Especially in summer you should not do without sunscreen. But which one is the best? Stiftung Warentest examined 20 sunscreens. We will tell you which products are convincing and which brands you should stay away from.
Almost every sunscreen reliably protects against UV radiation. Stiftung Warentest found this out in an investigation. A prerequisite for protection, however, is that you use enough sunscreen.
The rule here is “take big, don’t mess”: According to the experts, a 1.80 meter tall adult needs about three tablespoons of sunscreen to properly apply sunscreen to his whole body. That’s about 40 milliliters. If you also take into account that sun worshipers should apply sunscreen regularly after sweating or swimming, a 200-milliliter bottle lasts a maximum of five days.
Travelers should therefore better have several bottles in their luggage on vacation – or buy more on site. At least internationally well-known branded products should have the same quality abroad as in Germany. However, sunscreen is often significantly more expensive in holiday destinations.
Garnier Ambre Solaire Hydra 24h Sun Protection Milk (grade 1.3) (view at dm) secured first place. In the two most important categories, the sunscreen with sun protection factor 30 achieved the top rating of “very good”: The testers gave it a straight one for both “compliance with the promised protection” and “critical ingredients”.
The test winner of the Stiftung Warentest is not as cheap as the creams of many own brands, but you don’t have to dig too deep into your wallet for the Hydra 24h Sun Protection Milk. The 200 ml bottle of the test-winning cream costs just under seven euros, i.e. around 3.50 euros for 100 milliliters.
Five products took second place. They all also score “very good” (grade 1.4). These also include very cheap products: Cien Sun sunscreen from Lidl costs less than 3 euros in a 250-milliliter bottle. For the Today sunscreen from Rewe and Penny you pay less than 4 euros for 300 milliliters. “Very good” sun protection is available from just under 1.10 euros for 100 milliliters.
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Some of the more expensive competition performs significantly worse: Beop, Lavera, Speick and Rossmann bring up the rear in the test. They all undercut the specified protection factor and overall score “inadequate”.
Read the detailed report to find out which sunscreens also performed well in the test, which products you should take a closer look at and what you should look out for when buying sunscreen.
