To wonder why more adults don't wear rash vests

I also bought a short sleeve swimsuit which had a high totally covered back which also helped protect my back and shoulders which are definitely the areas which I burn

Should be fine as they are tight and not "outdoors" clothes. You wouldn't be allowed to wear a normal t-shirt. Water parks may say short sleeve only.

I was the only adult wearing one in the hotel pool in Greece. Plenty of kids in them.

In my part of the US, most people who wear them are Muslim women who don’t wear regular swimsuits for religious reasons. So I’ve got that association with them, and wearing one would feel weird to me. Like wearing an Amish-style dress or something.

I consider it a huge failing if I come back fromholiday any less deathly white than when I set off.

Finally, someone with my ethos!!

No convincing needed here, agree they are amazing! Total game changer. Working on a tan not really in my vocabulary!

Totally agree with you OP.
Yes it's another layer but it's really not an 'extra' feel when it comes to swimming. I don't need to worry about suncream washing off etc. I can stay as long as I like in the pool. I take it off when I exit the pool, and sit in the shade and am happy with just sunscreen here.

I don't understand how people are so casual about tanning and its risks. And I say that as someone who loves sunshine and heat. It's a known carcinogen. Like smoking. Never mind the ageing effects.

Rash vest all the way. So handy.

I wear a rash vest and swim shorts when I am in Greece - mainly because we go sailing so are usually doing something with sails / lines / the engine. It’s easy to get distracted and forget to put on sunscreen.

I did burn quite badly on my lower back though - my rash vest rose up and I hadn’t realised. They are not a magic solution.

Former Marie Curie nurse, skin cancer is not a good thing to have. People need to educate themselves about the damaging effects of sunburn.

I travel solo so putting sun cream on my back is tricky without help.

I wear one of my running T-shirts on top of my costume if I'm swimming for any length of time. I guess it's similar to a rash vest. Doesn't go droopy like a normal T-shirt would.

It’s just individual choice. If I’m in a pool on holiday I’m not wearing much let alone long sleeves. Regular applications of suncream is fine for me. Not sure why you can’t just enjoy your choices without looking at what other people are doing, tbh.

If that were true people wouldn't get burnt would they? We know now that even getting a tan is a sign of sun damage.

I'm with you OP, I love a rash vest and also shorts. No need to worry about bikini line, no need to keep slathering on the sun cream (which I hate). DH burnt his shoulders very badly in Malaysia while swimming in the sea, didn't notice at the time at all. Now he always wears a rash vest too.

Aren't they unbearably hot? They look really uncomfortable. I just stay in the shade

Fuck no. They actually keep you cooler as don’t allow the sun through. Also not uncomfortable. I only started wearing them as an adult when I had kids to ‘model it’ as normal behaviour, but didn’t find it uncomfortable at all. I now even wear them if sightseeing in a hot place, as they are super light and keep you cooler than normal light clothes that cover you up in the sun. It does look weird as fuck if the place you are at is nowhere near a beach but I stopped giving a shit about what others think decades ago, I only care about comfort and health.

I don’t wear one because I don’t want to. I apply plenty of factor 50 though and have never burned.

I'm super pale but I hate the feeling of rash vests. I'm very good with suncream and keep out of the sun when not in the water and I never burn

If we're designed to be in the sun why do we get burnt and get skin cancer from the sun? I've had agonising sunburn that blistered when I was younger, I don't feel designed to be in the sun!

No, but they still feel clingy and stick to you when wet and aren't particularly comfortable to dry off in. They're also pretty hot.

I wear one for sea activities that need one: snorkeling, body boarding, under a wetsuit if chilly. As soon as I'm on the beach, it comes off and I'll sit in the shade of the sun is too strong.

I'd much rather wear a loose cotton / linen shirt / cover up for sun protection.

YANBU, But I do think it really depends on how easily you burn. I’m pale and burn very easily and it would never occur to me NOT to wear a rash vest once I discovered them (for some reason I used to think they were only for sporty/surfy people 🤣). No more uncomfortable than swimsuits imo. And far less uncomfortable/more practical than heavy spf 50.

But so many people seem to be obsessed with getting a tan (which I secretly think makes white people look like a rotisserie chicken 🫣- a tan is actually sun damage after all, although I admit to being envious sometimes of naturally darker skinned folk). I’d never say that in RL though 🤣

You're clearly not a redhead then! It's very difficult in hot weather where there's no shade like in the pool, even with factor 50 on

I don't actually lay in the sun and try to tan...I sit in the shade. But I absolutely love to swim on holiday and can spend hours in the pool and sea. Constantly having to get out and reapply sunscreen and hope I haven't missed a bit is a pain.

Yes they can be, I wouldn't lie in the sun wearing it, I take it off once I'm out of the pool. But it does help in the water.

I wear just my swimsuit to swim early morning or evening, then put a zip up rash vest and a hat on to swim in the middle of the day. I love it, and have an autoimmune disease that means I shouldn't be in the sun so it works well for me. I do tan easily though, and find I go home tanned anyway just from a morning swim.

They look very sweaty and awfully uncomfortable. Maybe if I had 90% less body fat. Makes me panic imagining trying to get a wet rash vest off over my long wet tangle hair omg panic attack incoming! I’m rarely out of the shade though as the sun makes me ill.

I also have a J crew one. They have some in gorgeous colours.

I used to get the DC ones from landsend.

I wear an SPF 50 long sleeve swim top so same thing, however it is less comfortable than bare skin and it was expensive. Worth it to me though.