So, what are the popular brands that meet the criteria?
Kinda missing the most important piece of information in this article.
ââŚstill, I trust their reviews on self published booksâ
That joke would still work just fine if you omitted the âself publishedâ part.
I rate sunscreens based on objective standards, like flavor.
Wrapping yourself in aluminum foil would make for a very effective sunscreen.
Should it be shocking to learn that there are other considerations that take priority for many shoppers?
Why do you care how popular your sunscreen is?
Popularity is a useful vector when seeking value.
Reminds me of:
Sunscreen basics, apply and apply often. Itâs the standard I strictly adhere to. As for the best on the market, go back to the basics, apply andâŚ
Given the powerful coconut aroma given off by assorted brands, you may have something there.
My wifeâs research resulted in us using Badger for our kids. SPF 30, water-resistant for 40 minutes, UVA and UVB protective. Plus cruelty-free, organic, biodegradable, all that shit.
But I hate it. Greasy and stinky as fuck. Iâm gonna roast in a living cancerous hell, no doubt, but I wonât use it on me. Iâd sooner stay indoors. I try to have my wife apply it to our kids just so I donât have to touch it. (But I will grumblingly put it on them if sheâs not available to do so.)
Iâve got really sensitive skin and I canât stand greasy sunscreen. As a consumer that is probably the most important criteria to me, although I do make sure Iâm buying SPF 30+. I would usually get water resistant sunscreen as well, although that is usually greasier, and if Iâm not planning on swimming and I can reapply it, I might sacrifice that.
Iâm not really clear on what this study is supposed to show. To me it shows that the researchers are kind of dumb robots who are discovering for the first time that consumers value products for a variety of reasons beyond their most basic stated function.
For Godâs sake, nobody tell them about watches. Theyâll be all like âThe watch that synced automatically with the atomic clock and was therefore the most effective watch was really unpopular. What the fuck is up with you people???!!!â
Oddly, most donât taste like coconut. Theyâre flavored with lies.
The picture of that kid they used in the article looks like a young Alfred E Newman of MAD magazine fame. Does that mean if you smear on the wrong flavor of sunblock youâre gonna end up looking like Alfred? I kinda take the âWhat Me Worry?â approach to the whole thing. I never knew I was supposed to worry about this until I was middle-aged. Iâm just gonna follow Alfredâs wisdom and not worry too much. Iâm headed for the Amazon River in August. I damn sure donât want to walk around in the jungle smelling like some bugâs favorite snack.
I use a zinc oxide/titanium oxide sunscreen with SPF 40. Itâs a physical blocker, rather than a chemical one (but you donât have to spread it thick like zinc oxide of decades ago). Itâs greasy, but it has no scent.
Wish Iâd had this as a kid (and used it): red hair, loved to swim, lived in Hawaii for a few years. Sigh.
Is it? See headline.
Thanks for the tip but does it make you smell like snack time to bugs? My kids are going to high altitudes (Cuzco) and itâs super easy to get burned there. Iâm heading straight to the jungle myself. Itâs far more civilized there.
Speaking as someone who works in the Australian outdoors, but who prefers not to have to slather myself with sunscreen five times per day: long-sleeved shirt and a broad-brimmed hat.
Cheaper, non-greasy, and probably healthier in the long run.
Hawaii resident here, so this is a constant concern. One problem in the US is that the best UVA screening ingredients are not FDA-approved in products here. For example, in many European sunscreens you will find Mexoryl XL, which is a great UVA block. US versions contain the inferior Mexoryl SX (or âmexoryl technologyâ, good grief). The only really good UVA block approved for use in the US is zinc in suspension, which can be greasy and chalky.
If you can get European sunscreen, the LâOreal Ombrelle absorbs quickly and works well. Just avoid the US version. When we run out of Euro-sunscreen we like the Neutrogena Ultra Sheer, which isnât as good/needs frequent reapplication but doesnât stink and absorbs OK.
To be fair, why would the reviews focus on the âeffectivenessâ (which here just seems to be a proxy for SPF) when itâs right there in the title? â5 stars because it says itâs SPF 40, like it saysâ doesnât make much sense, any more than â5 stars because this âcalcium-enriched juiceâ is calcium enriched,â or â5 stars because itâs a toothbrush, and people should brush their teeth.â
Reviews are for the facets of a product that arenât immediately obvious from the title.
