Jackets & Coats Allbirds Full Zip Wool Blend Puffer Jacket Women Size Small vs Tour Jacket: which is safer?

Allbirds Jackets & Coats Allbirds Full Zip Wool Blend Puffer Jacket Women Size Small is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Our pick

Allbirds Jackets & Coats Allbirds Full Zip Wool Blend Puffer Jacket Women Size Small

Allbirds

Jackets & Coats Allbirds Full Zip Wool Blend Puffer Jacket Women Size Small

PFAS grade

Good 65/100

Overall grade

Good 53/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Wool blend with synthetic fill (likely polyester)

Confidence

72%

Possiblewater-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating composition

PossibleSynthetic fill microplastic shedding

PossibleCoating degradation and leachables from synthetic lining

Atomic Tour Jacket

Atomic

Tour Jacket

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 5

Material

Polyester blend with water-repellent coating (type unspecified)

Confidence

35%

LikelyFluorinated water repellent (water-repellent coating) - unspecified chemistry

PossiblePolyester antimony content in dyes/pigments

PossibleFormaldehyde resins in textile finishes

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Durable Water Repellent (DWR) coating composition, Synthetic fill microplastic shedding and Coating degradation and leachables from synthetic lining on the Allbirds and not on the Atomic.
  • We flag Fluorinated water repellent (DWR) - unspecified chemistry, Polyester antimony content in dyes/pigments, Formaldehyde resins in textile finishes and Coating degradation and microparticle shedding on the Atomic and not on the Allbirds.
  • The Allbirds is Wool blend with synthetic fill (likely polyester) where the Atomic is Polyester blend with DWR coating (type unspecified), which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 45 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Allbirds is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Atomic grade, at 35% confidence against 72%, because it discloses less.

Both products run through the same public rubric: materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →

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