Elta MD sunscreen

[OakLeaf]

How well do those cooling sleeves work? And what sort of highs are typical for you? I've been considering the sleeves, but I'm wondering which would be, well, cooler in upper 90's temps and "cut yerself a slice of air" humidity. I'd prefer the sun protection of a clothing product, but I also have to consider the heat.

Muirenn's in higher heat and humidity than I am, but I've used both my Zoot and my DeSoto sleeves in the low 90s with humidity in the high 60%s (which is a higher water content in the atmosphere than what it sounds like, at those temperatures ). I *have* ripped them off my arms to find out whether it was any cooler without them ... and it isn't.

I haven't used Craft. Zoot and DeSoto are very different construction, but they seem to work equally well, for the most part. I don't like the way the DeSoto sleeves fit, is all. I think the DeSoto sleeves work better when they're dry, but that's not for long, the way I sweat.

My personal experience is that neither pair of sleeves provides much *additional* cooling effect once they get waterlogged. But they're no hotter than bare arms, and I've never burned through them.


ETA: with the wind cooling of cycling, they actually are cooler than bare arms. Also for spectator events when I'm not sweating heavily, if you can stand the geekiness. I'm speaking mainly to running, where the evaporative effect is a lot less.