Recommended wide-brimmed hats and clothing

CCLYYZ · May 2016

Hi everyone,

Spring is here and we're looking for recommendations for UPF 40+ wide brimmed hats for the summer. Let's not just stop at hats - shirt and pants and such!

Where do you buy your favourites?

We're in Canada so we prefer Canadian sellers if possible.

Thanks!

slv58 · May 2016

I just got a great hat from MEC that is recommended by the skin cancer foundation with a UPF of 50. It's the wallaroo Victoria. Since doing chemo twice, I find my skin seems to have aged so quickly so want to protect as much as possible.

SpecialK · May 2016

I don't go out in the sun (and, yes, I live in Florida - how ironic!) due to decades of skin cancer, but my daughter is a Captain and has her own fishing boat and wears both long sleeve pants and shirts from Columbia PFG series, which is very lightweight but both are minimum UPF40. She also wears Hoo-Rag face protection, which is a face/neck cover that is UPF 30. She also likes a shirt series called Breathe Like A Fish, which is UPF 50 and is ventilated on the sides. Here are links:

http://www.columbia.com/activity-fishing/?prefn1=genderGroup&prefv1=Women%27s

https://www.hoorag.com/?gclid=CNS4hqKxwcwCFcokhgodP9UO_A

http://gillz-gear.com/

Recommended wide-brimmed hats and clothing

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