Women's Rip Curl Classic Surf 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 Rip Curl Classic Surf Swimsuit
PFAS grade
Bad 20/100
Overall grade
Bad 0/100
Verdict
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Hazard flags
⚑ 4
Material
Nylon/polyester blend with water-repellent coating finish
Confidence
42%
Reportedwater-repellent coating finish (PFAS or fluorinated polymer) leaching and bioaccumulation
PossibleFormaldehyde resins in fabric finishing
PossibleAzo dyes in color fastness
Our pick
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 DWR finish (PFAS or fluorinated polymer) leaching and bioaccumulation, Formaldehyde resins in fabric finishing, Azo dyes in color fastness and Microplastic shedding from fiber degradation on the Rip Curl and not on the Speedo.
- The Rip Curl is Nylon/polyester blend with 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 42% 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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