Do Zpacks camping tents & tarps have PFAS?
Zpacks camping tents & tarps average 20 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 8 Zpacks 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.
Zpacks 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
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Duplex Tent
- Dyneema polyethylene ripstop fabric with water-repellent coating (unspecified)
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- PFAS, The specific water-repellent coating treatment on this tent is not disclosed. Fluorinated…
3 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
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Pivot Trio Tent
- Dyneema fabric with water-repellent coating (unspecified)
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- water-repellent coating degradation and unknown chemistry, Dyneema Pivot Trio relies on a water-repellent…
3 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
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Plex Solo Tent 1P UL Backpacking Shelter
- Dyneema polyethylene fabric with proprietary waterproof coating
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- Waterproof coating chemistry (fluorinated water-repellent coating, presumed but undisclosed), Zpacks has not…
3 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
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Ultralight 1 Person Tent
- Cuben Fiber (proprietary laminate film)
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- Microplastics, Cuben's thin plastic composite is prone to cracking, peeling, and fragmentation under UV…
5 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
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Pivot Duo Tent
- Ripstop nylon with water-repellent coating (type unspecified)
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- PFAS, Zpacks has not disclosed water-repellent coating chemistry. Most ripstop nylon tents use PFAS-based…
3 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
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Pivot Solo Tent
- Dyneema composite fabric (polyethylene); waterproof coating unspecified
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- Waterproof coating chemistry (unspecified), Zpacks does not disclose whether the fabric coating is…
2 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
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Duplex Lite Tent
- Proprietary DCF (Dyneema composite fabric) with unspecified waterproof coating
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating composition, unspecified, Zpacks does not disclose…
4 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.
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Altaplex Pro Tent
- Dyneema composite fabric (UHMWPE) with unknown waterproof coating
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- PFAS, Zpacks has not disclosed coating chemistry. Fluorinated compounds (PFAS) are standard in many durable…
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. Zpacks averages 20.
See every Zpacks product we grade on the Zpacks brand page, or the full camping tents & tarps ranking.