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The best sunscreen is the one you’ll apply liberally and often, so it should look and feel good on your skin.

Across 11 years, we’ve evaluated over 100 sunscreens, recruiting panels of people with a variety of skin tones and body-hair textures to apply lotions in brand-concealed comparisons. We’ve found that the “reef-safe” physical sunscreen Thrive Bodyshield SPF 50 and the chemical sunscreen Banana Boat Light As Air SPF 50+ best suit most preferences.

For people who use a lot of sunscreen (or who simply prefer to spend less), we also recommend a budget option in a big bottle: Equate Sport Broad Spectrum Sunscreen Value Size SPF 50 is a chemical sunscreen that rubs in effortlessly but has an added fragrance our testers found divisive. It’s about four times less expensive per ounce than Banana Boat Light As Air, and over 10 times less so than Thrive Bodyshield.

If you want a physical sunscreen without added fragrance, the four-ingredient Badger Adventure Mineral Sunscreen Cream SPF 50 is a great choice.