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| 2517.1 | | VMSNET::65134::LYNCH_T | I'd rather be riding my bicycle.... | Thu Apr 01 1993 16:20 | 7 |
| Any suggestions for a sun screen that holds up to 90F that
still lets your skin breath. I have tried some that I use
when going to the beach but I felt that I was going to fry
from the inside out.
Advice need...
Tom
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| 2517.2 | Coppertone Sport | ROCK::MUELLER | | Fri Apr 09 1993 16:58 | 5 |
| I've tried Coppertone Sport 15 for playing volleyball on the beach. It
seemed to be the best that I've tried. It's not greasy, and seemed
to hold up well under the heat and sweat.
-Rob
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| 2517.3 | Bullfrog or Beaver | ODIXIE::RRODRIGUEZ | Shake that grits tree! | Fri Apr 09 1993 17:15 | 5 |
| 2517.4 | | NOVA::FISHER | DEC Rdb/Dinosaur | Fri Apr 09 1993 17:47 | 16 |
| I have usually used Johnson and Johnson #15 or Osco #15
(obviously made by someone else) and it has stayed good all day
(as in when I rode to Wisconsin last year). I did get darker during
the course of the ride but considering that I was in the sun for
more than 100 hours, that's not surprising. 100 hrs with #15
is supposed to be equivalent to 6.67 hrs unprotected if you
were to believe the advertising. Osco is now selling an
"active" version however which is supposedly sweatproof and
waterproof.
I usually forgot to do my nose and the backs of my ears
and it showed.
ed
(for the mathmaticians, I spent more like 150 hours riding but
or at least outdoors but it did rain some days too.)
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| 2517.5 | | RANGER::WASSER | John A. Wasser | Mon Apr 26 1993 19:59 | 22 |
| > I have usually used Johnson and Johnson #15 or Osco #15
> considering that I was in the sun for more than 100 hours
> 100 hrs with #15 is supposed to be equivalent to 6.67 hrs unprotected
Depending on the latitude and time of the year there are only
about three or four hours per day when the sun is high enough
in the sky for significant ammounts of ultraviolet to get through
the atmosphere. With an SPF-15 sun block that is reduced to the
equivalent of about 15 minutes of mid-day sun.
Since almost anyone can stand 15 minutes of sun there is almost
never a reason to use anything rated higher that 15.
> If you want to get _NO_ sun, and I mean NONE, use a product called Bullfrog.
> It holds up for several hours.
One problem with Bullfrog is that it is VERY expensive. Remember
that the SPF rating of a sun block is based on spreading 1 fluid
ounce over the area of the average adult human body. If you
want to get the rated protection you have to use that ammount
of sun block, and with something that comes in tiny bottles
like Bullfrog that gets expensive.
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| 2517.6 | | KIRKTN::GGOODMAN | | Tue Apr 27 1993 06:05 | 9 |
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>> Since almost anyone can stand 15 minutes of sun there is almost
>> never a reason to use anything rated higher that 15.
Sorry, with red hair and a very pale skin colour that verges on towards
the blue end of the spectrum, I am that man that can't stand 15 minutes
in the sun. So it's an asbestos suit and a welders helmet for me... :*)
Graham.
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| 2517.7 | BIKE ON MERCURY? | WMOIS::GIROUARD_C | | Tue Apr 27 1993 10:03 | 9 |
| Graham... I never pictured you with red hair - Pale skin, yes :-)
Back to the note... The time of day the say is most intense is between
10:00am and 3:00pm. Physicians recommend nothing lower than "15".
Also, the sun is as intense/direct in April as it is in July. Not that
this April was a threat to the fairest of the fair...
Chip
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| 2517.8 | Paleface speak with forked tongue | IDEFIX::CODGER::Hemmings | Lanterne Rouge | Tue Apr 27 1993 12:47 | 4 |
| It's OK, Graham, you can come to L'Epervier this year - we aren't getting
more than 15 mins continuous sun at any time this year...... I blame the
Rain-maker, who obviously had a much stronger influence than I first
suspected.
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| 2517.9 | | PAKORA::GGOODMAN | | Tue Apr 27 1993 14:41 | 5 |
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Yeah, but if its more than 40kms, I'm out of my depth... :*)
Graham.
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