Never mind the guide Orange is far brighter than the picture. which would be fine as this was to be a gardening shirt anyway. The real issue is the fabric. It's about twice as thick as the tropicwear pants. Far too warm for summer wear. Perhaps late fall or very early spring, but I don't get were the "tropic" of this shirt fits in. I think one would roast in it out here in California.
I bought 2 of this shirts when they first came out ,and for the most part there great warm weather shirts to wear to mow ,work in the woods picking berries ect. The material is the best thing light and comfortable my only complaint is the vent in the back it seems a little gimicky and does not seem to let in much air.I would like to see these without the it would be nice
good sun protection but not great style really says it all. The shirt is baggy and has almost no style. The pockets are too big, but, here in Florida we really need sun protection, so I have several of these shirts. The style police have given me several tickets, but when the sun is burning, you better have one of these. I hope they will taper the shirts and make smaller pockets and consult with some designers. There are other more stylish sun shirts out there but these have a better fabric. Some of the others that might look better, well, they feel like you are wearing a plastic bag. These breathe and you can wear them all day. So, I just bought another one!
The shirt is great. Nice fabric. Right amount of seemingly useful extras like functional pockets, tabs to hang stuff from, Oh my God it even has a Velcro strap thingy. This is a perfect shirt. However, I'm only giving 4 stars because of the "LL Bean" monogram on the front. That's just tacky.
