Do Black Diamond camping tents & tarps have PFAS?
Black Diamond camping tents & tarps average 20 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 8 Black Diamond 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.
Black Diamond 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
Black Diamond
Ahwahnee Tent
- Ripstop nylon with water-repellent coating (water-repellent) treatment
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- PFAS, Ripstop nylon tents typically use fluorinated water-repellent coating treatments; Black Diamond's…
3 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
Black Diamond
Beta Light 2P Tent
- Nylon ripstop fabric with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- PFAS, Black Diamond has not disclosed the water-repellent coating formulation. Industry standard for nylon…
2 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
Black Diamond
Eldorado Tent
- Nylon/polyester fabric with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating, type unspecified
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- PFAS, The unspecified water-repellent coating may contain PFAS compounds used in water repellency. Black…
Black Diamond
Mega Light Tent
- Ripstop nylon with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- PFAS, Virtually all commercial ripstop nylon tents use fluorocarbon-based water-repellent coating. No brand…
2 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
Black Diamond
Mission 4P Tent
- Nylon ripstop / polyester blend with water-repellent coating water-resistant coating (unspecified)
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- water-repellent coating degradation and particulate shedding, Nylon-polyester tents with applied…
3 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
Black Diamond
Bombshelter Tent
- Polyester/nylon fabric with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- PFAS, Black Diamond's silence on water-repellent coating chemistry and industry prevalence of PFAS in this…
2 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
Black Diamond
Mission 3 Person Tent
- Nylon fabric with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating composition, Nylon tents typically use…
3 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
Black Diamond
Firstlight 3P Tent
- Ripstop nylon with water-repellent coating (treatment unknown)
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- PFAS, Standard industry practice uses long-chain PFAS (C8 and longer) in water-repellent coating treatments…
2 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
The same question, asked of the other camping tents & tarps brands
Best average grade first. Black Diamond averages 20.
See every Black Diamond product we grade on the Black Diamond brand page, or the full camping tents & tarps ranking.