20Bad

Do ALPS Mountaineering camping tents & tarps have PFAS?

The verdict
ALPS Mountaineering camping tents & tarps average 20 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 8 ALPS Mountaineering camping tents & tarps graded as of October 2026, level with the 20 out of 100 median for the 54 other camping tents & tarps brands graded alongside it.
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ALPS Mountaineering camping tents & tarps average Bad on our four-band scale. None of them clear our buy threshold. That is above 50% of the camping tents & tarps brands we grade.

PFAS Authority is a scoring system, not a laboratory. We do not test products ourselves. Grades are model-based, built from published ingredients, materials, certifications, brand disclosures and third-party lab results where they exist. See the rubric.

Graded and flagged Poor and Bad, we’d swap these

ALPS Mountaineering Hex 2 Person Tent

ALPS Mountaineering

Hex 2 Person Tent

20BadPFAS grade
  • Polyester tent fabric with water-repellent coating (type unspecified)
  • We found no PFAS statement from the brand
  • water-repellent coating degradation and microplastic shedding, Polyester tent fabrics with water-repellent…

2 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.

ALPS Mountaineering Tasmanian 3 Tent

ALPS Mountaineering

Tasmanian 3 Tent

20BadPFAS grade
  • Polyester tent fabric with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating
  • We found no PFAS statement from the brand
  • PFAS, Conventional polyester tent coatings commonly contain long-chain PFAS or fluorine-based compounds. ALPS…

4 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.

ALPS Mountaineering Lynx 2 Tent

ALPS Mountaineering

Lynx 2 Tent

20BadPFAS grade
  • Polyester tent fabric with waterproof coating (type unspecified)
  • We found no PFAS statement from the brand
  • PFAS, Waterproof coating chemistry is not disclosed by ALPS. Most conventional polyester tents use…

2 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.

ALPS Mountaineering Chaos Tent

ALPS Mountaineering

Chaos Tent

20BadPFAS grade
  • Polyester fabric with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating, type unspecified
  • We found no PFAS statement from the brand
  • water-repellent coating integrity and degradation, Polyester water-repellent coating coatings degrade over…

3 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.

ALPS Mountaineering Felis 2-Person Tent

ALPS Mountaineering

Felis 2-Person Tent

20BadPFAS grade
  • Polyester ripstop fabric with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating
  • We found no PFAS statement from the brand
  • water-repellent coating composition (fluorinated or non-fluorinated unknown), Polyester tent DWRs commonly…

3 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.

ALPS Mountaineering Lynx 3-Person Tent

ALPS Mountaineering

Lynx 3-Person Tent

20BadPFAS grade
  • Polyester tent fabric with water-resistant coating (type unspecified)
  • We found no PFAS statement from the brand
  • Teflon-type coating/Teflon-family coating fume risk (if present), Water-resistant tent coatings often use…

3 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.

Alps Mountaineering Meramac Tent

ALPS Mountaineering

Meramac Tent

20BadPFAS grade
  • Polyester ripstop fabric with water-repellent coating (type unspecified)
  • We found no PFAS statement from the brand
  • PFAS, The specific water-repellent coating chemistry is undisclosed. If PFAS-based (standard in the industry…

4 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.

ALPS Mountaineering Taurus Outfitter Tent

ALPS Mountaineering

Taurus Outfitter Tent

20BadPFAS grade
  • polyester fabric with water-repellent coating waterproof treatment (type unspecified)
  • We found no PFAS statement from the brand
  • water-repellent coating durability and shedding, Polyester water-repellent coating coatings degrade over…

3 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.

The same question, asked of the other camping tents & tarps brands

Best average grade first. ALPS Mountaineering averages 20.

See every ALPS Mountaineering product we grade on the ALPS Mountaineering brand page, or the full camping tents & tarps ranking.