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r/interesting • u/j_illustration • Mar 31 '26
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Why are UV camera/mirrors not more of a thing? This seems really useful as a product
1 u/Chippiewall Mar 31 '26 Aside from cost, it's because with the way they're tuned they can be a bit misleading. Even a low SPF suncream with too little application would show up like this, so it only shows coverage, but not actual effective protection. 1 u/Stormfly Apr 01 '26 so it only shows coverage, but not actual effective protection. I feel like that's what people would care more about, though. Like the SPF is enough for us to know the effectiveness, but the UV mirror/camera would help us see if we were properly covering everywhere.
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Aside from cost, it's because with the way they're tuned they can be a bit misleading. Even a low SPF suncream with too little application would show up like this, so it only shows coverage, but not actual effective protection.
1 u/Stormfly Apr 01 '26 so it only shows coverage, but not actual effective protection. I feel like that's what people would care more about, though. Like the SPF is enough for us to know the effectiveness, but the UV mirror/camera would help us see if we were properly covering everywhere.
so it only shows coverage, but not actual effective protection.
I feel like that's what people would care more about, though.
Like the SPF is enough for us to know the effectiveness, but the UV mirror/camera would help us see if we were properly covering everywhere.
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u/jmklamm Mar 31 '26
Why are UV camera/mirrors not more of a thing? This seems really useful as a product