UV Barrier · Breathable
UV PROTECTION ARM SLEEVES
Sunscreen runs off with sweat and needs reapplying every hour. For someone outdoors for eight hours that is not realistic - a sleeve goes on and is forgotten.
Sunscreen runs off with sweat and needs reapplying every hour. For someone outdoors for eight hours that is not realistic - a sleeve goes on and is forgotten.
Sun protection usually means sunscreen, and sunscreen has two real problems: it runs off with sweat and it has to be reapplied. Someone working outdoors in summer cannot stop hourly to re-cream their arms.
A sleeve removes that cycle entirely: on in the morning, off in the evening, nothing in between.
It also does something cream cannot: it is a physical barrier. Cream filters UV; fabric blocks it outright - and fabric does not diminish with sweat.
The obvious objection to covering an arm in summer: "won't it be hotter?" In the right fabric, no.
We use a light, breathable compression knit - the arm is shaded but air passes through. The fabric also spreads sweat across the surface and speeds evaporation, so there is even a cooling effect.
It cuts the wind drying the skin directly too - the itching and dryness anyone who spends long hours outdoors knows.
On colour: white has the edge in summer because it reflects sun rather than absorbing it.
Outdoor workers: construction, agriculture, field staff, parking, road maintenance. On this side orders are usually logo-printed and in bulk, bought as part of workwear.
Riders: on motorcycles and bicycles the arm takes sun at the same angle for hours - see the motorcycle and cycling sleeve pages.
Athletes: running, tennis, golf, fishing - any sport spent long hours in the open.
The thumbhole model earns its keep here: the back of the hand is the most sun-exposed and most forgotten part of the arm.
For the area it covers, yes - and it solves cream's two real problems: sunscreen runs off with sweat and needs reapplying hourly. Fabric is also a physical barrier that blocks UV outright rather than filtering it, and it does not diminish with sweat. Keep using cream on what the sleeve does not cover - face, hands, neck.
Not in the right fabric. We use a light, breathable compression knit - the arm is shaded but air passes through. Because the fabric spreads sweat across the surface and speeds evaporation, there is even a cooling effect. It also cuts the wind drying the skin directly.
Yes - construction, agriculture, field and road-maintenance teams are regular business; the product is usually bought as part of workwear with a company logo. There is no colour limit. If your team also works at night, look at our reflective model.
