Do Kelty camping tents & tarps have PFAS?
Kelty camping tents & tarps average 20 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 11 Kelty camping tents & tarps graded as of November 2026, level with the 20 out of 100 median for the 55 other camping tents & tarps brands graded alongside it.
Kelty 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.
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What Kelty says and does about PFAS
Kelty makes a completed-transition claim, and it lives in a customer support article rather than on a policy page. Kelty says its products have not been made with perfluorinated carbon compounds since 2016 and that it moved to a treatment it calls CZero DWR. The claim uses PFC wording rather than PFAS, covers the water-repellent treatment only, and says nothing about zippers, membranes or other components. We found no independent testing of Kelty products.
- Brand statementKelty says its products have not been made with perfluorinated carbon compounds since 2016, so any product manufactured after that will not have any PFCs, and that it moved to CZero DWR in all its products, which it describes as PFC free. Kelty support ↗
- Regulatory filingCalifornia bans new textile articles containing regulated PFAS from sale in the state from 1 January 2025, with outdoor apparel for severe wet conditions covered from 1 January 2028. California AB 1817 ↗
Sources checked October 1, 2026. A brand statement is the company’s own claim, which we report but have not verified. Our grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests.
Which Kelty camping tents & tarps contain PFAS? Poor and Bad, we’d swap these
- polyester with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating
- PFAS. Kelty does not disclose water-repellent coating chemistry. Polyester tent coatings commonly used…
4 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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- polyester fabric with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating
- PFAS. Kelty does not disclose water-repellent coating chemistry; standard industry practice through 2024…
4 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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- Polyester fabric with water-repellent coating water-repellent coating
- water-repellent coating durability and off-gassing. Fluorocarbon water-repellent coating coatings do not…
2 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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- Polyester tent fabric with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating
- PFAS. Kelty has not disclosed whether the Basecamp 6 uses legacy fluorinated water-repellent coating or newer…
2 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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- Polyester ripstop fabric with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating
- PFAS. Kelty does not disclose whether the water-repellent coating uses PFOA, Teflon-type coating, or other…
3 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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- Polyester fabric with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating
- PFAS. Standard fluorocarbon water-repellent coating coatings on polyester tents frequently contain PFOA…
3 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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- polyester ripstop fabric with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating
- PFAS. Polyester tents typically use PFAS-based water-repellent coating; Kelty has not disclosed the…
2 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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- Polyester/nylon ripstop with water-repellent coating (type unspecified)
- PFAS. Kelty does not disclose water-repellent coating type or fluorine chemistry. Legacy and emerging PFAS…
2 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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- Polyester tent fabric with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating
- PFAS. Kelty does not disclose whether the Ashcroft 2 uses PFAS-based fluorocarbon water-repellent coating or…
2 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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- polyester fabric with water-repellent coating waterproof coating (type unspecified)
- PFAS. Kelty does not disclose whether the water-repellent coating uses PFAS (legacy C8, GenX, or C6…
3 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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- Polyester ripstop with water-repellent coating treatment (type unspecified)
- PFAS. Polyester tents almost universally use fluorinated water-repellent coating coatings unless explicitly…
3 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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