Vapor Apparel Men's UPF 50+ UV Sun Protection Performance Long Sleeve T-Shirt

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Nice shirt for the sun. Very light material. Perfect for wearing on a hot day and keeping your skin from burning. I will use these for golf and fishing in the midday hot southern sun. The fit is a just slightly smaller than a normal XL so you may want to order one size up. This shirt is a great bargain compared to similar high end sun protection big logo shirts at four times the price. You could pay a whole lot more and get the same or less. Bang for the buck is big if this shirt holds up over time. I am ordering a few more in different colors. The material is comfortable next to the skin so you may find yourself wearing it as a base layer. Seems to wash up nice. I have looked for a good long sleeve sun shirt for a long time and most of them are too heavy or way overpriced with obnoxious corporate logos making you a human ad billboard. I think you will find this sun shirt to be just the right product for the hot sun. This is my first Vapor product. I have been wearing these long sleeve Vapor shirts on the golf course in the hot summer sun this past week and they keep you cool and comfortable with minimum sweat factor. The fit is great and they seem to give easily with activity. Very impressed with this product - highly recommended!

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This was actually WAY more effective than I thought it was going to be. Super white, super sensitive skinned white dude who has consistent battles with the sun. Sun usually wins. Was in the Bahamas for a week and it was cloudless every day and the crazy sun didnt let up for a second. No complaints here. I had this on every day I was in the sun and in the water playing with the kids. Even with numerous sunscreen coverings, the only part of me that didnt get burned, was what this shirt was covering. By the end of the trip I was relying on this thing every single day. That being said I ordered a medium. I am medium in just about every shirt and the medium was quite a bit large. So Id recommend, at the least, ordering a range of sizes and returning what doesnt fit. Also after a day or two a few seams on the inside of the shirt started loosening up a bit. I dont know these kinds of shirts very well, but can assume they should hold up a bit longer?

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Very light material, somewhat see-through I wore it in 105 degree weather yesterday and didnt feel too hot. Fits a little smaller than advertised. Probably not enough to go a full size up

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I prefer to use clothes instead of sunscreen when I can and on those body parts I can since clothes can’t sweat off or wear off in the middle of a ride. I had some good long-sleeve shirts from REI the last couple of years but they were hard to keep clean and were beginning to wear out. Although I would have liked to have replaced them with long-sleeve hot-weather shirts with front pockets (for use while cycling on recumbent bikes), I can’t seem to find any even from manufacturers that specialize in recumbent gear. So I decided to try these. I usually wear L or XL shirts. I bought these in L and they fit me perfectly (5’10”/200lbs). I think the XL would have been a little loose and blousey on me, the L isn’t snug it just fits right. The colors I chose are white, yellow, and orange. All three are bright and reflect enough light to be very visible and not get too hot when under direct sunlight. I like the yellow and orange more than the white which is borderline translucent. I have received several compliments on the yellow and orange shirts in the couple of weeks I’ve been using them. It’s been darn hot and humid here in NYC the last couple of weeks and these shirts have done their job: I’m not getting any UV exposure through the material, they feel nice on my skin, and the sweat is wicked away very efficiently. I wash them in cold water with other clothes using normal laundry detergent with no softeners, then 20 minutes in the dryer with the other clothes, then I pull them out of the dryer (leaving the other clothes in the dryer) and hang them to finish drying. I hope they don’t stretch out at the cuffs and neck over time, and last as long as the REI shirts did. I wish Vapor would make long pants using this material! edit: Ive had my three Vapor shirts for 6 weeks now and still really like them. Ive had to snip a few threads here and there but even though they look cheaply made theyre holding together pretty well under almost daily use. Two issues: 1- If the slightest bit of bike schmutz makes contact with the shirt it becomes a permanent stain – nothing Ive tried will get it out. 2- The shirts are a little delicate: I stumbled into a concrete wall when dismounting from my bike making contact with my shoulder and the shirt developed a (small) hole in that shoulder. I sewed it up and its still usable but I dont think any other shirt Ive ever owned would have shown damage that that insignificant incident. Id still buy more, I do plan to buy more next year. I like the yellow and orange a lot more than the white (which as I stated above is a little translucent and also shows off the unwashable dirt more clearly). At this price I think I have to accept that they are going to last me only one or two warm seasons of near-daily use rather than three to five years as I became accustomed to with my previous long-sleeve sun-protection cycling shirts that cost 4x as much.

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The shirt came in a plastic bag thinner than a cheap sandwich bag that hole in it and the shirt got covered in little black stains. It came with other items that were not damagedThe stitching is awful! Cheaply made and its a $25 shirt! Rip off! returning !

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