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Clothing - Warm Conditions
The keys in warm conditions: non-chafe, non overheating, sun protection.
Overheating
Paddle Shoes
- See Water Footwear
Paddle Clothing Brands
Sun Protection
- Environmentally and Human Friendly Sunscreen (do your own due diligence - we haven't verified whether all of these are legit, but we will delete any that we subsequently do find to be bogus)
- “reef safe” claims are not regulated
- avoid oxybenzone and octinoxate
- look for fragrance-free, dye-free, and hypoallergenic, mineral based and/or biodegradable
- The better your coverage is with UV protective clothing, the less sunscreen you will need to use.
- Head Protection
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- K88K Lab
- Breakwater Trucker $$$ This may be overkill with the hardshell inside unless you go through surf impact zones regularly or race against some particularly agro paddlers. But it does have a number of worthwhile features including a sun gaiter.
- Shelta Hats (range of sun protection clothing)
- Tops/Pants/Hoodies There has been a proliferation of sun protection clothing outlets. We're not at all sure that many do not come from the same manufacturing source. We have not tested all of the clothing store products linked to in our lists below - so do your own research. Get at least UPF of 30 (or even 50 if you are spending a lot of time in sunlight)
- Tops & Hoodies
- Reviews (many of these reviews are not really oriented for paddlers but many of these will also function well on the water. We have seen some shirts at paddle races that are super lightweight which is nice - we will try to include mentions of such companies when we can track down their origins) Some searches that seem to turn up more lightweight clothes suitable for paddling include “rashguard” or “fishing”.
- 2024 Review (hiking oriented also with wide range of sun protection ratings)
- Companies (remember we haven't tried most of these, we are just trying to provide some style/color options that we have seen online DYODD)
- Outdoor Research sun clothing
- Rodeel Hoodies these are pretty inexpensive (quality?), some reviewers say go 1 size larger than your usual.
- SeaTec men & women lots of colorful options, more expensive than other companies, but nice soft material (will pill if you wear something abrasive on top of it)
- Shelta Hoodies positive reviews on site, although some sizing inconsistency reported.
- SilverBack light paddle clothing, rash guards, sun protection, not inexpensive, we see many of these in the Gorge and they seem popular with paddlers
- Vaikobi look at long sleeve shirts - they also have men's hoodies
- Vissla sun shirts, rashguards, hoodies (sized for men)
- BUYER BEWARE - there are cheaper shirts of low quality and
- postage scams, printing fake labels. receiving the merchandice on your end requires you to pay postage when it arrives and chances are the quality of the ordered clothing will be quite low.
- giantchic is one example of a company doing this.
- This is not fool proof, but beware clothing with no photos of models wearing it
- Leggings (you may want to include “swimming” or “rashguard” in search wording?)
- Solbari for women
- Sunglasses
- Highly recommended for your eye protection
- Get with both UVA and UVB blocking
- Wider angle coverage is better - ie wrap around
- Polarization?
- Can depend on specific types of glare and water (river, lake, sea) whether it helps or hinders depth perception - become familiar and have alternate options for when you do and do not want polarized lenses.
- On Water Considerations
- Use Croakies or some strap to prevent loss
- Fogging, may be a bigger problem in cold weather
- Some glasses are advertised as having designs that reduce this - seems to help with some of them
- Anti-Fog Substance
- Temporary - what divers use with masks - saliva, soap
- Commercial
- (RainX only for glass - probably not good for eyeglasses - will remove various coatings, plastics)
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