I have been using Riemann SP20 for well over ten years now.. Just before we came out to Malaysia for a big holiday I purchased some SP20 factor 30. Never again and I will be contacting Riemann directly when I get home. This is being written on the day that I was in the sun for less than three hours and have received serious burns on my back, not bad when it states it lasts for ten hours on the bottle, it has excess alcohols in it as its a spray now, alcohols means less protection to me. This has now ruined my holiday for a few days while I wait for the burns to go down a bit and look out some decent sun cream. The old cream was just SPF20 and I stayed in thirty eight degree heat and blasting sun all day watching world super bikes in Italy and didn't burn. Riemann please read these reviews, I don't know what you have done to your formula, but it's not worked. Go back to the old stuff, it used to be amazing. Too many negative comments on here only says one thing.

It may protect you from the sun but it stains clothes, linen, towels even plastics. No stain remover works either. So be warned! As hotels and villa owners will likely charge you for the damage caused to their property or you will need to replace an expensive shirt ( it loves anything white!).

We purchased P20 (Factor 30) for our 10 year old son to take on holiday to Turkey this year. I am absolutely horrified by the results and will be contacting Riemann directly. We applied the spray correctly and gave it an hour to soak in rather than the recommended 15 mins before going into sun. According to the instructions it provides 10 hours protection. Our son played in the pool for a few hours and wore a t-shirt between 11.30am and 3pm. The poor soul had the most horrendous sunburn on his shoulders which blistered badly and ruined his holiday. My husband and I also burned using this product and I already had lightly tanned skin. The solution evaporates very quickly on the skin so its easy to miss bits (although we made sure we covered our son in it), smells very alcoholy and stings eyes when used on the face. We used a different manufacturer Factor 30 for the remainder of the holiday and had no problems at all. We also met 2 other people on holiday who had a similar experience with this product. It just isn't what it used to be years ago and we won't ever be using it again!

My family have just been to my home in Spain and brought with them your creams P20 and P30. I would like to know what ingredient is in the cream that leaves anything white discoloured to a yellow. Both parents and children had clothes stained this way also my white toilet seat is also coloured yellowy which will not be removed with a strong bleach even. This has happened before when family came last year but I wasn't aware of it as I didn't wash any of their clothes. I soaked a new white tshirt in hot water and bleach and when I went to check all the yellow stains had turned a bright pinky red colour. I put tshirt on line outside and when it was dry the unbelievely the pinky red colour had returned to the original yellow stain. What chemicals do you use in the product that this can happen. I feel that you should warn people not to wear white after applying your product.

I took my daughter on h first holiday abroad when she was 2 and we went to the south of France. She has blonde hair and is very fair so I was worried about sun burn. P20 is the best buy ever! For two weeks she was running about in and out of the pool and never burnt once! She is now 12 and this year I tried a different make of "once a day" sun cream as it was cheaper.....my poor daughter burnt and she actually blistered and has scares on her shoulders! I feel so guilty so don't be tempted into going for a cheaper version.....it's not worth it. You must remember to apply it on clean dry skin.

As a very fair-skinned person who's going to live on the equator for a while, I'm testing out a good few sunscreens. So far this one scores highly, although I've only had a chance to test it on a British sunny day, not an African one! I've tested carefully for the other issues people have mentioned - irritation, oiliness, staining - but didn't find any disadvantages that would outweigh the light feel, all-day protection and high SPF. In detail: I didn't react, so I assume some people are allergic? As for oiliness, I initially applied this to one side of my face, one arm and one shoulder. It felt wonderfully light on my face and even helped my BB cream blend better, so the side with the P20 looked better than the side without! 100x better than the Nivea suncream I used to use, which was far too heavy to add makeup on top. The P20 completely disappeared on my arm, where I have fine hair, and only looked a little oily on my shoulder. Still felt very comfortable though, bare or under clothes. As for checking for staining, I used an old white tshirt for a few tests... Applied directly to the cloth, the lotion does leave a luminous yellow stain, which also happens if you apply the P20 to skin and then rub it with the cloth not long after. So putting it on while wearing white clothes is a big no-no. That's what lost it a five star review. I'd be interested to know how long reviwers complaining of stains left it before dressing? After 10mins, however, I had to scrub really hard to get any colour transfer, even after wetting the skin. You'd barely even scrub that hard with a towel! Seeing as I wouldn't touch cloth to a sunscreened area before it was absorbed/dried anyway - and you don't have to reapply it once dressed! - waiting doesn't seem like much of an inconvenience. I might be wary with things like white canvas shoes however, and maybe sweating all day or swimming pool chemicals would have an effect. Importantly, I also didn't burn, although it will face its real test on the equator! For my money, how it feels on the skin, how it looks and the fact that it apparently lasts all day even in strong sun (requiring 50+ protection) definitely outweigh the stain issue. The convenience is awesome. Speaking of money, I picked mine up for £16.99 at Semichem. You'll have to use a lot, but my guess is this will last longer than other creams because of the once-a-day application... So let's call it average value. Will report back with other once-a-day cream comparisons and after use in Africa!