Jackets & Coats Allbirds Full Zip Wool Blend Puffer Jacket Women Size Small vs Men's Acamar GORE-TEX Pro 3L 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

Burton Men's Acamar GORE-TEX Pro 3L Jacket

Burton

Men's Acamar GORE-TEX Pro 3L Jacket

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

GORE-TEX Pro 3L membrane (polytetrafluoroethylene-based laminate)

Confidence

45%

LikelyTeflon-type coating (PFAS-based water repellent) leaching

PossibleMembrane delamination and microfiber shedding

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 Burton.
  • We flag PTFE (PFAS-based water repellent) leaching and Membrane delamination and microfiber shedding on the Burton and not on the Allbirds.
  • The Allbirds is Wool blend with synthetic fill (likely polyester) where the Burton is GORE-TEX Pro 3L membrane (polytetrafluoroethylene-based laminate), 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 Burton grade, at 45% 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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