Affordable. Durable. Effective. A One Year Review of the PIQIDIG Kids' Sun Hoody
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The World Health Organization, for every 1000 feet we gain in elevation, we increase our exposure to UV radiation by another 10%. And that same organization estimates that we get about 80% of our UV exposure by age 18. The second point makes intuitive sense; as kids we simply get to run around outside more. The cubical farms and long work hours and florescent lights are not yet upon us until we become young adults. The first point makes sense if you think about thinning atmosphere. There are fewer molecules of stuff the higher you go so fewer things to deflect the UV away.
So, as a family that has kids who like to go on hikes up tall things, we take sun exposure pretty seriously. Colorado is home to many “14ers,” (mountains over 14,000 feet high); in fact, there are over fifty of them in the state. There are over 600 13ers. If you go into the wilderness in our “extended backyard,” you are most likely going to go up into the heights. We’d rather our kids save their skin, now, because that is really the only time they can save it.
Besides sunscreen and lip balm, another way we mitigate all this UV is by wearing sun-protecting clothing: light pants with UV protection and hooded sun shirts, or sun hoodies.
As I talk about in the video, when the kids were really, really small we went with what we could find, and that happened to be a very name brand option. But when a fluke of manufacturing made it impossible for us to upsize into the next sun shirt from the same brand (the manufacturer stopped making the hoodies for a little while) we had to shop around for an alternative.
It was almost dumb luck that we found what has proven to be an option that is just as effective as the name brand (maybe more so) but also so much more cost effective. So, take a look at the video, and the follow this link to find out if the PIQIDIG Kids’ Sun Hoody may be right for your little ones.