Jackets & Coats Allbirds Full Zip Wool Blend Puffer Jacket Women Size Small vs Kore Nordic Jacket Men 2024: 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
Head
Kore Nordic Jacket Men 2024
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
Possiblewater-repellent coating leachability
PossibleOff-gassing and VOC emissions
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 Head.
- We flag DWR coating leachability and Off-gassing and VOC emissions on the Head and not on the Allbirds.
- The Allbirds is Wool blend with synthetic fill (likely polyester) where the Head is Synthetic fabric with DWR (durable water-repellent) coating, 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 Head 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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