Women's Tugless X-Back One Piece Swimsuit vs Women's Bottom Turn Racerback Bikini Top: which is safer?

Patagonia Women's Bottom Turn Racerback Bikini Top is the clear pick. Lands' End Women's Tugless X-Back One Piece Swimsuit carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Lands' End Women's Tugless X-Back One Piece Swimsuit

Lands' End

Women's Tugless X-Back One Piece Swimsuit

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

Nylon/spandex blend with likely water-repellent coating water-repellent finish

Confidence

42%

Possiblewater-repellent coating chemistry (unspecified)

ReportedNylon degradation and leaching from chlorine/salt

ReportedSpandex UV and chlorine sensitivity

Our pick

Patagonia Women's Bottom Turn Racerback Bikini Top

Patagonia

Women's Bottom Turn Racerback Bikini Top

PFAS grade

Excellent 90/100

Overall grade

Excellent 86/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 1

Material

Nylon/polyester blend with elastane (standard swimwear)

Confidence

72%

PossibleElastane (spandex) degradation under heat or chlorine

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag DWR coating chemistry (unspecified), Nylon degradation and leaching from chlorine/salt, Spandex UV and chlorine sensitivity and Microfiber shedding during laundering on the Lands' End and not on the Patagonia.
  • We flag Elastane (spandex) degradation under heat or chlorine on the Patagonia and not on the Lands' End.
  • The Lands' End is Nylon/spandex blend with likely DWR water-repellent finish where the Patagonia is Nylon/polyester blend with elastane (standard swimwear), which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 70 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Patagonia is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Lands' End grade, at 42% confidence against 72%, because it discloses less.

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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