Which REI Co-op products should I avoid?

The lowest-graded REI Co-op products we have scored are REI Co-op Trailgate Gear Cube Green 15 L, Rei Co-op Men's Powderbound Gloves, REI Co-op Campwell 6 Tent. Each one links to the evidence behind its grade.

22Bad

REI Co-op Review, Is REI Co-op Non-Toxic?

The verdict October 2026

REI Co-op averages 22 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 23 REI Co-op products graded as of October 2026, and none of them reach its 70 point pass mark.

Free to quote with attribution to PFAS Authority and a link to pfasauthority.com/brands/rei-co-op.

REI Co-op grades Bad on our four-band scale.

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.

What REI Co-op says and does about PFAS

REI is both a brand and a retailer, and its PFAS commitment covers both. It announced that PFAS restrictions would take effect in autumn 2024 for cookware and most textiles, and in autumn 2026 for professional, expedition-level apparel. Those are commitments. Independent lab testing published before the commitment found PFAS in six of eight products bought at REI, including long-chain compounds in three REI-branded jackets, and we found no published confirmation that the 2024 deadline was met.

Brand statementREI’s PFAS restrictions were announced as taking effect in autumn 2024 for cookware and textile products, a requirement placed on more than a thousand brand partners as well as its own label. Toxic-Free Future ↗
Brand statementThe commitment has two dates, autumn 2024 for most textiles and cookware, and autumn 2026 for professional, expedition-level apparel. Clean Water Action ↗
Independent testToxic-Free Future reported that six of the eight products it bought at REI contained PFAS, and that three REI-brand jackets contained a mixture of older long-chain and newer short-chain compounds. Toxic-Free Future, Toxic Convenience ↗
Independent testIn the same testing, two REI-branded Gore-Tex jackets returned total fluorine results above 80,000 parts per million, the highest in the sample. Total fluorine is a screening marker rather than identification of individual PFAS. Toxic-Free Future, Toxic Convenience ↗
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.

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REI Co-op

Trailgate Gear Bin Green 140 L

65GoodPFAS grade

Polypropylene storage bin, no water-resistant coating mentioned
UV degradation and additive leaching. Outdoor storage bins rely on UV stabilizers and antioxidant additives…

3 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.

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What REI Co-op says and does about PFAS

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