Wide Strap Voop Bikini Top vs Women's Bottom Turn Racerback Bikini Top: which is safer?
Patagonia Women's Bottom Turn Racerback Bikini Top is the clear pick. Aerie Wide Strap Voop Bikini Top carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Aerie
Wide Strap Voop Bikini Top
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleAzo dyes in nylon and elastane
PossibleElastane (spandex) stabilizers and finish degradation
PossibleMicroplastics shedding during wear and wash
Our pick
Patagonia
Women's Bottom Turn Racerback Bikini Top
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleElastane (spandex) degradation under heat or chlorine
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Azo dyes in nylon and elastane, Elastane (spandex) stabilizers and finish degradation and Microplastics shedding during wear and wash on the Aerie and not on the Patagonia.
- We flag Elastane (spandex) degradation under heat or chlorine on the Patagonia and not on the Aerie.
- The Aerie is nylon/polyamide blend with elastane where the Patagonia is Nylon/polyester blend with elastane (standard swimwear), which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 25 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Patagonia is the one to buy.
Both products run through the same public rubric, which covers materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →
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