Women's Classic Surf One-Piece Swimsuit vs Women's Eco Solid Adult Super Pro Swimsuit: which is safer?

Speedo Women's Eco Solid Adult Super Pro Swimsuit is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Rip Curl Women's Classic Surf One-Piece Swimsuit

Rip Curl

Women's Classic Surf One-Piece Swimsuit

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Polyester/nylon blend with likely water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) finish

Confidence

45%

Likelywater-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) fluorochemical coating

PossiblePolyester/nylon fiber degradation and microfiber shedding

Our pick

Speedo Women's Eco Solid Adult Super Pro Swimsuit

Speedo

Women's Eco Solid Adult Super Pro Swimsuit

PFAS grade

Good 65/100

Overall grade

analysis pending

Verdict

pending

Hazard flags

none flagged

Material

Polyester/nylon blend (standard swimsuit fabric)

Confidence

72%

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Durable water repellent (DWR) fluorochemical coating and Polyester/nylon fiber degradation and microfiber shedding on the Rip Curl and not on the Speedo.
  • The Rip Curl is Polyester/nylon blend with likely durable water repellent (DWR) finish where the Speedo is Polyester/nylon blend (standard swimsuit fabric), 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 Speedo is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Rip Curl 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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