Do Salewa camping tents & tarps have PFAS?
Salewa camping tents & tarps average 20 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 12 Salewa 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.
Salewa 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
Salewa
Alpine Hut III Tent
- Polyester fabric with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- PFAS, Standard practice in mass-market tent waterproofing; Salewa silent on specifics. PFAS bioaccumulates…
5 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
Salewa
Denali II Tent
- polyester/nylon tent fabric with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- water-repellent coating leachates (composition unknown), Polyester/nylon substrates themselves are chemically…
3 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
Salewa
Denali III Tent
- Polyester tent fabric with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- Volatile organic compound (VOC) off-gassing from water-repellent coating, New polyester tents commonly…
2 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
Salewa
Litetrek II Tent
- Polyester with water-repellent coating waterproof treatment
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- PFAS, Polyester tent exteriors are routinely treated with water repellents; Salewa does not disclose whether…
3 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
Salewa
Litetrek III 3-Person 3-Season Tent
- Polyester with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating, unspecified chemistry
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- PFAS, Salewa has not disclosed whether the water-repellent coating treatment uses fluorinated compounds…
3 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
Salewa
Litetrek Pro II Tent
- Polyester tent fabric with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- PFAS, Salewa does not disclose water-repellent coating chemistry. Fluorinated PFAS in water-repellent coating…
Salewa
Litetrek Pro Iii Tent
- Polyester fabric with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- PFAS, water-repellent coating finish composition is undisclosed. Salewa does not confirm or deny PFAS use.…
2 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
Salewa
Sierra Leone II Tent
- polyester tent fabric with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) treatment
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- PFAS, Salewa does not disclose whether the water-repellent treatment uses fluorocarbon-based (PFAS)…
3 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
Salewa
Atlas Iii Tent
- Polyester/nylon fabric with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- water-repellent coating degradation and leachables, Salewa does not disclose whether the water-repellent…
2 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
Salewa
Midway VI Tent
- Polyester tent fabric with waterproof coating (type unspecified by brand)
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- PFAS, Salewa does not disclose whether the Midway VI water-repellent coating contains PFAS (C6, C8, or GenX…
4 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
Salewa
PUEZ Trek 2P Tent
- Nylon ripstop fabric with water-repellent coating (type unspecified)
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- water-repellent coating composition (fluorocarbon vs. non-fluorocarbon), Salewa has not disclosed whether the…
Salewa
Sierra Leone III Tent
- Polyester fabric with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- Formaldehyde / VOCs, Polyester textiles are commonly treated with formaldehyde resins during manufacture for…
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. Salewa averages 20.
See every Salewa product we grade on the Salewa brand page, or the full camping tents & tarps ranking.