Description of the many sunscreens will say: do not attempt to use umbrellas instead of sunscreen, umbrellas can resist UV UVA, cannot resist the UVB ultraviolet light. In fact, it is misleading, because good umbrellas with UV coating, and can withstand two kinds of ultraviolet light. In fact, doctors also advocates physical sunscreen, skin will alleviate a lot of the burden. In addition, sunscreen can't block ultraviolet light exposure to hair and eyes, so when they go out in the protective measures must be coupled with umbrellas.

Note to buy umbrellas umbrellas have a label indicating it is UV-proof umbrella, which is the umbrella can be UV (General umbrella that can't resist ultraviolet rays). Of course on the market also sells both rain and Sun dual-use umbrella. Usually volume RCAs slit in the umbrella in place by the inside of the frame, or its price tag has marked on Sun protection.

In General, the measure umbrellas are not qualified "UV protection products" has two indices, one is the umbrella of ultraviolet protection factor UPF value greater than 30, the second is UVA (ultraviolet a) transmittance is less than 5%, the two conditions are indispensable.