Page 2 - Solumbra Catalog 2024

“ Sun Precautions

was the innovator,
with its Solumbra

line.”

—The New York Times

Over thirty years ago, I was diagnosed
and treated for malignant melanoma,
a deadly skin cancer. Fortunately, it was
removed in time. And I’ve been skin cancer
You deserve “full spectrum
free.
Solumbra sun protective clothing is

designed to help people like you and me sun” protection, not “broad
obtain medically accepted sun protection spectrum lab” protection.
that we can rely on each and every day.

I garnered the expertise of leaders in
You and I wear our sun protection outside in real sunlight, not indoors in
sun protection to create this solution.
a laboratory, which is where SPF tests are done. I think it’s essential to do
At its core, Solumbra is medical science SPF tests outdoors in hours of blazing mid-day sunlight.
and technology. It’s not just clothing.
So, we’ve tested Solumbra fabrics side-by-side with high SPF
Thousands of doctors have recommended
sunscreens—from 30 to 110—including those containing so-called
Solumbra and many have used it
“innovative” ingredients. Natural sunlight SPF testing
themselves.
The key to natural is done in full spectrum sun.
So enjoy our Solumbra hats, shirts
sunlight SPF testing
and pants to protect your skin from is that it’s done in full spectrum sun—UVB, UVA, Visible and IR. We test
the sun’s dangerous UV rays. in some of the world’s most intense sunlight, too.

Laboratory SPF testing uses UVB and a portion of UVA rays at intensities
never found in the real world. Why? It’s easier and doable to test any day

Shaun Hughes, President of the year, even during grey and rainy winter months.
Sun Precautions, Inc. How did the Solumbra fabrics do in real sunlight? Excellent. Not a single
Solumbra fabric-protected skin site of the more than 2,000 skin sites
tested was overexposed after almost 3 hours of sun.

In contrast, the high SPF and “innovative” ingredient sunscreens provided
between SPF 6 and SPF 9 under identical conditions on the same subjects.
SEWN IN
USA These sunscreens worked for an hour, but by two hours over 89% of the
sites had reached the perceptible sunburn SPF threshold.
OUR FACTORY
All of which makes Solumbra “The Ultimate Sun Protection,” as proven

2 time and again in the real world.