7 essential SPF products that aren’t just sunscreen

If you're spending hours at the beach, this sun protection gear will take care of your skin.

By Stan Horaczek | Published Aug 30, 2021 12:00 PM

Technology

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Even if you’re not regularly turning into a lobster, cumulative exposure to rays from the galaxy’s nearest start can cause wrinkles, age spots, and even the most common form of cancer. Some SPF-equipped gear will keep you covered — literally.

Sun Bum

Maui Jim

Patagonia

ThinkSport

Neutrogena

Columbia

Coolibar

Stan Horaczek

is the senior gear editor at Popular Science and Popular Photography. His past bylines include Rolling Stone, Engadget, Men's Journal, GQ, and just about any other publication that has ever written about gadgets. For a short time, he even wrote the gadget page for Every Day With Rachel Ray magazine. He collects vintage cameras, eats pizza, and hopes you won't go looking at his Tweets even though the link is down there.

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7 essential SPF products that aren’t just sunscreen

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