Jackets & Coats Allbirds Full Zip Wool Blend Puffer Jacket Women Size Small vs Men's Cyclic GORE-TEX 2L 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
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
Possiblewater-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating composition
PossibleSynthetic fill microplastic shedding
PossibleCoating degradation and leachables from synthetic lining
Burton
Men's Cyclic GORE-TEX 2L Jacket
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyPFAS in Teflon-family coating membrane (graded separately)
PossibleThermal degradation of membrane
PossibleMicroplastic shedding from synthetic fabrics
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 PFAS in fluoropolymer membrane (graded separately), Thermal degradation of membrane and Microplastic shedding from synthetic fabrics on the Burton and not on the Allbirds.
- The Allbirds is Wool blend with synthetic fill (likely polyester) where the Burton is GORE-TEX 2L membrane (fluoropolymer-based waterproof/breathable layer), 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.
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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