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After receiving it today, I applied some to my face, neck, arms, and legs, and then took a 1 hour bicycle ride. This sunscreen goes on fairly easy, and it smells fine, a little citrusy. It does leave a white film on the skin, but you have to remember that this is a "physical" sunscreen, meaning it physically blocks or reflects the sun's damaging rays from your skin as opposed to a lot of the other stuff that does so chemically. I'm guessing Thinksport does this only if you put it on thick enough that it leaves a visible, white (think reflecting) film on your skin. I did apply it thick enough to leave that film, and I'm okay with having that look. However, it also was not friendly to my red sleeveless shirt which, I think, the zinc oxide in the screen may have stained. Ironically, I received this month's Consumer Reports magazine on the same day I received my order of Thinksport Sunscreen, and they rated this sunscreen #29 out of 35 lotions they tested. Their testing allegedly determined that the actual SPF is 0-9 instead of the 50+ claimed. I have no idea how accurate their testing is and, frankly, that isn't the biggest, most bothersome issue for me. I do suspect though that if people are not putting this on thick enough to cause the white film on their skin, then they are not achieving maximum, as-advertised, SPF. The biggest negative issue for me is how much of a pain it is to wash the stuff off. I spent at least twice as long as normal in the shower scrubbing and scrubbing to wash it off my arms and legs. Initially, I applied my usual amount of shower gel to a clothe but, as soon as I started washing an arm, the lather disappeared and the clothe would barely slide across my arm. I think I used about 25% of the bottle of shower gel plus alternating with a bar soap until I finally felt like I had the stuff washed off. I think IF you wear it like your supposed to wear it, nice and thick, you could achieve the SPF you're looking for. However, IF you don't like the thought of having a white reflective film on your skin and don't want to spend twice the time, twice the water, and twice the soap to wash it off your body, then maybe this is not your sunscreen.