20Bad

Do The North Face waterproof outdoor gear storage bags have PFAS?

Q: Which The North Face waterproof outdoor gear storage bags is safest?

No The North Face waterproof outdoor gear storage bags product we graded reaches Good. The best of them is The North Face Base Camp Dry Bag at 20/100.

The verdict October 2026

The North Face waterproof outdoor gear storage bags average 20 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 12 The North Face waterproof outdoor gear storage bags graded as of October 2026, level with the 20 out of 100 median for the 29 other waterproof outdoor gear storage bags brands graded alongside it.

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The North Face waterproof outdoor gear storage bags average Bad on our four-band scale. None of them clear our buy threshold. That is above 43% of the waterproof outdoor gear storage bags 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.

What The North Face says and does about PFAS

We could not load a PFAS statement from The North Face's own website, so we found no PFAS statement from The North Face itself in our fetch. EcoWatch reported in 2021 that parent VF Corporation announced a company-wide PFAS phase-out, and a Better Trail review says The North Face reported reaching that goal in 2025. Greenpeace lab tests in 2016 named The North Face among brands with PFCs in outdoor gear.

Medical referenceEcoWatch reported in 2021 that VF Corporation, which owns The North Face, announced a company-wide PFAS phase-out mostly by 2025. EcoWatch ↗
Medical referenceBetter Trail says The North Face reported eliminating PFAS use in mid 2025. This is a third party account of the brand's report, not the brand's own page. Better Trail ↗
Independent testGreenpeace's 2016 lab tests reported PFCs in products from The North Face and other outdoor brands. It found a North Face pair of gloves was one of only four items free of PFCs. FashionUnited reporting on Greenpeace ↗
Independent testMamavation notes Pertex fabrics used by The North Face and others come in both fluorinated and non-fluorinated versions, so the brand's fabric choice matters. Mamavation ↗

Sources checked September 29, 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 The North Face waterproof outdoor gear storage bags contain PFAS? Poor and Bad, we’d swap these

The North Face

Base Camp Dry Bag

20BadPFAS grade

TPE/PVC drybag with waterproof coating
water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating composition. The waterproof finish is almost…

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

Do The North Face waterproof outdoor gear storage bags have PFAS?

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