What kind of sun umbrellas are the best for UV protection ?

Women who can be seen holding umbrella in summer. For UV protection in the summer, Sun umbrellas are the good choice, but what kind of sun umbrellas are the best for protection ?

Choose sun umbrella should pay attention to the following three areas:

1) Check the label. Mainly to check index of protection, UPF and UVA values, only the UPF is greater than 40, and UVA transmittance is less than 5% can be referred to as UV products, When UPF value is higher, the UV effect is the better. In General, most sun umbrellas identified as "UPF50+" in the market, its protective function has been sufficient.

2) Check the colors of fabric. When the fabric materials are the same, the dark-coloured fabric have better UV effects. Sun umbrella have anti-UV coating, this is the biggest difference with other umbrella, it can prevents the penetration of ultraviolet rays. For polyester fabric, UV transmittance is 5% for black fabric; UV transmittance is 5%-10% for nave blue, red, dark green and purple; UV transmittance is 15% for green, pink, light green, and white.

3) Check the fabric. The fabric of umbrella cover is thicker and tighter, the UV effects are the better. With respect cotton, silk and nylon, UV effects of the polyester is the better. If you want to see the UV effects of your sun umbrella, you can take a try. The shadows of sun umbrella deeper, then the UV effects are the better.

What kind of fabrics are the best for UV protection?

1) The fabric with silver-coated. The fabric with silver-coated are not only have good UV effects, and the price is relatively cheaper. But you must remember that the silver-coated dont touch the water, otherwise it can be damaged by the rain and reduce the UV effects. If use a long time, the silver-coated will be easy tend to darken. So you must replace your sun umbrella to ensure the UV effects is good.

2) TC cotton fabric. This is an new type fabric in the market, can be washed but don't reduce the UV effects. But When using a long time, white TC cotton fabric will be tend changed to yellow.

3) Silk fabric, it's very thin, super light and beautiful, but the UV effects are not good. Besides, about Satin fabric, it's belongs to polyester, but UV effect is weaker than silver-coated fabrics. There have a fabric called Pearl tape in the market, it have certain degree of reflection to UV, the UV effects is also weaker than the silver-coated fabrics.

When you buy a Sun umbrella, the choice of brand is very important, because the brand is a guarantee of quality.

It have Umbrella factory many good umbrella brands in the market, Such as TOTES, SEPTRAINBOW etc. They are the good choice for you.

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