Craghoppers Men's Cws434 NosiLife Adventure Long Sleeved Shirt

This is a very lightweight shirt ideal for hot or warm weather. The polyester fabric (not polycotton as stated) provides both UV protection to the skin while the Noslife provides good protection from biting insects. This has been put to the test in warm, humid weather beside a lake where the biters were out in force and arms, legs, back and face bitten within a few minutes. After popping the shirt on, there were no further body bites and I was impressed by how well it worked. It is regularly worn while working beside our woodland stream home to the Blandford fly amongst others. I keep the cuffs buttoned, wear a hat with mesh net, Nosilife trousers from the same range plus thick DIY gloves and emerged unscathed. Barrier clothing feels so much healthier than applying strong insect repellent chemicals such as DEET to the skin.The shirt feels light and cool and there's a ventilated back panel which, when worn in a breeze, acts as a very welcome cooling vent. The sleeves can be worn up or down (I've only ever worn them down), the collar folds up twice to protect the back of the neck from burning - and as white-skinned redhead with a family history of skin cancer, this is important to me.Pockets are in abundance with two popper-fastening chest pockets, a small pocket on the right sleeve and a hidden zipped pocket in the left seam. I also like some of the other features including the loop for holding sunglasses (or glasses), the lens cleaning cloth stitched to the bottom front seam and the buttons secured via ribbon rather than stitching - plus a spare of each button being included.The fabric is polyester which isn't normally my material of choice because it can feel sweaty in warm or hot weather. However, this feels light and airy and when it does become damp through sweating, it wicks sweat from the skin and dries fast. Similarly, following washing while off-grid wildcamping, it dries in under an hour when hung from a tree in a warm breeze. In cooler weather there isn't a lot of warmth in it but it can be worn over a baselayer such as the Icebreaker Sphere range which provides insulation and wicking.I'm a UK size 10-12, 1.75 metres, a slim build with 86cm chest and wear the size 12 which provides a comfortable slightly loose fit with ample room to move and stretch my arms.It's a high quality, well made, very well designed shirt ideal for outdoor active life and especially suited to outdoor adventures and travel. It folds up small, is lightweight, doesn't crease and should last for many years of outdoor travels and adventures.

Bought this for a trip to Borneo with friends so not used yet. However, love all the pockets and design details and it is really very well made. My friend and I both purchased these and as suggested by other customers we opted for size 14 whereas we would usually take a 12 in Wallis or M&S. Not over generous but it is suggested that loose is better than fitted in that climate. Both husbands also found the sizing rather small than usual, as a hint to anyone else.However we are all really pleased with the anti-mossie treatment they have.

Great shirt, comfortable and light. I like the fact it has a mosquito protection, although I have not tried how well that works yet..The sizes are very small. I am usually a 10 to 12. The 12 is ok but the 14 would have been more comfortable. The sleeves don’t roll up well, it is too tight on the upper arm. Drying quickly.

Item arrived when it should have good service. Item good size good arm length and seemsvery good quality. The mosquito repellant side of it will be put to the test on a forthcomingAmazon trip.

This shirt seems to attract mosquitoes instead of repelling them. The first time I wore it I got a mosquito bite through it in the span of half an hour. I understand that the shirt is not supposed to be 100% effective but that was the only mosquito bite I got in a weeklong vacation... my travel companion wore regular clothes, didn't spray them with repellent and didn't get any bites at all - neither did I after I followed her lead.Other than this it's a nice shirt which is why I'm giving it two stars, but the only reason why I got it was the anti-mosquito properties.

Comfortable and lightweight, I used for fieldwork in Amazonia rainforest. Dries quickly.The only problem is that the fabric retains a bad smell just after a few times using it, despite washing it well.

was advertised as polyester/cotton, in fact it is 100% Polyester so won't be as cool and comfortable in tropical temperatures as I hoped....size, colour and style all OK.

Nice shirt , I would say sizing is a bit small luckily I had ordered size up so all good . Fast delivery