Men's Go-Dry Cool Performance Boxer- Brief Underwear 3-Pack vs Women's Air Tech Performance Brief Panties 6-Pack: which is safer?

Reebok Women's Air Tech Performance Brief Panties 6-Pack is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Old Navy Men's Go-Dry Cool Performance Boxer- Brief Underwear 3-Pack

Old Navy

Men's Go-Dry Cool Performance Boxer- Brief Underwear 3-Pack

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

Nylon/polyester blend with moisture-wicking treatment

Confidence

45%

PossibleFormaldehyde resins in fabric finishes

PossibleAntimony in polyester

LikelyMicrofiber shedding during laundering

Our pick

Reebok Women's Air Tech Performance Brief Panties 6-Pack

Reebok

Women's Air Tech Performance Brief Panties 6-Pack

PFAS grade

Good 65/100

Overall grade

Good 53/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

nylon, spandex, cotton blend

Confidence

72%

PossibleFormaldehyde resins in fabric finishing

PossibleAzo dyes

PossibleElastomer degradation (spandex breakdown)

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Formaldehyde resins in fabric finishes, Antimony in polyester, Microfiber shedding during laundering and Skin sensitization from undisclosed chemical treatments on the Old Navy and not on the Reebok.
  • We flag Formaldehyde resins in fabric finishing, Azo dyes and Elastomer degradation (spandex breakdown) on the Reebok and not on the Old Navy.
  • The Old Navy is Nylon/polyester blend with moisture-wicking treatment where the Reebok is nylon, spandex, cotton blend, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 45 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Reebok is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Old Navy grade, at 45% confidence against 72%, because it discloses less.

Both products run through the same public rubric: 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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