20.00 here in Europe and still at 30 … Unless it’s your job being outside I don’t get it. Then again I don’t understand extroverts and their rituals in general.
Right now I’m playing ranked match in Tekken and I can’t win a single damn match, it’s frustrating the fuck out of me. And this heat isn’t helping
Edit… It’s in Celsius, again, the heat is affecting my mind
Staying hydrated AF and wearing 100% cotton clothes, no polyester at all, is how I cope with it. Polyester is terrible for sweat and heat and will just turn you into a swamp monster, cotton wicks moisture away and lets it evaporate to cool you.
30 C isn’t that bad where I am for the summer, I regularly get groceries home on the bus in temperatures like that. I get sweaty, but a shower, salty snack, and a couple of glasses of water fixes that.
As someone who sweats a lot and works outside in brutal heat, I find the complete opposite is true regarding cotton vs polyester. Polyester wicks away the sweat and evaporates quickly, while cotton just soaks and turns hot, wet, and heavy.
I wish it were the opposite so that I could use less plastic overall, but I haven’t found that to be the case.
Either way, a loose fit and complete skin coverage from the sun is essential.
It definitely depends a lot on the weave and weight of the fabric, my experience is generally if you have two regular looking tshirts, the cotton one will usually perform better than the polyester one. If you have something like polyester sports shirts those will probably perform better than cotton, but probably not feel as nice as either tshirt (IMO).
But definitely the most important thing is covering up with loose clothing, as you said! I have a sun jacket I wear because the UV is constantly like 10+ here. My dermatologist got so excited about it when I brought it up, lol.
I should definitely check out the varied cotton or linen weaves, then! I mainly wear a very light button down polyester for field work because of the benefits I mentioned and durability. I do a good bit of walking through thick brush and it’s nice that it doesn’t “pull” too much.
Linen is better than polyester (unless it’s a fancy sports garment) and much better than cotton imo. It also kinda looks nice a little wrinkly so a baggy fit works well with it.
I’m in the same boat, in the kitchen I prefer the cheapest poly sport shirts vs the cheapest cotton that won’t disappear after constant washing.
Cotton sucks for this heat. Try linen, very light and airy. Only drawback is that it always looks a bit wrinkly, though that works fine for casual clothing.