield you from harmful sun rays all day long.” There’s nothing wrong with that.
What bugs me is what they represent. Which is: the lose-lose prospect of getting anything done outside from late May until early September.
Here’s how it goes. You have two options.
Option 1
You put on a tank top and lather your face and arms and neck and shoulders with sunscreen. You head out to do whatever project requires you to spend hours in the summer sun. Over time, you sweat off a lot of the sunscreen and either reapply or burn. You finish, come inside feeling woozy, chug ice water, and try to find some equilibrium.
Or…
Option 2
You put on one of these shirts and apply sunscreen to your face and neck. You head outside. Your arms remain protected all day, but you still need to think about re-applying sunscreen every couple hours to your face and neck. Given that you’re toiling away in the summer sun in long sleeves, you sweat profusely. You finish, come inside feeling woozy, chug ice water, and try to find some equilibrium.
And sure, the inverse of this issue occurs in winter. But at least it feels like everyone acknowledges the issue. It’s all, “Brr, it’s rough out there! Let’s make some cocoa!” Nobody argues you should be thankful for a blizzard or a week when the high doesn’t get above 10. Whereas, in the summer, everyone expects you to say, “Ah, what a beautiful day!” as you grow more and more uncomfortable.
It’s all so stupid. The whole damn season.
But these shirts aren’t. They’re fine. And they’ll protect your body from a sunburn. So that’s nice.
Buy them if you want them.
