Boaters: Avoid Skin Cancer With UPF-Rated Clothing | BoatUS

[@gustavoserrano]

I love Vapor Apparel's shirts, they have a UPF-50 Rating and are very comfortable to wear while out fishing or for a day of boating.

[@boatus]

Thanks for sharing, Gustavo! I wasn't familiar with Vapor but I just looked them up. Great combo of price, options, and awesome graphics! I might need to order one (or several) for myself.

[@douglasklapper1369]

The description of rating is confusing and incorrect. A upf rating of 15 doesn’t let 1/15th of the uv rays through. It blocks 15% of those rays. Likewise a rating 50 blocks 50% of those rays. The explanation using the fractions 1/15th and 1/50th are contradictory to the ratings shown in the chart.

[@michaelorr1945]

Why doesn’t this guy at least have a broad brim hat on when talking about proper sun protection? Maybe even some “sun” glasses? Unbelievable.😂

[@boatus]

Thanks for your concern, Michael. It seems that every time someone in our videos wears sunglasses to protect their vision on a super bright day, we get people complaining about not being able to see their eyes. For a similar reason, we try to avoid hats while filming because they can cast dark shadows on faces. We can't make everyone happy all of the time, but if it makes you feel any better, the videographer and I were both wearing hats, sunscreen, sunglasses, AND UPF clothing while we were filming that day.

[@douglasklapper1369]

The description of rating is confusing and incorrect. A upf rating of 15 doesn’t let 1/15th of the uv rays through. It blocks 15% of those rays. Likewise a rating 50 blocks 50% of those rays. The explanation using the fractions 1/15th and 1/50th are contradictory to the ratings shown in the chart.