Women's Bottom Turn Racerback Bikini Top vs Men's Prologue Long Sleeve Spring Suit: which is safer?

Patagonia Women's Bottom Turn Racerback Bikini Top is the clear pick. Quiksilver Men's Prologue Long Sleeve Spring Suit carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

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

Quiksilver Men's Prologue Long Sleeve Spring Suit

Quiksilver

Men's Prologue Long Sleeve Spring Suit

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 2/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Neoprene/synthetic rubber with water-repellent coating treatment

Confidence

45%

Possiblewater-repellent coating chemistry (fluorinated or fluorine-free unknown)

ReportedNeoprene degradation and microparticle shedding

PossibleChlorine and salt water interaction with coatings

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Elastane (spandex) degradation under heat or chlorine on the Patagonia and not on the Quiksilver.
  • We flag DWR coating chemistry (fluorinated or fluorine-free unknown), Neoprene degradation and microparticle shedding and Chlorine and salt water interaction with coatings on the Quiksilver and not on the Patagonia.
  • The Patagonia is Nylon/polyester blend with elastane (standard swimwear) where the Quiksilver is Neoprene/synthetic rubber with DWR treatment, 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 Quiksilver 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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